The knuckles on my car are toast, the bushings are gone, one stud on each side is stripped and my wheel bearing might be bad also. I was thinking if I went and rebuilt the knuckle it would cost me more and I was considering using gen3 integra knuckles. I read in previous threads that I would get a positive camber. Is there anything else that I should be aware of? Right now my suspension setup is neuspeed spings/koni yellows and I have ingalls camber kit. Also is there anything from a DC I can use for my rear suspension so I can buy everything at one shot.
Thanks

 

You are correct, the front knuckles for 92-00 Civics and 94-01 Integras are shorter than those from the 90-93 Integras. This will cause the camber go more towards positive than what you had before.

Now, being on race springs, you could probably install the DC Integra knuckles without any camber kit and probably have only about -1 deg. camber, which would be good for handling and would not cause any tire wear problems at all (alignment will be a must after all that work, though).

Also the shorter knuckles will give you a bit more suspension travel before the upper control arm hits the shock tower, while still being at the same ride height.

I know my friend put DA knuckles on his 98 Civic one time and it caused real bad negative camber, since the DA knuckles are taller.

 

I could always get used 90-93 integra knuckles but I was considering the 94+ ones because the wheel bearing would be in a better condition. I might go with newer ones then. Is there anything else that I should know before installing those or is it a straight bolt on. Just gotta swap over the upper control arms right?

What about the rear? Anything I can use from a DC for my DA?

Appreciate the help.

 

Not sure about the rear, however I know that DC trailing arms will bolt onto 88-91 CRX's, so it might work for DA's, too. I've also seen ITR 5-lug suspension on a DA, but I don't know how much of it directly bolts on.

As for using the DC front knuckles, just keep in mind that you would need to use a camber kit if you ever went back to stock suspension, or possibly if you went to something that wasn't as low as the race springs. But with the race springs the camber should be just slightly negative, so it should be alright.

 

The rear will bolt on just fine.