I need help with my Crx asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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I installed my tein springs on my crx and I get bump steer. My steering
Wheel shakes when I hit a bump and my car shakes. And my speedometer and rpm gage just stop working with all the shaking.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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thats not bump-steer, my friend. just put the stock springs back on and forget the headache.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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yeah ur probably gonna have to get the full coilover setup...idk about springs cuz i never use them solo. i always use coilovers.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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bump steer has nothing to do with bumps.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMgunmetalCRX
yeah ur probably gonna have to get the full coilover setup...idk about springs cuz i never use them solo. i always use coilovers.
well how can you even compare them and why are you telling him to buy coilovers as a fix?????
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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H-T is doomed.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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seriously what happened to this place?
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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ummmm i'd be more concerned about what you didn't install correctly. if you hit a bump and stuff starts shaking violently, i'd do two things, one not drive the car and two get off here and go figure it out.
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by JDMgunmetalCRX
did you wash your car lately?
i once drove my car to a carwash and i decided to spray down the engine. so i made the mistake of turning the car off while i did that. then it started hesitating alot. after a while it wouldn't come on. while trying to start my car it would smell like pure gas and it would backfire....alot. so idk if this pertains to you but maybe you got your air filter wet somehow? im sure it woulda dried by then but water could still be present. check ur plugs to see if theres water on it.
What does that have to do with suspension?
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 03:28 AM
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You just installed Springs and left the (possibly blown) factory shocks, correct?
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 03:54 AM
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SOunds like loose wheels or bolts.. maybe both... Check your **** and if you fail agian, take ur **** to someone that knows what they are doing..
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by JDMgunmetalCRX
did you wash your car lately?
i once drove my car to a carwash and i decided to spray down the engine. so i made the mistake of turning the car off while i did that. then it started hesitating alot. after a while it wouldn't come on. while trying to start my car it would smell like pure gas and it would backfire....alot. so idk if this pertains to you but maybe you got your air filter wet somehow? im sure it woulda dried by then but water could still be present. check ur plugs to see if theres water on it.
oh my lord

Originally Posted by juanfromcali
I installed my tein springs on my crx and I get bump steer. My steering
Wheel shakes when I hit a bump and my car shakes. And my speedometer and rpm gage just stop working with all the shaking.
Get a freakin wheel alignment.
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 06:04 AM
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+1 on the alignment... anytime you do anything to your suspension you should get an alignment
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 07:16 AM
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LOL whoops i posted my comment in the wrong thread lololol...my bad this one pertains to the guy who couldnt fire up his honda

lol MY BAD!!!!!
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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you might have to upgrade on the shocks..
eibach maybe.
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