ziggy89

hey guys looking for people who have used the founders caster camber plates. doing an entire front end rebuild this winter complete with struts and want to replace the strut mounts while im there. since I can get the founders pieces for about 50 bucks more then stock replacement strut mounts im kinda looking at them.


just looking for people who have used them. they a good piece and hold up well over time. ive done a search and only found people that had just got them. any input would be nice.


thanks.

BlackMamba

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Im currently running them on my camaro and absolutely love them
They are better then the rubber bushing stock set up it came with. .
I road race and autocross with the founder plates and they have held up plenty well to the abuse i have given them

1BADRZ28

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I dropped my car out of the air, and they held up. So I'd say the are made with thick enough material.

Copperhead

Great product, solid build quality, fit perfect

JamesC

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Got'em, like'em. That said, I couldn't run the OE dust covers with them.

JamesC

ziggy89

Yeah not worried about the dust covers.I'd have to take them off to adjust my new struts any way. That being said it sounds like the are a good solid product and I shall give them a try.

plum92_camaro

IIRC, J&M Products/Hotpart.com CC plates and Founders CC plates housings are made by the same third party. Recently Founders upgraded the bearing material. For this reason and the lower price of Founders, I would buy the Founders.

A couple years ago I bought J&M Products and they work great. No issues. I definitely put it to them in autoX and they hold up without issues. I always tighten them with a torque wrench when changing from street to track set up and vice versa.

IROCgiraffe

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I am in the process of installing these along with new struts. I came across a hiccup in the install as it turned out by accident they sent me the wrong hardware kit. I called them late last night, left a voicemail message and received a return call today. The correct hardware is on its way to me. The overall quality of the kit appears to be good. I overhauled the rear suspension this past summer and used a bunch of their parts and am very happy with them.

Thomas Stahel

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I'm also thinking about buying these. I'm keeping my car stock rubber where I can, so I wonder, if these aren't rubber anymore, will there be an impact like more stiffness as other than rubber bushings can cause in LCAs or sway bar bushings and end-links?

IROCgiraffe

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There is no rubber with these mounts. Just installed these recently and had the car aligned yesterday. The ride is fine. What's nice is that with the center bearing plate bolted to the caster/camber plate using the first (2) screws, your caster is automatically @ 4.5 degrees (permitting the structure of the car has been not altered). This said, only item left to manipulate is the camber angle.

I recommend them. Build quality is very good.

Thomas Stahel

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No rubber? Hm... it's just... @Blackmamba mentioned "...they are better than the rubber bushing stock setup it came with...". So I thought that the OEM ones had rubber somewhere... ??

JamesC

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They do. No rubber in the after market versions that I'm aware of.

JamesC

Reid Fleming

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Don't worry about it. The solid bearing mount of the Founders plates does replace the stock GM rubber bushing setup. But the increased stiffness of the solid bearing just means that your struts take more of the road's bumps, rather than most of the road's bumps. You want this.

As long as your struts aren't worn out, you'll have no problem. This is what gives them the crisper suspension movement.

ziggy89

Brand new kyb agx struts at the same time. Should be good there to .