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Lazy-Bastard

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Hey All,

 

I recently bought an FG XR6 turbo and have started swapping bits over from my NA FG.

I noticed these shims behind the front upper control arm where it mounts to the chassis. [see pics]

Is this OEM or an aftermarket mod?

If it's aftermarket, does anyone know what brand and what suspension geometry it would affect? I'm presuming it would add positive camber.

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never seen anything like it, so I'd have to say it's aftermarket. Previous owner probably had either a lot of camber or a lot of low or both.

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so alignment shims are necessary for stock height cars? doubt it...

 

2 minutes ago, Lazy-Bastard said:

Just did a bit of research and looks like a camber/caster adjustment kit.

 

Previous owner was QLD Police 😕

that's interesting... maybe there was a 2nd owner in between...

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We sell them to a couple of tyre shops and a suspension place, mainly for falcon taxi's or high mileage falcons or lowered. Sometimes the factory alignment isn't perfect and needs these shims.

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25 minutes ago, NA_TURBO said:

We sell them to a couple of tyre shops and a suspension place, mainly for falcon taxi's or high mileage falcons or lowered. Sometimes the factory alignment isn't perfect and needs these shims.

Thanks for the info!!

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