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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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Default Civic Suspension Issues HELP!!!

I had eibach sportline springs and tokico blues on an 89 civic hatch with an integra front brake conversion for about 8 months and everything worked and felt fine. Then I got rear-ended back in december (minimal body damage/no frame damage) so it has been sitting for about 8 months. I just bought an identical '90 model hatch and swaped all the suspension and front brakes over along with a new dropzone camber kit. At this point the alignment is way off and the camber adjustment on the front and rear is just amount maxed on the positive side and most of the bushings are worn out. So here's my problem, the car is riding rough and the front end is bouncing BIG TIME. So, my question is, WHY? Is it because my alignment and camber is screwed up so bad or what? Thanks for your help!


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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 03:31 PM
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Anybody???
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 04:35 PM
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why don't you try fixing what you know is obviously wrong with it and then see if it still has a problem?

one of the best ways to solve a problem with many variables is to eliminate as many as possible from the equation...
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Old Aug 19, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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Default Re: Civic Suspension Issues HELP!!! (artifex)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by artifex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why don't you try fixing what you know is obviously wrong with it and then see if it still has a problem?

one of the best ways to solve a problem with many variables is to eliminate as many as possible from the equation...</TD></TR></TABLE>


That's one of the most intelligent responses I've seen in a while that didn't come from a Mod
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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 11:21 AM
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Default Re: Civic Suspension Issues HELP!!! (ckyguy)

That is a good response, that's what I figured but I'd already made the post so I figured I'd leave it up to see what you guys had to say. UNFORTUNATELY, I figured out what the problem is, the shocks aren't compressing AT ALL. The won't budge, I got four people to try and push down on them and they didn't move a bit. So, I'm assuming that the wreck screwed them up or the car sitting for 8 months messed them up...
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