Slotting Control Arms

[TrueSlide]

Iam in the market for some adjustable rear control arms for my 89 240sx. I have heard that you can slot your stock ones and get camber adjustment out of them, I have yet seen/read/heard about the process on going about doing it. I would rather slot them and get camber adjustability for 2 reasons:

1. The process of what Iam modifying my car for is point based. Using stock control arms yields less points then after market ones.

2. Cheaper.....

[chmercer]

ghetto trash. there is no way that would work good at all. it would just constantly change alignment over bumps etc.

i would say if you wanted to modify the stock arms for more camber just cut off where the bushing mounts to the spindle, and cut off however much you want of the arm.



but you better weld it good because the stock arms are weak in the first place.

[McRussellPants]

A slot like that will never hold. And with significantly less or more camber than stock you'll never get your toe into spec with the stock toe links.

I'd take the points hit and get RUCAs.

[mixflip]

This is an old thread right???

I thought slotting the rear upper control arm was something different than whats shown in the pic? I thought slotting meant making the ruca holes bigger - oval shaped - where they mount to the chassis , not cutting and re-welding the other end near the tire??? or is there several ways?

[SeVa-S13]

Read the post; Charlie propsed that as an alternative to "slotting," which is a horrible idea.

Best bet is still to get quality RUCA's.

[driftin8ez]

i think this is the link you are looking for. Also you guys are saying this is a terrible idea even though nico has this on their install page?

http://www.240sx.org/links/ins....html

[naed240sx]

i think this is the link you are looking for. Also you guys are saying this is a terrible idea even though nico has this on their install page?

http://www.240sx.org/links/ins....html

LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

I never saw that before. Irony at it's best. Yeah, slotting is a bad idea. Not dangerous, but your settings will tend to move around a lot.

Camber is degree in which your tires contact the road, and if its not 0 or there about, you will get bad tire wear

Wow, this is one of the least intelligent things I have read in awhile.

[driftin8ez]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

I never saw that before. Irony at it's best. Yeah, slotting is a bad idea. Not dangerous, but your settings will tend to move around a lot.

I can understand why you would initially think that your setting would move around. But if you really look at how it works and how it actually mounts onto the car. If you tighten the bolts down pretty good the arm wouldn't be able to move.

[naed240sx]

I can understand why you would initially think that your setting would move around. But if you really look at how it works and how it actually mounts onto the car. If you tighten the bolts down pretty good the arm wouldn't be able to move.

I have both really looked at it, and I understand 100% how it works and mounts to the car. I replaced my RUCAS with some cusco ones myself.

I wouldn't trust it to stay put, considering that my settings still change due to the stock ruca eccentrics.

Slotting won't even help you get much more adjustment, considering that my cusco's are lengthened about an inch over stock.

[driftin8ez]

OK im happy i found a thread on this becouse i was getting ready to do this mod. Seeing as it is basically free. So your saying it will offer no benfit? Or is it still worth doing it just isn't as realiable as a fully adjustable camber kit?

[naed240sx]

OK im happy i found a thread on this becouse i was getting ready to do this mod. Seeing as it is basically free. So your saying it will offer no benfit? Or is it still worth doing it just isn't as realiable as a fully adjustable camber kit?

You can try. It will just effectively lenghthen the arm. You will still align using the stock eccentric bolts, but you will just be able to go a bit lower before you run out of the ability to adjust the camber to your desired setting.

[driftin8ez]

alright ill figure out what im going to do tom. morning.

[driftin8ez]

by any chance while your in a helping mood could you explain how to adjust the rear camber using the stock bolts? Or maybe give me a helpfull link.

[naed240sx]

by any chance while your in a helping mood could you explain how to adjust the rear camber using the stock bolts? Or maybe give me a helpfull link.

Loosen up the eccentric bolt, and you will figure it out. It is simple enough.

Either way, camber should be set by an alignment shop.

[driftin8ez]

ok cool.Thanx again.