[s-cars] 2B Camber Plate Group Buy - Initial Interest Poll

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Far from it.

2Bennett actually has a business to run, imagine that! Employees and
suppliers to pay, not to mention R&D cost to get something that fits nicely,
bolts right in and gets you the adjustment you need to not chew up tires. I
will gladly pay for someone to go through the R&D so that I don't have to
cut and re-cut and try all over again just to get something that's hacked in
the corner of my garage rather than a nice billet piece that was CNC'd.

If you can make it on your own, fine. Do it. Up to this moment, no one has
come up with a better alignment solution than the 2B boys and I don't think
you can do better than what they have by making something in your garage.

Let that be your motivation to prove me wrong, but I wouldn't risk my ass on
the road at 100+mph with something I hacked together in my garage versus
someone's $600 engineered solution.

Joe

On 9/24/05, Bill Clancy <clancybill at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> But they are toooo expensive. don't you think? They are metal plates
> with holes drilled in them for 400+.
>
> I can make those in my garage ( in probably will) for free).
>
> Am I way off here?
>
> Maybe the group price brings it down but I think Mr. 2-Bennet is ripping
> us
> off -- and doing a good job of it.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
> To: "Bill Clancy" <clancybill at yahoo.com>; "Mark Pollan"
> <mark.pollan at mci.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 10:10 AM
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] 2B Camber Plate Group Buy - Initial Interest Poll
>
>
> > Actually, Bill, slotting the original plates only gives a limited amount
> > of
> > movement. The OD of the bottom barrel of the top mount contacts the ID
> of
> > the hole in the strut tower and at that point further slotting gets you
> > nowhere (BTDT).
> >
> > 2B has designed out this interference and their plates give a much
> greater
> > range of adjustment (ECS is similar I'm sure). The advantage of the 2B
> > plate
> > over ECS is that it also gives caster adjustment - that's why I chose
> > them;
> > I had a caster issue on the right side.
> >
> > Fred Munro
> > '94 S4
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Bill Clancy
> > Sent: September 24, 2005 11:16 AM
> > To: Mark Pollan; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] 2B Camber Plate Group Buy - Initial Interest Poll
> >
> >
> > I am not sure I see the value in these 2B plates. They are too
> > expensive.
> > I mean...I they're nice to have...but aren't they a bit pricey?
> > You could get the same result by taking your original ones, slotting
> them
> > for the caster adjustment and moving the mounting holes to give the
> proper
> > camber. It would take about an hour to do this.
> >
> > A while ago...someone sent a write up with a nice diagram on how to make
> > the
> > camber change. I apologize... I forget who it was.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Pollan" <mark.pollan at mci.com>
> > To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:11 AM
> > Subject: [s-cars] 2B Camber Plate Group Buy - Initial Interest Poll
> >
> >
> >> OK well, I for one plan on keeping my car for a looooong time. So
> >> capitalizing the cost of 2B even at a non-GB price, that's the one that
> >> makes sense to me. I just cannot get myself the psychological block of
> >> even
> >> bending the fender lip for the ECS plate.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> That said, who of you out there is a maybe and who is a for sure with
> 2B?
> >> Reply to me directly and at the end of next week I'll contact 2B. I
> have
> >> never dealt with them so if somebody could either pave the road or
> >> provide
> >> the appropriate point of contact that would be great.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
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