crxaddikt

my car is a 1990 honda crx si, with 244,000 miles, i installed KYB GR-2 shocks and H&R sofsport springs (.75" drop) in 2003, and they have worked really well and i've had no problems with them.

recently i have noticed that when parked on a level surface, that the tire-to-fender gap on the front left wheel is smaller than the tire-to-fender gaps on the other 3 wheels of the car?, the gap on the front left one is pretty small, just a little more than the width of my thumb, but the gap on the other 3 wheels of the car are more like 2 thumb widths ?

i also notice that if the car is off and parked, it makes a squeaky sound while i turn the steering wheel left to right ? also, it makes a squeaky sound when pushing up and down on the front left corner fender?, and occassionally it makes squeaky sounds if hitting bumpy parts of a bad road. but the shocks & springs perform the same and still rides fine.

i jacked car up with front left wheel off and inspected around that area, and i did'nt see any leaks around the shock or damage, i tried spraying silicone lubricant around bushings and parts of the shock & spring, but it did'nt help, cause i still heard squeak noises.

i wanted to get opinions on what could cause this ?

heres a pic of the drivers side of the car :


and heres a pic of the passenger side of the car :

OneBadTurboCRV

It is the way Hondas are designed unfortunately. You will find this to be the case on 88-00 models. It is amplified when you have worn out bushings. If you put the car on a 4 corner scale you would be unimpressed.

Ross 2.0

Are both of your fenders OEM and straight?
Also the squeaks can be coming from bad/ dry ball joints. Fords are famous for this.

F22Master

Why do both of your front tires look so far back in the wheel well?

crxaddikt

no, both front fenders are aftermarket body parts, same fit as honda but cheaper than honda parts which i could'nt afford, and the hood and front bumper is aftermarket too.

and the fenders are'nt perfectly straight, they have been hit and dented and stuff, but not too severe.

not sure why it looks like my front wheels are pushed back in the wheel well ? but could be cause the sides of the front bumper are'nt secured properly against the sides and pulled back as far as they should go, and maybe also cause the fenders are aftermarket and maybe are'nt exactly how they should be shaped ?

i sprayed silicone lube around all the bushings on the front left suspension components but it did'nt do anything, but its weird that the squeaky noise does it when turning steering wheel left to right when parked, but also does it when pushing up & down on that corner too ? so whatever part is causing the noise, is something that moves left to right and up & down ? the shock/spring would seem to just make noise going up&down, not moving steering wheel left to right?, so im trying to think what would do both ?

maybe the gap is small just cause the driver weight on that corner wore that spring out where it sags down more than the rest ?, which would'nt be a problem, as long as it drives the same, i don't care about how it looks.

and as far as the noise, it does'nt bother me, i just thought it might mean a part is going bad or something on that corner ?, but i guess could just be bushings or stuff rubbing, and not be any type of problem? but just wanted to see if anyone knew what it might be.

sstupid

This. That thing must have been in a front-end accident.

Ross 2.0

Aftermarket body parts rarely have the same fit unfortunately. I would take measurements from similar points on the front and rear subframe to figure out what your real ride height is (on perfectly level ground of course)