http://foohbar.com/magnum.cfm
and
http://foohbar.com/page_96.cfm

Have a few pics of my Magnum with Pro-kits and 18" wheels. Click the pics for enlarged views. I got a 1.75" drop and this is a not-uncommonly reported number. Figure Eibach's 1.3/1/4 numbers are just flat out wrong. I'm guessing also that the discrepant numbers reported by others may very well be due to their not waiting for the car to settle.

 

Hey Matt, I like your paint-job. yeah, it looks low enough for me. i'll do that.
Q: where can you get best price for that kit?
thanx
greg

 

I got the Eibach Pro-kit installed on Wednesday and I went for an alignment today. Even after 2 hours working with up-to-date laser equipment it seems that the right alignment is not easy to do (in the acceptable limits of the manufacturer). It ends up that the specialists asked me to buy 2 camber bolts specially made by Mopar at the nearest Dodge dealer. It happens that those are very expensives at 66$CDN a piece (see pictures). What about your experience you guys ? I have to return tomorrow morning as the alignment job has to come to an end.



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Since I didn't receive any clue about my problem it seems that I'm all by myself with the alignment issue. Have to go to my apointment in 15 min. I'll return with the conclusions later... Hope it's gonna be OK this morning with no need for extra $$$.

 

Intruder - not saying the shop is stiffing you on those camber bolts but, the Magnum has camber bolts from the factory and would seem highly unlikely that you could get another set from the dodge dealer that would offer more adjustment than the ones it came with. Just asking but, are you sure they didn't strip or damage the stockers in some way? Unless there are camber kits out there that none of us are aware of, the will not be able to bring the front in to spec 100%, it will be close enough to make it drive nice, you'll just need to rotate the tires more often due to inside tread wear.

 

Thanks for your reply Obiwan. Nevertheless, I think I was in good hands with a 17 years experienced mechanic with a new 80 000 $ computerized infra-red equipment. He's an expert according to all the other mechanics there as he's the one who does all the alignment for specific cases like racing cars, Porches, trucks, etc. (In addition, he was recommended to me by those who installed my Eibach Pro-Kit).

Also, he explained to me why he needed the 2 replacement bolts but I didn't catch it all well. The thing is the new bolts come striped sideways (on 2 sides, see picture sent in my first post) and this is what seems to allow a greater margin to make a better adjustment in trying to reach the dealers specs. So, it took another 3 hours of labor this morning, the alignment job totalling 5 hours since yesterday... They were kind enough to apply flat rates but it ends up costing me 166$ CDN plus 138 $CDN for the 2 bolts for a total cost of more than 300 $ (including 15% Canadian and Quebec sales tx) only for the alignment part. Hopefully, the results seem OK at last and now I can enjoy driving my car instead of standing beside it in some garage with the $$$ meter always on...

Here are some pics of the dealer's recommendations in comparaison with my own final results (see «actuel» columns) and one other showing the two bolts that were replaced. Any comments on those results ? Is someone having better results with less labor ?



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Here are some bonus pics that I took this morning. It's rare that we can see under the car without the plastic cover in place !


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