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Old 12-11-2008, 11:02 PM   #38 (permalink)
gg06lxsdn
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Terrible problems

i had terrible problems with aftermkt rear kits in TSX.

The honda links have serious bushings, these are like 90% metal
with a rubber insulation.

The fat rubber bushings in aft mkt arms squeezed out and displaced.

After and alignment, it would last a couple weeks and back to -2.5
camber.

On these cars, when the rear camber changes, toe changes and
tears up the tires in a hurry. After several temporary alingments I
just measured some wheel dimensions to the body work right after an
alignment and started making my adjustments weekly myself. Camber
is easy and accurate with machinist scale and long contractor level, but
any camber adj moves the toe and you a need reference to measure.

And I dont trust alingment racks. They dont benchmark off the correct
chassis references anyway.

Then to the SPC top camber arm, that was better longer but ended
doing the same thing.

The way I would like to do it, cut out the center of an ingals kit,
and weld on round ends, pressing stock bushings into those ends.
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