What are hub stands? They bolt on to your hubs in place of your wheels so you have full access to the suspension while the car is on the ground. They also sit on steel balls so they can move around and take any preload out of the suspension. This makes it easy to corner-weight the car and tighten up suspension bolts.
But wait, there’s more! The stands are also designed to make it easy to align the car yourself. Toe and camber are dead simple, while caster and even thrust angle are straightforward. You can turn the adjusters and watch the settings change. You will need a pair of tape measures and some way to measure camber – either a smartphone or our digital gauge.
That’s right, you’ll never pay for an alignment again. We use these at the FM shop all the time, even if it’s just to set the bushings after a suspension install.
Fits the following:
ALL MIATAS …and….
- All 4 bolt patterns ranging from 4 x 95.25 to 4 x 114.3 (that’s 4 x 3.75″ to 4 x 4.5″) on cars using 12mm or 14mm stud.
- All 5 bolt patterns ranging from 5 x 100 to 5 x 130mm on cars using 12mm or 14mm studs.
- For all cars, the maximum hub diameter is 72.5 mm and the weight limit is 4000 lbs (1000 lbs per stand).
Sold as a complete set of four including thrust alignment cables. If your garage floor is cracked – or perfect and you don’t want to risk any potential lines in your epoxy from the steel balls – be sure to pick up a set of floor plates.
Note that there might be a slight discrepancy (no more than 0.5°) between the camber measured with the Hub Stands and with the wheels installed. This won’t change on an individual car unless you change bushings, and is a static number so it’s easy to offset your measurements accordingly.
Since these are kinda big and bulky, they can be… annoying… to store. Check out Paco Motorsport’s hanger kit (above) to get them up and out of the way!