[slow02gt]

i use the 3 bolts on my cobra you will be just fine with them.... i have used the 3 bolts on 9-10 sec cobras..

[mrbigjeep]

Originally Posted by cbjohnson9 Why would upr develop a set of 4 bolt plates if the 3 bolt plates were sufficient? It also probably depends on how much stress your putting on them. I'm running 275/12's up front and autocross so the stronger I could make my strut tower, the better. I'm going up to 325's when I switch to a torque arm. There is a big difference in fox cc's vs New edge cc's. Picture a triangle made by the 3 bolts on the plate. On a fox, the strut pertrudes up within that triangle, distributing the weight into all three bolts. On a new edge, the strut pertrusion lies outside this triangle, causing uneven weight loads. This is why the new edge mustangs require 4 bolt plates for CC's. The strut is enclosed by the bolts and stabilizes load distribution.

i asked the same question and the answer straight from jeremy himself was that they came out with the 4 bolts because the autocross/road course guys wanted them...guess what? i don't do turns...lol.

if your into that then by all means get the 4 bolts. otherwise i think the 3 bolts are fine for drag and street driving (which is the only turns i do!)

[BaznastyDave]

Yeah I believe they are fine for drag racing but I wanted the 4's bc they have more adjustment in them, I would hate to put the 3 bolts on my car and take it to get aligned and they say it does not have enough adjustment to fix it.

[mrbigjeep]

adjustment is the same according to jeremy.

i asked that too...you just gotta change to the other slots if it doesn't have enough.

regardless, nothing wrong with going to the four bolts

[Bullitt5339]

Originally Posted by mrbigjeep adjustment is the same according to jeremy. i asked that too...you just gotta change to the other slots if it doesn't have enough. regardless, nothing wrong with going to the four bolts

You can tell Jeremy he's full of shit for me then.....

I had the UPR Shark 3 bolt plates, and they couldn't get my camber correct on either of the settings those POS's have. I went to Holcomb and bought the 4 bolt set from UPR, installed them, and it aligned to the specs I wanted the 1st time.

So, no matter what Jeremy says, the 4 bolt plates with their true sliding adjustment will give you more adjustment on camber than the POS Shark plates and their 2 different slotted settings for camber.

And the Shark plates tear up the paint on the top of the strut towers. I have some touch up painting to do now because of them.

[mrbigjeep]

oh well..

i got mine close enough. got it back to the same specs it was before coil overs. i had no problems.

[Bullitt5339]

In theory, they should allow plenty of adjustment, but the plates themselves hit the ridge to the outside of the strut towers before I reached the necessary adjustment. With the spacers under the plates, I could slide the plates further out before they made contact. In order to get the Shark plates out far enough to correct my camber, I would have had to cut the outside of them off.

[mrbigjeep]

well i suppose he will like the four bolts...

either way i still like my shark plates

[BaznastyDave]

Yeah I would hate to get em on and waste time and money not being able to adjust them enough and then you can't send em back b/c they have been used, glad they worked for you though Jeep.