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Old 05-29-2014, 04:33 AM
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Question Cusco Front Negative Camber Arms Settings?

Hey Guys,

I just picked up a set of Cusco front arms, that didn't come with any of the original packaging or paperwork.

After playing with the ball joint mounts last night, I think I got the settings figured out since there's +4mm, Stock, -4mm, -8mm, and -12mm. I was told that each 4mm movement is about a 0.5 degree adjustment in camber.

Just curious if anyone has the actual setting diagrams from Cusco on the mounting locations for the ball joint mount? Would be super helpful - I looked on Cusco's site (both english and japanese) and wasn't able to find anything.

Thanks in advance!
Old 05-29-2014, 05:38 AM
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How much camber are you looking to get?
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last time I got aligned, I think I was somewhere around -2.5 or so and I'm fine with running anywhere between that and -4. Kind of going for drift specs.
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Put the car on level ground and grab a level, put the level against the bottom of the wheel and then set the camber so you have about 40mm between the level and the same spot at the top of the wheel. This will give you about -3.3 camber.

Or you can look up the equations and do the math to get an exact number.
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Sweet, thanks terra! Plan on playing with the settings once I put them on the car.
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4way adjustable:
+4mm,-4mm,-8mm,-12mm
http://www.cusco.co.jp/en/car_parts_...adyz_350z.html
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They actually have 5 settings - Cusco's site lies haha

Trust me, I was physically playing with the different set-ups last night plus Z1 runs these on their shop car, and I would trust what they say:

All told, these arms have 5 positions: +4mm vs stock, stock, -4mm from stock, -8mm from stock, -12mm from stock.
http://www.z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?m...0z&prodid=1288

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I have them as well and Z1 is referring to a mod you can do to the arms to achieve positive camber.
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From Cusco USA's site:

Rods, Arms, Links
- Front Adjustable Negative Camber Upper Arm Set, 5-ways, Steel
- Adjustable range +4, +/-0, -4, -8, -12mm
- -
$534.00
Part Number
251 474 K
Position: Front
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Also just gonna leave this here - I decided to take the time to put this together to help out anyone else in question of the settings:

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