i'm thinking of using short ball joints and adjustable tops to move my entire strut inward (but maintain the angle)

but the swaybar linkage looks like it will foul, i've never been a fan of the way this linkage sits and looks, it is very awkward (even if installed on the middle adjust hole in the swaybar)

this photo is taking with the car jacked up, so it's in the full droop position, but i cant help but wonder if i have done something wrong in the install or if this is an effective design/method implemented by maddat???

I frigged around for hours thinking i was doing something wrong with this same issue on Mr Hanky L series sedan and CA Wagon. On both i was using stanza LCA's in the end i used the sunny ball joints that give you more neg camber forgot part number and that helped a very little think its just the way they are man. With my next one was just going to slightly elongate the hole in LCA then mark and tack a decent flat washer either side to stop it sliding side to side.

Maddat have modified the lcas by moving this hole so I guess having there lca's may help!

Why I like my spaced down 120y sway bar. Maybe I should add a 2nd one for cheats sway bar

No they havent moved the hole in the LCA they run and sell the adjustable LCA's which pushes the hole out when you wind them out as well as the strut to also give you camber.

later 1200 LCAs (after 1975) can take either ball joint.


H74 vs H50

The H50 type is used by Sunny-large & Stanza. Late 1200, Late B210 and Sunny-small uses the H74 type. H50 alone will increase track and reduce camber. It also changes the bump steer slightly.

It is usually better to gain negative camber by moving the strut top inboard because it doesn't change bumpsteer, and gives more room for wide tires.

so to buy the ball joints on the left (shorter offset) what should i request at the parts shop?

i see the original 1200 are short but the bolt spacing width is also narrower and the diameter of the bolts is smaller

[edit] i just re-read... i see which ones i need to order now... thanks DD

Request a 1979 1200 ute ball joint for the short type. It fits on the H74 LCA (same LCA is used by B120, 120Y and B310).

But this is perhaps why there is no room for the swaybar link. The H50 unit moves the bottom of the strut out.

No i used the one on the right to move the things ever so slightly out and it gave more clearance from strut to sway bar link. But as i said you really need adjustable LCA's cause the only reason this works ever so slightly as it allows the LCA to go up and out a touch more. At the end of the day (the sun goes down)the LCA cant go out as it is bolted to the crossmember isn't it. So you can then consider elongating the hole/s that it bolts to on the crossmember but be sure to brace that as to stop it sliding side to side. Realistically there is no quick fix but to buy or get made Adjustable LCA's they will give more options
P.S we tried it with late ute ones originally and thats where the problems were discovered then we went to Sunny ones

You could also move the mounting hole in the lca further in then mount the sway bar link on the other side of the sway bar (mount it inside the sway bar, rather than the outside)