[Alpin3_F30]

Anyone know which front camber plates are quiet and soft enough but still good quality? ones i bought are noisy. over little bumps it sounds as if my coilovers are blown but they are fine. my stock strut mounts were quiet, i want to retain that same noise quality.

[vasillalov]

TCKLine. ZERO noise. They also allow maximum adjustment as the shock shaft and the nut are positioned such way that it requires almost no grinding of the strut cup. I can get -4 degrees camber and I only had to shave 5mm off the strut tower.

[Alpin3_F30]

Originally Posted by vasillalov

TCKLine. ZERO noise. They also allow maximum adjustment as the shock shaft and the nut are positioned such way that it requires almost no grinding of the strut cup. I can get -4 degrees camber and I only had to shave 5mm off the strut tower.

pretty pricey but ill look into it, thanks. i hate the ones i got.

[justpete]

Originally Posted by E92Alpine328i

Anyone know which front camber plates are quiet and soft enough but still good quality? ones i bought are noisy. over little bumps it sounds as if my coilovers are blown but they are fine. my stock strut mounts were quiet, i want to retain that same noise quality.

Vorshlag camber plates haven't made any noise in my car for more than two years.

[Alpin3_F30]

Originally Posted by justpete

Vorshlag camber plates haven't made any noise in my car for more than two years.

yeah ive heard of these, mine i guess are more for track. i need quietness over bumps like factory.

[justpete]

Originally Posted by E92Alpine328i

yeah ive heard of these, mine i guess are more for track. i need quietness over bumps like factory.

The Vorshlag parts are for the track and work silently with the race tuned HVT suspension in my car. Same on the track as they are on the street.

[mlifxs]

I did GC street plates. No plate noise, however, others have complained about them regarding ticks, clunks etc. Perhaps I'm lucky or will eventually experience it.

GC plates (and I suspect other brands, except maybe Dinan(?)) do act like "little speakers" with regard to road noise. Noise is less isolated and you know it driving over rough surfaces. Cobblestone...yikes.

In general, if you google "camber plates" and other words like "clunking", "noise" etc there is plenty to see for different plate manufacturers and cars. Sometimes it's install error.

If I had to do it all over again, I would have done Dinan, which are not adjustable (but they're cheap, $150 new). If you track, maybe you need the adjustability feature? I'm mainly a DD so adjustable was overkill.

[I35it]

Depending on how much camber you want and if you really need the adjustability of plates you could always just run the Dinan camber plates.

[Alpin3_F30]

Originally Posted by I35it

Depending on how much camber you want and if you really need the adjustability of plates you could always just run the Dinan camber plates.

how do they work? i just need a little camber in the front max 3 degrees. i heard these are quiet but i also heard you use your stock strut mounts? any info would be helpful

[vasillalov]

Originally Posted by E92Alpine328i

pretty pricey but ill look into it, thanks. i hate the ones i got.

Trust me, the TCKline cambler plates are worth their money. I have a few friends with 3-series and 1-series that we go on track days together. Most camber plates are either too noisy, or require too much modifications of the strut tower to get maximum adjustment. Also, some of them make it very difficult to use a proper strut tower brace.

In my opinion, the TCKline plates are the quietest, lowest profile plates that give you max adjustment with minimal modification of the strut tower. That's a rare and expensive combination.

[I35it]

Originally Posted by E92Alpine328i

how do they work? i just need a little camber in the front max 3 degrees. i heard these are quiet but i also heard you use your stock strut mounts? any info would be helpful

I have -2.8 Camber but thats with m3 arms as well. And yes, you just attach them to your strut mounts which is perfect for me because I am running Koni shocks with swift springs. Install was super quick, but it all depends on what you need. I simple just auto-cross and some DE's.

[gigabyte]

i have the dinan fixed plates on my e90, no noise and im at -2.2 with stock strut mounts and control arms.

[justpete]

Originally Posted by E92Alpine328i

Anyone know which front camber plates are quiet and soft enough but still good quality? ones i bought are noisy. over little bumps it sounds as if my coilovers are blown but they are fine. my stock strut mounts were quiet, i want to retain that same noise quality.

Dumb question but are you going to use these only on the street and not the track? The only "soft" camber plates I know of are the Dinan fixed parts since they reuse the OE top strut mounts. Camber plates are designed for easy adjustment (most of the time) of caster (most of the time) and camber to make track tuning easier and quicker. One of the other benefits is providing a rigid upper strut mount that makes the steering more responsive and as precise as the bearings in the control arms will allow. The downside is it's impossible for it to be "soft" like the OE mounts. Camber plate noise comes from play/wear in the spherical bearing and/or improper torque on the tower mount hex nuts. The ones I've seen reuse the OE strut tower brace including the M3 version which usually makes the camber plates a lot easier to adjust.

[Alpin3_F30]

Originally Posted by justpete

Dumb question but are you going to use these only on the street and not the track? The only "soft" camber plates I know of are the Dinan fixed parts since they reuse the OE top strut mounts. Camber plates are designed for easy adjustment (most of the time) of caster (most of the time) and camber to make track tuning easier and quicker. One of the other benefits is providing a rigid upper strut mount that makes the steering more responsive and as precise as the bearings in the control arms will allow. The downside is it's impossible for it to be "soft" like the OE mounts. Camber plate noise comes from play/wear in the spherical bearing and/or improper torque on the tower mount hex nuts. The ones I've seen reuse the OE strut tower brace including the M3 version which usually makes the camber plates a lot easier to adjust.

just street use. im doing to have to look into the Dinan ones. i just cant listen to the hardness of going over bumps as if something is loose. nothing is broken because the difference came after the install so i know the noise is from the new plates. OEM was so much better.

[Cloud9blue]

Originally Posted by E92Alpine328i

just street use. im doing to have to look into the Dinan ones. i just cant listen to the hardness of going over bumps as if something is loose. nothing is broken because the difference came after the install so i know the noise is from the new plates. OEM was so much better.

why do you need a camber plate for street use in the first place?

[Alpin3_F30]

Originally Posted by Cloud9blue

why do you need a camber plate for street use in the first place?

to fit my front wheels i have a 19x9.5 with a 10mm spacer in the front

[mlifxs]

Originally Posted by E92Alpine328i

just street use. im doing to have to look into the Dinan ones. i just cant listen to the hardness of going over bumps as if something is loose. nothing is broken because the difference came after the install so i know the noise is from the new plates. OEM was so much better.

If you haven't checked everything out, maybe make sure it's not sway bar end links and or the torquing of your strut bars. I diy'd mine and had clunking due to these two mistakes on my part. Easy easy fix and noise went away. It's how I found out about googling camber plate noise and possible install problems.

Otherwise, the Dinan plates sound like a good idea given your intended use.

[Cloud9blue]

Originally Posted by E92Alpine328i

to fit my front wheels i have a 19x9.5 with a 10mm spacer in the front

Just be aware, Dinan plate does raise the front by 1/4".

[Alpin3_F30]

Originally Posted by Cloud9blue

Just be aware, Dinan plate does raise the front by 1/4".

oh ok well my coil overs have more room to drop it that extra 1/4"