I have a 98 Accord Sedan with Eibach Pro dampers and the the Pro Kit springs. I put them on at the beginning of last winter. My car already had a few squeaks and such but after I pulled it apart to put the springs and struts on, it got a little worse. Well now it's awful. I took it to the Honda place to get a code checked and they looked at the squeaking while they were at it. They told me that lowering it so low put stress on the front suspension and caused premature wear of my bushings(lol premature wear of 10 year old bushings) and that it would cost 800 to fix. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't think 1.5 inches was low enough to hurt anything. My friend's civic is lowered 3 inches and doesn't make any noise. Were they just old and needed to be replaced or did lowering do it? Sorry for the essay haha

 

Old bushings can make noise.

Failing to correctly clock the bushings to their new orientation after lowering will speed up the rate at which they wear out.

 

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Failing to correctly clock the bushings to their new orientation after lowering will speed up the rate at which they wear out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I don't think I follow ya...

 

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As stated in the service manual, bushing need to be reset whenever they have been replaced, or a suspension component is removed and reinstalled. In addition, all height changes should be followed with a reset of the bushings as well.

If the bushings are not clocked to the correct orientation for the current ride height, then the bushings will be under a continual state of stress, resulting in both possible noise and a radically shortened lifespan.

So, your mechanic is correct (somewhat), lowering without reseting the bushings will cause premature wear. Done correctly, lowering only causes the additional stress that the stiffer springs produce.

 

Okay, I gotcha now! Thanks alot man.