i've been looking around at the Omni, and Blow lower control arm for my EG Civic hatchback. What's the advantages of running a aftermarket LCA? Any at all or is it mostly for appearance.

 

Some have different hole locations (or more holes) for sway bar mounting...more adjustability...
Youre going to probably get some that claim "weight savings" but really...its minimal, at best.

 

they look cool! lol

 

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LOL.

But honestly, they are lighter, stronger, and like the poster above said, they have the advantage to use an adjustable swaybar/endlinks.

I believe Function7 and Skunk2 have alternative holes for mounting.

 

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Functions do for sure

 

Mine move the trailing arm in to gain room for the wheel to clear the quarter panel when lowered. When I put them on, I gained +1.5 degrees of camber. Then, when I lowered the car again, it was between 0 and -.5 degrees instead of -2 to -2.5.

 

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What ones do you have?

 

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same here. They allow for wider tires to be used.

Mine are the SPC lca's.

 

Are you using adjustable camber and toe parts as well?

 

I am using an adjustable upper arm too. I'm not sure what brand my lower arms are though. I'm at the limits of my compensator arms also. It would be a good idea to get adjustable ones but, you can get away without them.

 

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x1000000

Nah but also, along with what everyone already said, the stock LCAs may form rust and the bushings get really old so buying new aftermarkets ends up being cheaper than buying brand new OEMs.

 

I don't like the aftermarket arms because most use polyurethane bushings which shouldn't be used on the LCA to trailing arm and LCA to body mounts. The LCA's from Honda are $100 a pair. If they get old and/or rusty, just pop a new set on.

 

I just want to know why you would use LCAs to correct camber if you have adjustable camber in the rear? Are you using a wide *** tire or something? What is the reason for getting camber correcting LCAs. Why did you have so much Negative camber to begin with?

 

im guessing his car was dropped pretty low.

 

Seems kind of odd. You should be able to adjust the camber with a rear camber kit.

 

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I am not sure where you are got that info from. It is fine to use poly on the lower control arm. The only one you shouldn't use it is the rear trailing arm bushing because it doesn't let that arm to move correctly

 

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yes I also have a rear camber kit on.

It's not so much that I bought the LCA to correct my camber but I just wanted it because it looks cool.

The benifits are just that it also allows for wider tires to be used. I'm not running anything outrageous. There just 205/50/15. It just pulls the tire and wheel in more so it's not so close to the fender.

I find that the 205 sits perfectly in the wheel well while my 195/50/15 kind of tuck into the wheel well more.

 

i got mine because it was a killer deal and less trouble then putting new bushings in a "new" lca

 

lighter, but its more for the bling factor.

 

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yes I also have a rear camber kit on.

It's not so much that I bought the LCA to correct my camber but I just wanted it because it looks cool.

The benifits are just that it also allows for wider tires to be used. I'm not running anything outrageous. There just 205/50/15. It just pulls the tire and wheel in more so it's not so close to the fender.

I find that the 205 sits perfectly in the wheel well while my 195/50/15 kind of tuck into the wheel well more.
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Are those curved or just shorter in length?

 

I don't know but they look like this. ^^^^^

 

Hmmm ok. How much camber can you dial in with those? Seems like not much.

 

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Beats me??????

 

The LCA body and trailing arm bushings move on multiple axis just like the trailing arm bushing does. So, that's why you don't want them to be poly. It's not nearly as noticable as the trailing arm bushing but, there is some binding.