Noob q's about pillowball mounts and camber plates on D2's

[mrbean]

Hey guys,

I'm in the middle of installing my D2's on my s13. Got the fronts on fine, and i'm just wondering:

1) I've never had pillowball mounts before, so how should I adjust them? does tightening the central 17mm nut in the middle of the mount just control rotation, or the free pillowball movement as well? Should I tighten it so nothing moves? If so, should I do it while it's still jacked up or wait till it's lowered?

2) for the camber plates, where should i set them before I get an alignment?

Thanks! Hopefully I'll have front and rear in and running by tomorrow...

[180fan]

First of all the pillowmounts adjust with those allen keys for most coilovers. Zeals and Tein's adjust by the 4 allen keys that are on a cut out on the mounts that have the marks going from 0 to whatever its limit is. Dunno about the D2's but i would assume its somewhere along those lines.

Secondly, depends on your car every car's alignment is different so get your alignment and tell them to adjust it.

[chmercer]

yea you wanna have that central top bolt good and tight. i think the tq value is somwhere in the neiborhood of 75 ft/lbs? that bolt is what keeps your suspension attached to the top mount.