Has anyone had problems with their SPC camber kits?

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Old May 9, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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Has anyone had problems with their SPC camber kits?

On my last g35 coupe I put both front and rear camber kits on and after a few days of very mild driving, I was taking a VERY slow (thank God it was slow) left turn and the top knuckle bolt ripped right through the top of the a-arm. The wheel was just sitting there crooked. I later took it in and they put some washers in there to prevent the bolt from ripping through the the obviously oversized and weak hole. Is this issue resolved already?

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Old May 9, 2010 | 03:40 PM
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many had problems. i just read through the entire thread
https://www.myg37.com/forums/brakes-...it-rattle.html

seems like no one confirmed if spc finally fixed the problems and redesigned the kit for the g37.
their temporary fix was using g35 front camber arms or add tons of washers or something
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Old May 9, 2010 | 08:41 PM
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Ive had SPC Camber arms on both the front and rear for about 12k miles without any issues
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Old May 9, 2010 | 10:23 PM
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Same here w F+R no issues !
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Old May 9, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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same here w f+r no issues !

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Old May 10, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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did spc redesign the front camber arms after many complained of it hitting the body of the car?
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Old May 10, 2010 | 01:41 AM
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^ yes SPC released a revised front arms for the G37, the older one wouldn't fit right and it rattles, etc.
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Old May 10, 2010 | 02:07 AM
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is there a new part # for the revised version? if we order one from a vendor how do we know if we get the old part or the new revised version?
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Old May 10, 2010 | 03:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Presto
is there a new part # for the revised version? if we order one from a vendor how do we know if we get the old part or the new revised version?
the old (noisy) arms part is #72135

the revised new arms is #72130

Btw i am refering to the SPC Front Camber kit

also, u can know if u get the correct part by looking at the # on the box!
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Old May 10, 2010 | 03:16 AM
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I'm right about 12k miles too on the revised g37 arms with no problems yet
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Old May 10, 2010 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by xlack
the old (noisy) arms part is #72135

the revised new arms is #72130

Btw i am refering to the SPC Front Camber kit
from this thread https://www.myg37.com/forums/brakes-...ml#post2592727 (post #105)
it seems 72130 is the part # for the g35 front camber arms which correct only 1.5 degrees of camber according to Jeff from spc (post #183)

so guess they just switched to using the g35 arms instead of designing a new one for the g37.
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Old May 15, 2010 | 12:28 AM
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seems like bad install maybe?
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Old May 15, 2010 | 01:52 AM
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So the SPC camber arms for the g37 are really for the g35... that's there solution?... Pretty s*ty!

Thats like SPL rear camber arms I got cost arm and leg and it has rusting steel on it thats not stainless steel. Piec o s**t!!!
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Old May 25, 2010 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Xcalibur
So the SPC camber arms for the g37 are really for the g35... that's there solution?... Pretty s*ty!

Thats like SPL rear camber arms I got cost arm and leg and it has rusting steel on it thats not stainless steel. Piec o s**t!!!
The clamp bolt on the SPL rusting does indeed suck, but they make the best camber parts available for our cars hands down. It shouldn't have rusted, but that's a $2 fix. I'd rather spend an extra few bucks to get stainless bolts and use a great part than pay a little less and have a lesser quality part.

I'm eating up front tires until they come out with their front camber solution that's currently in development. From speaking to them directly I couldn't get a firm release date (probably going to be a while), but it will adjust front camber completely differently from anything out currently.
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