So here's the problem. If you look at my picture below you'll see that after installation of my front camber kit my upper control arms now hit the frame. It hits at the ball joint where the upper control arm and knuckle connect. Anybody know what I did wrong or something I'm forgeting?

 

can you post a pic without the tire in the way?? i would like to see how the arm is connected to the rest of the assembly

 

i think that just kinda comes with the territory. id day either try and cut that lip off the frame or camber it in just enough untill it clears.

 

ya u have to cut out the frame other, but did u align it ur self thats over 2deg easily. on a cambe kit like that any thing over 2degs need mods to the frame.

 

mine did that as well, but no so extreme. all i had to do for mine was bend that lip outwards so that the tip of the arm didnt't catch on the edge. i'd venture a guess and say that either your out a bit far on the camber adjustment.

 

Yeah you guys are right about too much camber. I lessened the degrees of camber and its better but still touching. I'll probably have to bend that lip because where its adjusted now looks perfect. Thanks for the insight guys.

 

are you just arbitrarily setting your camber?

how do you even know you have a camber issue?

are you trying to set your car up for drag racing? otherwise, you dont need to adjust your camber. really.

 

my control arms were grinded down to clear that spot you are having trouble with. not that much material was removed either.

 

From looking at your post count Tyson I'm going to go ahead and assume you know a thing or two about Honda's. That being said, how I know I have negative camber seems pretty obvious...my car is lowered 2" and the wheels go inward. So of course I need to adjust my camber to save my tires. I just assumed that goes without saying. "24TEN" thanks for the idea on grinding.

 

thanks for giving me some credit.

you need an alignment to save your tires. are you doing that?

toe and camber change when you change ride height. its really only TOE that needs to be adjusted after lowering. negative camber doesnt affect tire wear on double wishbone hondas. (not the same as our neighbors mustang or eclipse). it may seem obvious that camber is the problem, but its not.

by reducing the negative camber, youre also reducing your cornering grip.

at the very least, make sure you get an alignment done. if you dont, then youve really wasted your time and money.

 

Ok heres what you do, you take a 5pound sledge hammer, you jack up the car, you take off the wheel and you hit it from the bottom till the lip is squashed outwards, that way when the top of the camber plate comes up, it just barely, but smoothly slides right past it.

 

Thur you go, i thought i throw the smiley in there for ***** and giggles.

 

Thats a fairly common issue with the control arm mount camber kits on the EF chassis when adjusting them a lot... the solution is a balljoint kit, like Ingalls that replaces the balljoint, and doesn't move the arm You need 90-91 arms though to use the balljoint, cuase the older ones are welded to the control arm