I did the integra rer disk swap a while ago. when I had it aligned I noticed that the rear right tire was sticking out from the quarter panel, and just recently it started rubbing really bad even when I take turns slowly. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what I could do to fix it?All info is greatly appreciated.

 

if it wasn't sticking out before, then whoever aligned it screwed up. If it was like this before and the guy did not catch it, then he is a dumbass and either didn't give a **** about it or didn't tell u. Just by looking at the alignment readings will tell you a bunch. Take it back and ask them to redo it and tell them to double check that corner. I do alignments and it's not hard to notice that something is out of wack.
matt

 

hehehe, I know why it's rubbing! You didn't use the civic compensator arms, the integra compensator arms are shorter than the civic ones, that's why it's rubbing. The compensator arm is the little short arm, towards the front of the car. It's used to adjust toe. Been there done that!

 

I didn't notice it popping out till I had it aligned. I don't know if it helps but I'l put up the alignment specs

left rear
camber l toe
before -0.60 l -0.13"
min -1.41 l +0.03"
preferred -0.41 l +0.05"
max. +0.59 l +0.06"
after -0.70 l +0.06"

right rear
Camber l toe
Before +0.30 l +0.52"
min. -1.41 l +0.03"
preferred -0.40 l +0.05"
max. +0.59 l +0.06"
after +0.10 l +0.10"

I used everything that was in the integra rear end, was I supposed to use the civic compensator arms? I was told that it was a direct swap.


[Modified by Peters1983, 5:41 PM 3/22/2003]


[Modified by Peters1983, 5:50 PM 3/22/2003]

 

Damn, whoever aligned your car is a bit slow. Everything is w/ in spec though but the diff. between the L & R sides will make quite a diff.

First : Camber. Check your max specs and you'll see that for both L and R, max is -.40. well, on the L your at -.70 and the R your at +.10. Whoever aligned your car was only trying to get it in the specs and not trying to get it right. The car will pull to the LEAST NEGATIVE camber, so the rear should pull to the right a lil bit unless he compensated for this in the front. As far as the Toe goes, your pretty close. I'd take the car back and bitch about the camber. You shouldn't have + camber, especially if you want a 1/2 way decent handling car. I'll see if i can come up w/ some performance specs for you but bitch till they get as close to the stock specs as possible. This way it'll save your tires a bit more and prob handle better then it does now.
Good Luck!
If you live in Va, i'l align the car for u.
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Thanks for all of your help. I wish I did live in Virgina(I live in Illinois), I would come straight to you. I don't know how much I can bitch at them tho cause the alignment was done like 2-3 months ago and I just now noticed the rubbing(hasn't done it before like 2 weeks ago). thanks again for all your help.

Front left
Camber l caster l toe
before -0.30 l +2.80 l +0.02"
min -1.00 l +2.00 l +0.03"
preferred 0.00 l +3.00 l +0.05"
Max +1.00 l +4.00 l +0.06"
after -0.20 l +3.20 l +0.04

front right
camber l caster l toe
before -1.30 l +2.80 l -0.05"
min -1.00 l +2.00 l +0.03"
preferred 0.00 l +3.00 l +0.05"
max +1.00 l +4.00 l +0.06"
after -0.90 l +3.50 l +0.04"

there are the front specs


[Modified by Peters1983, 6:54 PM 3/22/2003]

 

i used the crx comp. arm and mine still has rubbing with 205's.

 

I forgot to mention that I have a set of 16x7 wheels with 205/40 tires on it

 

I'd like to follow the outcome or solution of your problem...

 

Integra trailing arms stick out a mm or 2 or 3 more than the Civic ones did. Might not seem like a big deal in the scheme of things it is. I have a R.D. Swap with 205/50R15 tires and they used to rub. What you need to do is roll your rear fenders and that will fixed it, fixed it for me at least...

http://www.andrews.edu/~johnsonm/howto/rollfender.html