Suspension help
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From: St. Cloud, MN
My 95 Prelude...
I lowered my prelude 2 inches about 20K miles ago.She only has 85,000 miles on her and I store her every winter. I used progress coil overs w/5 way adjustable tokico shocks. Recently, it was almost as if the suspension gave out. The upper control arms started to rub on the inner "seams" of the cars body. They, literally, started grinding away! It was as though the car was sinking. I have shelled out over $2700 in the last 2 months to get the car fixed and the problem just keeps persisting. I had the Eibach pro lowering kit put in, which should have actually raised my car. And I was talked into replacing the 5 way adjsutable shocks w/new ones. The same brand, Tokico, but just gas pressured shocks (non-adjustable). The aftermarket camber kit (aka-upper control arm bushings) have been squeaking and are still the original from when I first lowered my car. To me, they look pretty torn up. However, no mechanic I have taken the car to has suggested repairing them???
The problem has gotten so bad now that I taped cushioning w/duct tape to the upper control arms to prevent denting the body of the car from the inside-out.The paint job is now getting affected by the ongoing problem. The paint is starting to form a white line where the upper control arms hitting on the rear quarter panels! No one, even these professionals that have robbed me, can figure it out... What could it be? I even had new poly. bushings put in the car too!!! And the one mechanic greased those upper control arm bushings w/lithium grease.
Could the problem be the upper control arm bushings (my camber kit)? I just want some answers! If the frame is bent and the car's shot, could these mechanics just be lying to me or hiding the true problem from me? It's so bad the upper control arms are coming up out of the wheel casings under the hood!!! Please give me some answers... or even opinions on if I should be pressing charges on these mechanics for the stress they have caused me!
I lowered my prelude 2 inches about 20K miles ago.She only has 85,000 miles on her and I store her every winter. I used progress coil overs w/5 way adjustable tokico shocks. Recently, it was almost as if the suspension gave out. The upper control arms started to rub on the inner "seams" of the cars body. They, literally, started grinding away! It was as though the car was sinking. I have shelled out over $2700 in the last 2 months to get the car fixed and the problem just keeps persisting. I had the Eibach pro lowering kit put in, which should have actually raised my car. And I was talked into replacing the 5 way adjsutable shocks w/new ones. The same brand, Tokico, but just gas pressured shocks (non-adjustable). The aftermarket camber kit (aka-upper control arm bushings) have been squeaking and are still the original from when I first lowered my car. To me, they look pretty torn up. However, no mechanic I have taken the car to has suggested repairing them???
The problem has gotten so bad now that I taped cushioning w/duct tape to the upper control arms to prevent denting the body of the car from the inside-out.The paint job is now getting affected by the ongoing problem. The paint is starting to form a white line where the upper control arms hitting on the rear quarter panels! No one, even these professionals that have robbed me, can figure it out... What could it be? I even had new poly. bushings put in the car too!!! And the one mechanic greased those upper control arm bushings w/lithium grease.
Could the problem be the upper control arm bushings (my camber kit)? I just want some answers! If the frame is bent and the car's shot, could these mechanics just be lying to me or hiding the true problem from me? It's so bad the upper control arms are coming up out of the wheel casings under the hood!!! Please give me some answers... or even opinions on if I should be pressing charges on these mechanics for the stress they have caused me!