who here has problems with front upper control arms hitting inner fender?

[b3nsonx]

i just wanted to gather some info from you guys cause i want to lower my car, but i want to try to avoid this problem.

what exact brand of springs/shocks or coilovers are you running?
how much did you lower your car?
do you have a camber kit? what brand? what type?

thanks!

[OnBBS17s]

Do you have a camber kit on?

[93accordexcoupe]

it will hit with an anchor bolt camber kit. it did it to me and i let it bang it self out. then replaced both my front upper control arms

[StockAccord]

You dont wanna go that low on the cb7. The tires will rub the inside wall.

[93accordexcoupe]

no it wont

customlowz and all those other bagged guys arent rubbing

ive seen 4" drops not rub at all

[wed3k]

there's evidence that my cb7's tires have rubbed against the inner fender and im only dropped 2.25 with no camber kit.

my only assumption is that i am turning way too hard for the car's spring to handle :o

[Ronald_Type-R]

there's evidence that my cb7's tires have rubbed against the inner fender and im only dropped 2.25 with no camber kit.

my only assumption is that i am turning way too hard for the car's spring to handle :o

Which tires rub? Fronts or rears?


Anyways, mine's dropped more than 2.5" I think, 205/55/15, ET+34, no camber kit, -3.1 front and -1.5 rear...No rubbing at all or whatsoever, and my suspension is still pretty soft (ST springs, Tokico Illumina up front and Koni Yellows in the back, both at the stiffest settings)

When I ran 205/55/16 ET+30, on hard corners front and rear would start rubbing...But again, that could be solved with a decent coilover damper kit..

I guess it all depends on how much you want to lower your car..Don't cheap out on springs/ shocks, and if you want to go really low, go easy on the wheel offset and/or wheel/tire size and diameter, and keep the camber at negative

As for front UCA hitting inner fender wall....Just don't run a camber kit

Ronald

[FuncOvrForm]

Bout 5 months ago.

-3 in. drop.

Ground Controls with Tockico illumina shocks. No camber kit.

[wed3k]

Which tires rub? Fronts or rears?


Anyways, mine's dropped more than 2.5" I think, 205/55/15, ET+34, no camber kit, -3.1 front and -1.5 rear...No rubbing at all or whatsoever, and my suspension is still pretty soft (ST springs, Tokico Illumina up front and Koni Yellows in the back, both at the stiffest settings)

When I ran 205/55/16 ET+30, on hard corners front and rear would start rubbing...But again, that could be solved with a decent coilover damper kit..

I guess it all depends on how much you want to lower your car..Don't cheap out on springs/ shocks, and if you want to go really low, go easy on the wheel offset and/or wheel/tire size and diameter, and keep the camber at negative

As for front UCA hitting inner fender wall....Just don't run a camber kit

Ronald

front

[ACCLUDE91]

You should use a camber kit if you're going low. I personally don't like the balljoint style ones because I've never seen one stay set properly. You can use the kit that replaces the the inner a-arm bushings/mounts (I've used th SPC kit and had no issues) and even totally dumped the a-arm will not hit.

[b3nsonx]

You can use the kit that replaces the the inner a-arm bushings/mounts (I've used th SPC kit and had no issues) and even totally dumped the a-arm will not hit.

so if i get the SPC kit, then i wont have to worry about the control arm banging the inner fender?

are there any other brands that will do this?
sprint?
eibach?
progress?