[s-cars] 2B Camber Plate Group Buy - Initial Interest Poll
Bill Clancy
clancybill at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 25 11:24:27 EDT 2005
Point taken. I'm sure the 2Bennet solution works as designed. I was just surprised at the cost.
My apologies to anyone on the list that might have been offended -- sometimes I get a little carried away.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Pizzimenti
To: Bill Clancy
Cc: Fred Munro ; Mark Pollan ; s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] 2B Camber Plate Group Buy - Initial Interest Poll
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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