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Old Mar 1, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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guys, I KNOW THEY"RE out there. I think Intrax makes them. I cannot find that damn post that talked about them though. I'm having the clearance problem that everyone else is having. I think if i got them that it would solve a lot of the issue. Anybody ever use them? Thanks!
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 04:25 AM
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nobody knowsss????
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 06:45 AM
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Sorry, I've never seen them for the accord, if intrax makes them then someone is an idiot in their marketing department, because they would be the top seller for camber correction in accords just because of all the clearance issues.
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 07:30 AM
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i made a post about these before...one company makes them...i don't trust them though since the site is marketed for the air rides and bs like that...but here you go

http://www.truckn-store.com/pr...=1833
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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yeah i think you were the one azian.... So your not so sure about these??? Their website says they are the ones who make them. Hmmm I'm not sure myself, But geez oh man, why doesn't anybody else make them? It's not like it should be that hard!!!
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 01:32 PM
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what issues are you exactly having? I might be able to give some suspension/steering advice.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 02:31 PM
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Default Re: 5th Gen adj. upper control arms... (rudeman85)

Interesting how they say they make them. Sounds like BS to me.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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well I have tokico RAK-501 full adjustable coil-overs. They're for race use, so they say... But anyways, I have my settings in front on 4 out 5...5 being the stiffest. But when i hit a good bump the top of my upper control arm (actually the nut on my adjustable ball joint camber kit) hits the upper wheel well. I would think if i got these UCAs that would resolve some clearance issues making it travel a little farther....hm
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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the upper control arms i showed you might be golden...but then they might suck ***...all i know is i'm not willing to dish out that kind of money on an unproven product made by a company that sells "low ride coilovers" and **** lol

another thing i just remembered is i emailed their service rep a few times...i asked him if the kit can actually increase negative camber (what i was looking for and hardly anybody makes) and the guy kept telling me "these can correct up to 6 degrees" and wouldn't give me a straight answer...oh well...but if you wanna try it let us know how it goes...you never know you might be the first to discover a good thing

dunno how the ball joint kits work, but giving yourself a little negative camber might lower your control arm a bit...running -1 to -2 degrees isn't going to do any harm as long as your toe is within specs

as of now the only other company i know of that's making an adjustable upper control arm is fushigimotorsports...or fushigiracing...something like that but they are a sponsor on cb7tuner.com ....we'll see how theirs go but seeing as they don't make ricey stuff it might be a pretty good item
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Old Mar 4, 2005 | 07:15 AM
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thanks a lot bro! I'm interested in them a lot, but like you said, who knows the quality..... You would think by now some company would have designed something to fix all the accords clearance issues.
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Old Mar 4, 2005 | 09:43 AM
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oh i forgot ingalls is also designing a new front camber kit...i'm not sure if it's an upper control arm or a redisgned a-arm type kit...and i'm not sure what gen they are making it for...it's on their website though

so the companies you should be looking out for new kits are ingalls and fushigimotorsports
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Old Mar 4, 2005 | 10:03 AM
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Default Re: 5th Gen adj. upper control arms... (azian21485)

you might and might not slove the clearance issue with a camber kit.

looks like you have too little damper travel to begin with, like i said before camber kit sometime give you more headache than good.

if the car is build for full-race/track purpose, what are the chance for it to hit speed bump and such? just curious
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Old Mar 4, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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Very true, I believe that is the intent of them. But the ride quality is unbelievable!!! I think that the rate on the springs are actually softer, guessing that would be better for on the track. I would honeslty think that if I changed the camber kit it would drastically help...
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