Fixed Camber plate doesn't fit Strut Bearing

[ymanchik]

Working on my front end and ran into a problem. The fixed camber plates don't fit my strut bearing, it's just a tiny bit off. I was planning on drilling out the hole a little bigger to accommodate it. But figured I better ask to see if I'm missing something before I do that. Anyone have any suggestions/tips? Thanks.

[2002Scoob]

I had similar problems when I installed mine. I just used a rat-tail file to hog out the needed space. 

[AceAndrew]

Yep, open up a tiny bit as needed.

 

An interesting note, the fixed plates fit cleanly over the old OEM 2002 strut mounts (and you'll note they fit perfectly in the holes on the body).  Several years ago BMW superseded the 2002 strut mount with the E21 strut mount.  They are very very close, but as you found, the hole spacing is not identical.

[ymanchik]

6 hours ago, 2002Scoob said:

I had similar problems when I installed mine. I just used a rat-tail file to hog out the needed space. 

Good to hear, I'll do the same. Thanks.