Pillowball Mounts?
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Pillowball Mounts?
I just have a question about pillowball mounts on coilover systems like the Tein's. I wanted to know what the advantages of have these mounts. I've read that it's better for the camber of the car, but how? Can the camber be adjusted with these mounts? Sorry for the stupid questions, but I can't seem to find a clear answer.
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The rubber bushing is replaced with a pillow ball (spherical bearing) which eliminates the load input compliance, reduces the change of alignment to improve the grip of the tire.
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
The rubber bushing is replaced with a pillow ball (spherical bearing) which eliminates the load input compliance, reduces the change of alignment to improve the grip of the tire.
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
The rubber bushing is replaced with a pillow ball (spherical bearing) which eliminates the load input compliance, reduces the change of alignment to improve the grip of the tire.
However, this does not remove the need of a camber kit. Even a modest drop with a coilover system, a camber kit is required to fix camber issues (like any other drop with H&R or Comptech springs).
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specific camber kits have these type of mounts. im not sure if any one makes a kit with them for the tl. this is a example of a camber kit with a pillow ball mount
![](http://www.hksusa.com/images_products/L_1354.jpg)
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Originally Posted by patrick
Oh, first time seeing something like this! Thx fsttyms1! BTW, what application is this type of pillowmount usually for?
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fsttyms1 - Some Tein coilover applications have the same camber plate as the HKS plates you posted, so if the coilover system had the camber plates like the ones posted on the left hand side of the pic, can the camber be adjusted from that plate?
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if they have that style for the tl yes
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Originally Posted by patrick
So if you get the camber plate, you would not need a camber kit correct?
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