Konis at the bumpstops after Adjustable UCA install.
Car is a 96 Accord, running Koni Yellow Struts and Ground Control Coilovers, the coilovers were set to where there were about four more threads left at the bottom, and the Koni Yellow Struts's height adjustment ring is at the very top.
This weekend I installed Chassis Tech adjustable upper control arms and made sure when I installed them that there was enough travel to where it would not hit the frame, i could literally move it up and down with the same amount of travel as my stock UCA's.
When I finished and dropped the car, it went from having literally no finger gap to having about a 1.5 finger gap in the front. The koni struts are now at the bump stops and when hitting rough bumps the car will hop for a bit then settle - virtually riding on the springs. Because of this I stopped driving the car unless necessary.
The control arms were preloaded meaning they were tightened when the car was on the ground. I reused the little anchors or whatever the proper term is for them and tightened them by hand.
I'm guessing because I adjusted the camber, it raised the lower arm back up, which in turn cause the strut to compress completely when the car was put back on the ground.
Are there any things I should check for? Should I retorque the anchor bolts on the UCA? Have I pretty much come to a roadblock with the Koni/GC's?
This is how it looked before the UCA install:


Now its raised up a lot more. But the camber is corrected almost flush.
This weekend I installed Chassis Tech adjustable upper control arms and made sure when I installed them that there was enough travel to where it would not hit the frame, i could literally move it up and down with the same amount of travel as my stock UCA's.
When I finished and dropped the car, it went from having literally no finger gap to having about a 1.5 finger gap in the front. The koni struts are now at the bump stops and when hitting rough bumps the car will hop for a bit then settle - virtually riding on the springs. Because of this I stopped driving the car unless necessary.
The control arms were preloaded meaning they were tightened when the car was on the ground. I reused the little anchors or whatever the proper term is for them and tightened them by hand.
I'm guessing because I adjusted the camber, it raised the lower arm back up, which in turn cause the strut to compress completely when the car was put back on the ground.
Are there any things I should check for? Should I retorque the anchor bolts on the UCA? Have I pretty much come to a roadblock with the Koni/GC's?
This is how it looked before the UCA install:


Now its raised up a lot more. But the camber is corrected almost flush.
Last edited by bonh; Sep 27, 2009 at 05:24 PM.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the UCA doesn't adjust ride height unless it is restricting the shock travel by hitting the shock tower.
You should have kept your OEM UCA's installed.
You should have kept your OEM UCA's installed.
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