Does anyone know if the top mounts on the gen 1 fortune auto coilovers have adjustable camber? If not what are some options that are moderatly priced?

 

No, altering the angle of the strut does not change the camber. Same as Civic and Integra etc of same era.

You need adjustable camber arms or balljoints to change the camber

 

Ah thank you sir. Is there anywhere to find these for under a 100 bucks each? The few that I can find are crazy expensive.

 

I run SPC extreme adjustable prelude ball joints. i paid 125 (i think, its in my build thread) for the pair (or it might have been each?)

 

I found the SPC extreme for the first gen crv's, Im just wondering if the +3 adjustment is enough for a 2-3 inch drop. Never really messed with suspension before so I am hesitant before dropping money like this haha.

 

in my opnion if u droping it im using d2 coilovers and d2 rear camber kit from the ek and i got -5.5 camber in my crv 1st gen and also before lowering it giving u a head up shave down you upper control arm or they would get stuck

 

I'm lowered 7"

 

Really shave down the control arms!? Even if I am only gonna drop it a few inches, Im not gonna lower it more than prob 4 in the front

 

yea shave them just a lil dont ode u dont want the ball joint popping out lol but yea eev if u lower it a lil it would get stuck to the frame so make sure u shave it or it would get stuck i seen it happend to many ppl even myself

 

Well now I have seen boosteds thread and he has nothing to adjust front camber and seems to be fine. The extra 200 saved would def help my decision. Is it ok to lower without anything for stock camber adjustment?

 

you can lower it a bit, but it will promote inner tire wear. Im lowered so much i had to cut out part of my frame rail and grind down my control arms.

 

Post picture of the area that was shaved, I am interested, as I will be dropping mine in the near future.

 

You don't need to shave the control arms unless you do some additional parts swapping like different struts or extended tophats. The stock crv struts will bottom out before the control arms cycle up into the strut tower to get stuck. I drove mine for years without issue. Only when I swapped to civic struts did mine get stuck. The civic struts let me have more suspension travel before bottoming out and that was my issue

 

Mine got stuck up there a couple times before i swapped to civic struts, but i was able to get it unstuck. once i swapped to civic struts it got stuck up there and there was no room. had to cut everything out and grind it down.

 

I rode for 3 years dumped on coilovers and stock crv struts without getting stuck.

 

Each situation is different I suppose. Mine was fine for months then ended up getting stuck twice.

 

That's a scary *** thing when it happens too ain't it hahaha

 

**** yeah. i was going over some tracks the first time and the bump completely compressed my suspension. on the side of the road i go. lol. The difference between my experience and yours could have been that i nearly completely removed my bump stops. did you cut yours?

 

I removed 3 out of the 4 bumps off of the bumpstop

 

My first drive after my drop I jammed both control arms in so hard I locked up my fronts from the tires jamming so hard into what was remaining of my rails (I had also ground about 1/2" off the end of both UCA's). The roads out here are pretty shitty though and speed has a huuuuuge impact on the likleyhood of getting your upper control arms stuck. Needless to say I stuck to back roads for a bit till I got that sorted out.

 

Train tracks?