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Old 01-16-2019 | 09:33 PM
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So I bought a different company than djm, called Wulf suspension with the same damn kit. anyways I'm still having the front camber issue. But my issue isn't negative camber it positive. I tried to pull as much camber in while on the lift but I couldn't get it to pull in anymore. I've read about the eibach pro alignment plates but wanted to see if anyone else had inputs before I dropped $80 on them.
Old 01-18-2019 | 09:13 PM
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What make model and year vehicle?
What components did you use in the drop?
Old 01-18-2019 | 10:41 PM
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Need more info, just did a spindle/spring Belltech drop and had negative camber and went with offset bushings. DJM knock off makes me think it’s a LCA drop?
Old 01-18-2019 | 11:39 PM
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It looks like you may be right ulakovic, I never heard of them so I googled wulf and the first thing that came up was a GMT900 platform drop kit. Front drop was the upper and lower control arms. Never been a fan of off brand companies and I've never been a fan of drop lower arms either. They seem to mess with alignments more than anything. I also went with bushings when I did my drop. They were too much and went with factory arms and it went into spec.

slowness, if you need cam plates, I'm almost positive I have a set. I can double check in the morning. I'd let them go for far less than $80.
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its the GMT900, yes its the LCA drop, came with uppers as well and I replaced the struts with factory ones due to mileage. I actually got the alignment checked yesterday and the passenger side was perfect camber but the driver side was way off and at full adjustment it came to +.9 but the caster is wayyy off like +7.6 driver side and +5 on the passenger side. Im going to contact the company and request a refund or some type of reimbursement, ive already talked to them and they have some really good customer service so far. Everything looked so good when I got it and was impressed with the quality.
Can you run the stock upper control arms on these?
Tig, i don't think I can use the cam plates bc when I looked at it at full adjustment it looks like its bottomed out to the frame.....
So are drop spindles the way to go? I was looking into the spindle with the drop spring but this style just looked so simple and easy. I appreciate the feedback y'all.
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If I could figure out how to upload pics I would. I have been using dropbox but the URL doesn't work or something
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Let us know what they say when they contact you back.
I'm honestly not sure if stock arms would work, I'd think they would but that would be something to run by them when you speak with them.
Spindles are the easiest route to go with some coils.
I have spindles, adjustable struts and coils for my drop.
Cam plates are not something you drop in. You have to do some cutting.
Short video on cam plate install.
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Its gotta be something with that upper control arm. especially since the passenger side is fine, but the caster is still f*****! Those cam plates won't help since I need to go the other direction and the frame is stopping me so we will see what the company says on Tuesday.
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Back in the day, DJM 4" LCA's were notorious for causing camber issues.
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After rereading your post, you are correct, the plates wont work for that reason. If you still have your stock uppers, I'd give that a try. Or buy some new MOOG uppers.

Nick brought up a good point and the reason I never went with drop control arms.



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