I am having a problem with my upper control arms hitting the inner fender. My ar is not dropped that low, I have a finer gap in the front.

My question is, can someone tell me where the upper control arms should be sitting relative to the top of the tire. People have told me that it should not be above the tire. But the knuckle is a fixed length piece and the upper control arm's position is dependent on the knuckle and the position of the body since these are it's 2 mounting points. Why is my upper control arms so high up in the fender. The outer edge (rounded part) is above the seam formed in the inside of the fender.

CAN SOME ONE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

Thanks Jon

oh and I'll have pictures soon and in the mean time if anyone can take a picture of their car so I can see where your control arms are when the car is on the ground that would be awesome.

 

Maybe those WeaponR coilovers are junk and too soft. I would suggest some Koni-specific GC coilovers to go w/ your Koni shocks (which I also agree is the best purchase I've made).I'm lowered about 2" all around w/ 205/50-15 tires and nothing ever rubs or hits anything. Do you have a camber kit? Those can cause problems w/ the control arm hitting the shock tower. I don't have any camber kits so I don't have any problems.

 

do you have a camber kit on? have you made any other suspension changes?

Its possible that if you struts are blown, the upper a arm will smack the chassis right above it. if you open the hood of your car, you'll be able to see two dimples next to the strut tower mounts where the arm is hitting. If this is the case, I'd reccomend new struts (at the least) and even new springs. Those weapo r coilovers are pretty bad ..(speaking from experience)

 

Well he does have Koni Sport shocks so unless he totally beat them to hell they're probably fine. If they are blown and you still have your stock shocks laying around, I would say swap them in and send the Konis out to be re-built.

 

My shocks are not blown. I'm going to be getting the GC coilovers soon, but I just want to make sure that the springs are the problem. Does anyone know where the control arms should be positioned?