Yesterday because of bad weather I slid off the road and down a hill. I thought my car was fine but today I looked and both my Rear LCAs are bent, and I don't remembering them being like that so I guess it happened last night. So my question is does any aftermarket company make superior LCAs at a decent price, or should I just order new OEM LCAs?

Or if anyone has a pair of LCAs laying around they would let go for cheap I would be interested!

 

they're really easy to take off if you use some wd-40 to get the bolts started..i'd go to a junkyard and get em for cheap. i dunno if the aftermarket ones would be worth it

 

Oh I know I can do it and I have before. Actually one of them was only a little more than a month old

Would it be better to get Si ones if I can, are they more beefy or anything?

 

are you sure your lcas are bent? they are "bent" from the factory. check this thread out for some pics.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=164182

 

Well are these bent or not? I never remembered them looking like that...

 

thats how honda sent em from the factory

 

This one sort of shows it a couple months before...

 

looks bent to me, i replaced my 89 CRX SI ones with 88 CRX SI. i can't really tell a difference because i haven't been cornering hard, as my roll cage is not finished. the 88's are similar to the integra type r, they require that your rear struts be for the 88 CRX SI spec.

 

u got that backwards 88 came first ITR are similar to our rear control arms

 

what i would do is take a straight edge and see if the end points and the shock mounting point are all in a straight line. if you look at the pics from the post i linked, all 3 points are in a straight line.

i doubt BOTH LCAs got bent, but one may be bent...

 

I never noticed them bent until now. But both look bent exactly the same, and I doubt the chances of that happening are too good. I have no camber issues in the rear like I would suspect would happen if they were bent it would seem to me like it would cause positive camber. I know the bracket for my rear sway bar was turned in on one side (I can fix it easily though) so maybe that is causing the weird handling. I will go mess around with it when I install my Cusco Front Arm Bar.


[Modified by FourthGenHatch, 2:32 AM 9/17/2002]

 

those look fine to me, the best thing would be to put the car on an alignment rack and see how those numbers add up.
stan

 

Sorry these pictures must have not loaded when I first clicked the link but they obviously answer my problem than they are supposed to be like that. Thanks for the help guys.

Oh and I have a rear disc swap coming up in 2 weeks and Ingalls front kit to put on so I will need an alignment then so I will just wait 2 weeks to get them.






[Modified by FourthGenHatch, 2:57 AM 9/17/2002]


[Modified by FourthGenHatch, 2:58 AM 9/17/2002]

 

The reason I thought they were bent because after my accident I looked at a CRX HF and he had straight arms so I figured mine were bent. But HF does have some weird suspension stuff sometimes.

 

who makes them arms?

 

I think those LCA are made by SMC?? I saw an ad somewhere in SCC

 

specialty products

 

Is it just the 88 Si's that have that style? Or all 88 CRX and Civics?

Thanks,
-Nick