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Mike,

I am using Ground Control CCP4 camber plates in my car with MCS 911 struts but the theory should be the same with your camber plates.

There are two problems to solve here. One, is how to hold the strut in place and the other is where the spring load is handled.

With my original Bilstein RSR coiler setup, the heim joint in the camber plate handled both loads. The top spring perch was located by spacers on the shaft that went though the heim joint. I will get into this later.

My camber plates have heim joints that have openings that are bigger than the threaded section of the Bilstein and MCS struts shaft. Here is a photo of both (Bilstein first):





The Bilstein shaft was stepped so it would only go through the heim joint so far. With the MCS struts, I needed bushings on the shaft at the top and bottom of the heim joint to locate the shaft. Here is a photo of what these look like:



I might need some additional spacers to get the shaft located properly and fixed so that it cannot move up or down once the nuts are installed on the threads.

I don't know how you locate and restrain the top spring perch with the Elephant camber plates. With the Bilstein setup, there was a big washer that kept the perch from moving too high. The Ground Control plates I use floating perch with a radius that rests against a matching radius on the bottom of the plate. I like this because it keeps the spring loads off the heim joint.

I hope this helps.
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