Vendor Front Control Arms Camber/Caster Kit - Engineered by Redwood Motorsports ™

[RedwoodMotors]

***Limited PRE-ORDER Pricing Available Now. First come first serve, we expect to ship our first run in January 2020***

Redwood Motorsports is proud to present our exclusive Adjustable Front Camber and Caster Control Arms - featuring Aurora Bearings™ motorsports grade Teflon lined bearings. These fully adjustable front control arms directly replace the non-adjustable factory upper arm, allowing you to dial in custom camber and caster settings to maximize your Model 3's cornering abilities and performance. By adjusting both turnbuckles equally in the same direction camber is adjusted without affecting caster. By adjusting turnbuckles in an equal and opposite amount, caster is adjusted independently from camber.

Features:

• Redwood Motorsports Aerospace Grade 6061 Billet Aluminum Body
  
• Redwood Motorsports Hardened and Nickel-Plated Custom Turnbuckles and Adjustment Hardware
• Aurora Bearings™ - High-Offset Teflon Lined Durable Motorsports Grade Bearings (built to last on track and street)
• Maximum Alignment Adjustability
• Ultra-Light Aluminum Assembly
• MADE IN THE USA! (In Fremont, California)

*Pictured as full front and rear kit with optional rear control arms, the Front-only Camber/Caster control arm come with one left and right assembly. Rear arms may be added additionally.

To Pre-Order Front Camber/Caster Arms please visit our page -> Front Control Arms Camber/Caster Kit - Engineered by Redwood Motorsports ™

 

[mcbarnet007]

Do you have to remove the front upper control arm in order to adjust the camber?

 

[beastmode13]

Looks to be similar concept on adjustment as the UP control arms. Definitely need wheel/tire removal to gain access to that part. Doesn’t look to be super convenient to change or verify the amount of change made, I could be wrong on that. On the plus side it is infinitely adjustable.

 

[Lunares]

What's the opinion on offset vs spherical bearings?

Wondering if these are ST/SP legal for AutoX

 

[RedwoodMotors]

Looks to be similar concept on adjustment as the UP control arms. Definitely need wheel/tire removal to gain access to that part. Doesn’t look to be super convenient to change or verify the amount of change made, I could be wrong on that. On the plus side it is infinitely adjustable.

We use a Hunter Wheel off adapter that allows us to see real time camber adjustments with the wheel off the car. It basically relocates the target to the hub and interpolates the camber change with the suspension unloaded. It's got some great algorithms to do the math and makes it very easy.

Additionally, depending on where you set your ride height you might be able to obtain access via the "jack up" mode on a Hunter system. This will freeze your "loaded" camber settings and then when unloaded you can see the changes made just like in the wheel off mode.

 

[sShingo]

Im curious on what kind of development was done on these and your other parts. I skimmed through your website and thought some of it was really interesting. Looks really geared toward track/car enthusiasts.

 

[RedwoodMotors]

Im curious on what kind of development was done on these and your other parts. I skimmed through your website and thought some of it was really interesting. Looks really geared toward track/car enthusiasts.

With all parts, we start with a problem... in this case the need to add caster and camber up front, and toe and camber in the rear. We then analyze the possible methods to do this, and settle on the most effective one or ones to begin our engineering work. We model the stock control arms and geometry off the car (3d scan, measurements, etc) and build models for the chassis which we can calculate required load ratings.

Based on the required loads we select components to build around (for instance what size and grade Aurora bearing to use)... and some parts need completely custom components (like the turnbuckles, and front upper control arm bearing/pin). Based on our load calculations and life expectancy for the part we can settle on hardware and create any custom hardware needed... some parts like the upper control arm pin and turnbuckles require special materials (high tensile steel, or in these cases adding a heat treatment process) to meet our load requirements at the extreme limits of a components use case. For example, a control arm (in this case) needs to withstand for forces the arm will be subjected to if a car for hits a curb at a certain speed in an accident - the arm must be able to withstand some pretty extreme forces without failing. We then create prototype parts, extensively test on the track and street... and finally if all goes well we go to full production! It's a long process, but we do our best to over-engineer and rigorously test everything we make!

Hopefully that answers your questions in general!