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Spec R
eibach pro kits have always done this. its an equal drop for both the front and rear, its just more noticable now because thats how it is from the factory. Rx7s, subarus, and 240sx's all have the same issue. you have to buy springs or coilovers to make the gaps even front to rear because from the factory the rear sits lower than the front. its usually a body design, not suspension travel.
lets say on your integra both front and rear have 8 inches of available suspension travel bone stock, but the wheel gap between the top of your front tire and fender is is 4 inches and the rear is 3 inches. lets say a spring manucfacturer decides lets lower the front and rear 2 inches. theres still 6 inches of travel, but now the front gap is 2 inches and the rear is 1 inch. its not as noticable at stock ride height but as soon as you start lowering it become much more obvious.
when i still had my first integra i remember mixing and matching different springs to even out the fender gaps. i had coilover sleeves at one point, but didnt like the extra noise and ride quality for my long commute. i eventually got neuspeed race springs for the front and ITR spec HR sports in the rear on Koni Yellow shocks, with the front set on the bottom perch and the rear set to the top.
This is the information that I was looking for and this is also what I was thinking was the problem. It still doesn't explain the rubbery "squeak" that's present in the rear of the vehicle, but at this point I say F*ck it! It's not that terribly big of a deal. When I've lowered cars in the past, they always seemed to have a similar wheel gap. I guess the cars sit level though and I could put a level on the Integra to see how it is front to back regardless of what the fender gap looks like. My whole reason for looking into this was that I run a higher profile tire in the winter (Blizzak) in a 185/70R-14 fitment which is a fair bit taller than my 205/50R-15 Spring-Fall tires that I run. I was thinking that the tires were going to end up rubbing on the fender wells. I test fit the rear tires a couple weeks ago and they seem like they will work fine though which is good.