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04-19-2012, 08:56 PM | #45 |
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...rinse and repeat.
Sorry to hear that. Sounds like short of general recall on the product, these failures are going to keep showing up. Call GC. They've shown themselves willing to make things right. For them it's only a $12 bracket on a $500 plate set, which is well worth it for them to maintain customer satisfaction. So far mine are holding up on the street. First track test in 2 weeks at VIR. Good luck!
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Disappointed to report that my "updated" plates had a bolt break after three track sessions today. However, in my case it sheared about one inch from the top
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04-20-2012, 10:37 PM | #47 |
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^Darn this sucks.
Got a bunch of track days on mine and have been fine *knock on wood* I'm however planning a long track weekend far from home so I might have to hit them up to get a set of spares just for peace of mind |
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04-22-2012, 03:48 PM | #48 |
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IMO, GC has some serious quality control issues with these plates. As others have pointed out, the bolts are not welded straight, so, depending on how crooked they are, is likely a contributor to them failing. I'm guessing that if the plates hold up to a good hard flogging at the track, they'll not have issues. Mine broke during the first session
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I'm afraid of touching them to use the "adjustability" feature now. Let us know what GC says. |
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Pressed in studs sound like the way to go, I just worry that there isn't enough material to press them into. Those crescents look pretty small. |
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04-24-2012, 08:12 PM | #54 |
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As predicted, GC blames over-torquing for the failure. There was no over-torquing... PERIOD
as hell! Car is at Cantrell for properly built camber plates... |
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04-24-2012, 08:24 PM | #55 |
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Shoot this is bad business from GC. Did you mention that a whole bunch of people are having this issue? And that it's the same damn bolt?
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This is BAD. So, the updated plates are apparently crap too. I will be packing along my stock upper mounts to all of my future track events so I can possibly make a paddock repair and drive myself home after they break again. It sucks to have this in the back of your mind as your doing 150 down the back stretch. What a great confidence builder. This is definitely not good...
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Anybody know if Vorshlag plates will fit OEM suspension? I seem to recall they won't but curious if anybody has tried.
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Camber plates
Looks like the Dinan plates are one quarter inch thick to address this problem but it will raise the ride height the same amount which I don't like. Why can't we just ovalize the holes to get the increased camber?
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Thanks dbarnes, not a lot of options for plates without going to sleeve or coil over other than Dinan and GC.
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Just got the bolt plates back from Cantrell. This is about x1000 times better. Well worth the small amount that I paid. Although the plates should have come like this from the start. So, you ask, does something like this hurt ground control? YES! I didn't even consider their E46 suspension...so they lost a sale to TC Kline.
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I just competed in the one lap of america in car #47 and have a total of 5,000 miles in a single week and I have the GC plate and they are absolutely fine. I did a visual and I see nothing of the sort that is reported here. Note that my suspension is working extra hard as I have 50% more power than stock and I'm running at race pace at these events.
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Do you have the regular or low profile version?
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I had some vorshlag plates to look at and the design is so much more robust.
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