ezcape

I'm running Tokico blue struts with ground control coils and buddy club front camber kit(got the car that way). On my 97 Civic Hatchback. It is not extremely low. It knocks and vibrates hard whenever I take a sharp right or run over a good size bump, vibrates and shakes the car. I have a strong feeling its the camber kit hitting the top of the engine bay. Question or questions are. Is it safe to cut out a good size square to make room for the front camber kits? Another question or advice, is there anything else that would be causing it to vibrate? I'm getting my guess because when I looked at the camber kits it had a good amount of wear on them like they have been rubbing against something.

Best way to describe the square i want to cut out is in this video.

Starting at 1:49

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1r92...eature=related

Hopefully I explained everything right if not let me know if you need anymore info. Thanks in advance

98civdx

If your going to cut it, put a patch panle back in place.
Don't just leave a huge hole in your shock tower.

ezcape

What do you mean by patch panel? So don't have it like it is in the video?

98civdx

A patch panel. Patch the huge you just cut in the shock tower.


No, that is a complete hack.

STOCK_SOHC_DX

If you must run that camber kit than cut a whole is your tower.

TPB

First thing to do is establish whether you'r hitting the tower - just look for any signs of impact. If you see nothing, get the front up on stands and grab the wheels at 12 and 6 and rock them. If there's movement, try to determine if the movement is coming from the lower or upper control arms. Could be bushings or balljoints. Just don't cut into a structural member like that idiot in the video did.