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Old 12-20-2019, 03:27 PM
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Default Upper Control Arm Shims

The next time one of you guys have your head under the hood, could you give me an approximation of the shims used on your upper control arms? Trying to find a ball park starting point. I know every car is different, but I figure none of them have zero shims like I have at this point.

Or even an eyeball distance between the frame mount and the control arm pivot ... like 1/8" 1/4" 1" ... hehe whatever it looks like.

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Old 12-20-2019, 03:47 PM
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This was the drivers side.
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Old 12-20-2019, 04:08 PM
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Excellent .... so I know I need more than the one I have in each slot right now

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Old 12-20-2019, 05:22 PM
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IIRC the passenger side had a few less shims.

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Old 12-20-2019, 05:50 PM
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Just stuck in there roughly what came out...enough to get it down the road to the alignment shop. Maybe two to three in each side...

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Old 12-21-2019, 07:01 AM
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So far my plan is to have a couple in each location and bring a handful of different sizes with me.

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