I finally got my accord lowered today... after receiving the parts about a month ago. Anyway..... all i can say is WTF?? My rear wheels are tucked up into the fender. And my front looks pretty much like a pro kit drop. The guys at the shop said the springs should settle in the next few days and that the front should sit a little lower, then the weight will be more distributed, making them sit more even? Is this correct? Also, the steering wheel is weird..... if i turn the wheel to the left while driving, the wheel will go back to straight as soon as i let go... like normal, but when i turn the wheel to the right, it stays right. ?? whats that mean? And when i go over slight bumps and such, the back right makes a little thump noise. All the rest are pretty much silent. What do i do? They said wait a few days and it should be fine. If not, i guess ill go back and have them do something to fix it. I need a camber kit according to their print out.... ill scan it in a few minutes so you guys can interpret it for me.


thanks
Sean

 

damn

 

uh, did the back ones say prokit? maybe you got the wrongs ones or maybe they mixed them up at the shop or something...it should be that low for a pro kit on any wheels

 

rear springs in front and vice versa?

 

i posted a reply to it at hondasociety

 

yeap ... you got your pro kit on backwards. the front springs are in the rear, the rear springs are on the front.

 

We took the back right wheel off and took a look at the suspension.... and what a suprise... look what we found.



See where the arrow is pointing.... in the pic, that cut out looks smooth, but in person, it is a rough, jagged manual cut notch. That notch was cut on both the back sides so that silver piece(green arrow) was no longer in the way. BUT, if you read the directions in the box, it clearly states, and shows pics of how that whole silver plate is suppose to be installed. THEY INSTALLED IT UPSIDE DOWN. It is made so that the springs sit in the lip, but i guess they were dumb and flipped it the same way the front is, and found that it came in to contact with part(green arrow), so they cut it to make it fit. Now i dont want to go on about how stupid they are.... so first off what do you guys think?

And so.... if that silver plate(yellow arrow) was flipped over like it is made to go, the car would in turn be sitting up higher.... more level with the front.

 

wow...uhh... my sportlines tuck my rears in pretty well, but not that bad. it looks they installed it upside down....go back and have them re-do the rear, by fliping that silver piece back up, so that the springs rest within it.... not like that. make sure they do it free of charge cuz they ****ed up.

 

not just that, but cutting the perch like that probably voids the warranty on the struts. I not only want the perch flipped correctly, i want a new perch that isnt cut. And that spring is under extreme load sitting that low.... i wonder if thats ok? Hey, there should be some compensation here, i should get my money back on the install.... how can they just decide to cut something?? and not even disclose it at all?? They shouldnt be cutting anything to begin with.... ALL they needed to do was READ the directions.... the instructions chearly state all of this, and have clear pics showing the proper direction.



thanks
Sean

 

Wait...so am I right to assume that this shop has NEVER installed Eibach Prokits on a Honda Accord... Maybe it's just me, but that's gotta be something. Wow...