Caster Discussion

[noone]

Here is a description of this product.

Wrong thread? That one is about Viezu...

[noone]

The road feel is likely caused by the bushes being Poly. I went from the whiteline ones to Seat for this reason.

Eddy has the K-mac adjustable strut tops. They look good but not cheap and likely pass more noise / vibration than stock.

The nice thing about the K-Mac's is they can provide castor and camber adjustment.

I've not seen any other products for altering the front end geometry (well, suspension height alters the camber).

It may be after I get my toe fixed (wheel alignment) that I forget about this one.

[kaanage]

Here is a description of this product.

Wrong thread? That one is about Viezu...

Whoops - cut and pasted wrong link. Now fixed (check it out - it's quite interesting)

The nice thing about the K-Mac's is they can provide castor and camber adjustment.

I've not seen any other products for altering the front end geometry (well, suspension height alters the camber).

It may be after I get my toe fixed (wheel alignment) that I forget about this one.

For road use, I agree - I don't see why you need more than proper toe.
For track, some negative camber at the front would be the biggest gain IMO.

[Bubu]

Negative camber can make quite a difference, had it on my previous car and I have also had a drive of a couple of other cars with neg camber. The turn in is great, so much grip! There are some down sides to it too. Tyre wear on the inside being one. The other which I experienced, was the front would lose traction when braking hard in the wet. And not because I was locking up the brakes. The reduced contact area with the road and the road being wet made it more slippery than it would have been otherwise. Though I should point out that the camber I had was a bit aggressive ( -2.5 deg or -3 deg , I cant remember now).

The Polo being a different car with different tyres and all the other variables may not respond the same. Also with less camber dialled in you probably won’t wear the tyres on the inside as much and you may not have traction issues in the wet.

[Eddy]

Eddy has the K-mac adjustable strut tops. They look good but not cheap and likely pass more noise / vibration than stock.

Hoyhoy.

WRONG, me don't have K-Macs #*+#.
These are custom by Extreme Motorsports brissy ( they are quality with the highest standard pillow ball) , gained a small amount of caster, but love the camber -2 degrees for the road & over -3 for the track.

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[vwthunder]

Hoyhoy.

WRONG, me don't have K-Macs #*+#.
These are custom by Extreme Motorsports brissy

They are custom, can they make another set, guessing they are not cheap, also with the APR K04 tune, is it agressive, what does the boost peak at (psi)

[Eddy]

They are custom, can they make another set, guessing they are not cheap, also with the APR K04 tune, is it agressive, what does the boost peak at (psi)

Hoyhoy.

When I say custom, I mean very custom, a lot of my own hours fiddling.
Boost spike is up there.

[noone]

Sorry mate, thanks for clarifying. Not sure why I thought you had K-Mac's. Did you look at the K-Mac's?

Anyways, it would be great to get your feedback and some more input from you Eddy as you are the only one who has done this on the Polo / Cupra that I've seen.

Has it added any noise? Would you happen to know if the K-Mac's would work?

[vwthunder]

Van has the Kmac's on his polo, maybe you can PM him, I have spoken to him about this and he says that there was not really a noticable difference, then again, his car is quite loud and he is running 18's

With the Kmac's there is cutting involved too

[vwthunder]

Have a look here

Im not sure if the Mk4 gti have the same strut tops as a Polo

VWVortex.com - MkIV Camber plate list

Everyone says the Ground Control are the way to go