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Thread: Shed some light on this rear suspension/cradle setup?

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    So you think your radial arc of your suspension and toe movements are magically fixed at that height just because you have some adjustable arms?

    Yeah lolwat, the old Nigel is a pretty switched on puppy.

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    No i didnt say its fixed.
    I said its not ideal but functions fine

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    oath, very smart


    jsut give up now man

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    on the rear of my fc3s im reducing the camber in 2 ways, adjustable rod which moves my the rear end up reducing camber, and adjustable upper control arm bushes which can reduce or give more cambe

    id defs say datsun. look gay. poser setup or possibly setup like that for shits and giggles just for pics


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    moved to tech section.

    Very much looks like someone tried in vain to make irs fit without any chopping. I am no expert but I would be putting tabs on that won't handle that good
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    So, I'm way out of the loop here, did he cut upward into factory metal to actually lift the subframe through the floor or you talking about subframe riser solid bushings? because those things give you like 10-15mm and when the car's (nigel's) that low, the roll centre's way in the ground anyway that it don't make that much of a difference. That's not what I would call retaining correct geometry.

    but hey, if he cut metal and moved the subframe up, cool. Been waiting for someone to do that.

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    He cut the cradle, as in, cut sections out and bought the whole cradle up towards its own mounts, also sliced the top off the curved section just above the diff center. The top of the strut towers had extra tube added to them to get the coilovers to sit higher as well.

    Waiting for someone to do it? He did it about two years ago I think.

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    as cool as it is, what nigel did has been done many, many times before.

    i'd say the above conversion they've added the RHS or structural box sections off the rail and not cut any floorpan out.

    there is better and worse ways to do it.

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    Looks like the cradle is mounted really low.. fails hard.. Look how low the car is, then look how low the diff/cradle is.

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    like 20mm sump/swaybar/rails.

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