cityofcaterpillars

I have a 97 Lx Coupe. I'm a little confused on what the front passenger side lower control arm should look like. I pulled mine and it's curved on the end that attaches to the frame. I went and pulled one from a junk yard from the same year coupe only to find out that it's completely straight. Why is there a difference?

chikin pickle

Because your control arm is bent.
Or you have the wrong part. Throw up a pic.

djkurious

Yours is bent. Just replaced the bushings in mine this past weekend!

cityofcaterpillars

it doesnt look like it's bent from the wreck. It looks like it was made like that. Is there a difference if the donor car had a v6? The motor was pulled and there were no model badages so I couldnt really tell

cityofcaterpillars

So mine is sopouse to be straight?

TouringAccord

yes, it's supposed to be straight, yours is bent

cityofcaterpillars

ok sweet. Thanks guys. You just saved me a ton of money. Any idea what size bolts connect the radius arm to the control arm?

chikin pickle

Damn.

The bolts are M12. Just order them from honda. Hardware store isn't gonna have what you need.

Also, I can assure you that it wasn't made like that, it was bent from the wreck.

djkurious

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WOW!

cityofcaterpillars

cool thanks for the bolt size. Yeah that things bent all crazy. hopefully I don't find anything else messed up because of it. It snapped the one radius rod bolt right in half