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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 06:36 PM
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OK, to give you a little background on my CRX. 89 DX lowered with Neuspeed sports and camber kit front and rear. I was using Monroe struts with the factory bumpstops until today when I put in Tokico blues and cut the bumpstop in half. The front of the car still bounces like a pogo stick going down the road. The thing is, the car didn't bounce at all before I had the camber kit installed even though the car was lowered with the Monroes on.

Please help me out and give me your input because I don't know what else to do. Would 1 degree of negative camber in the front hurt anything? I know this defeats the purpose of the camber kit, but I don't drive the car very far each day. Only about 10 minutes back and forth to work, so I don't think the tires will wear very quickly. Please understand that the car didn't bounce until I installed the camber kit, so this might be the problem.

Thanks in advance for your replys.
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 06:41 PM
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you put in tokico blues today? are those shocks blown? i doubt its the camber kit...
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 06:57 PM
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sounds like your shocks are blown, you just put in new shocks, check them,

they should be ok though if they are new, i got the tockico blues on my car w/ a 2" drop for over 1.5 years and they are still fine,

don't know what else they could be
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 07:25 PM
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Default Re: Why is my CRX suspension still bouncing?? Please help. (wadafa)

Bouncing up/down over and over again after a bump is cause by underdamping. There's not much else it could be. Make sure you've installed the dampers properly and that they are working properly.
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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dude you gotta get the 89 accord struts, sooo much better, i just put mine in lsat night, monroes from advance, and it rides bout stock feelin but stiff handling cuz im slammed on skunk2 coils. just thought id try to help,
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 02:13 PM
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I had the same problem after installing a shitty camber kit. Get a better kit and that will solve your problem.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 10:46 PM
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My camber kit is a Sprint kit. Is this kit considered crappy?
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Old Apr 7, 2003 | 12:41 AM
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Default Re: Why is my CRX suspension still bouncing?? Please help. (crex23)

you know what dude . .im running a sprint camber kit with neuspeeds on my hatch but i dont have any problems .. mine rides pretty smooth except for when i hit a bump or pothole then it bottoms hard because one i cut my neuspeeds and two because my bushings are shot .. but i dont bounce .. i am running stock shocks and a half of a half bump stop. i did try blues though and my own experince is that they are a little bouncy ay first but after time they smooth out. maybe it could be in your tires? i dunno.
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