having a problem...

[[H]onda Girl97]

ok, so I have a problem...my rear passenger tire is cambering in real bad, I have a camber kit on but I don't know why it is doing this. It isn't yet going through my tire..but anyways I'm not very good at explaining so I think I'm just going to ask.. Would a back shock cause this problem? I don't know what is wrong..and also, the other day I had my car jacked up on the back tow hook, took my back tires off, switched my steelies for my fat 5's, ok so when I went to put the fat 5's on I did the driver side first then went to do the passenger and I had to raise the entire brake assembly to even get CLOSE to my wheel going back on..is that a bad shock causing this problem? I am missing no bolts anywhere so I don't know what else it could be :/ I'm very lost, so any thoughts what-so-ever is very much appreciated! Thanks in advance :)

[illmatic]

Take a picture, and is your ride height lower on that side? Could be a blown shock or your camber kit needs to be adjusted. I dont see other reason for you camber to be like that.

[[H]onda Girl97]

I will definitely take some pics later today & post them

[Volume 8]

If the car is aggressively lowered, the trailing arm bushing could be torn. Did you get an alignment after installing any of the parts you mentioned?

[Speedy]

A bad shock could be why the wheel sagged so much but that wouldnt have any effect on the camber.

[[H]onda Girl97]

ok guys here are a few pics to help you see what I am having a hard time describing

this first picture is straight back on the passenger side camber, not that good of a pic to show my problem


here is the second picture which you can see my problem much better, I think...


here is the driver side which is fine, just took this picture so you could compare the big difference



If the car is aggressively lowered, the trailing arm bushing could be torn. Did you get an alignment after installing any of the parts you mentioned?

yeah I had an all around alignment directly after putting the camber kit on...

[Dina]

fixed ur pics and post

[[H]onda Girl97]

thanks lol it only gave me the option of the link though :/ sorry

[Dina]

Not a problem lol on photobucket just grab the img tag oh and check your pm on here

[[H]onda Girl97]

ooo ok (: will def. remember that for next time! lol Yes sir I just sent ya a message back ;)

[Foos]

onda Girl97;132723'] I had to raise the entire brake assembly to even get CLOSE to my wheel going back on.
I want to make sure I understand what you mean by this. You're saying that you jacked the car up enough to where the tire should have come up off the ground but it didn't, so you had to push up on the brake assembly to swap the tires?

I don't think it would be your strut/shock nor your camber. Do you notice it being any more rough going over bumps or making any noises? Maybe you have a suspension component that got bent somehow? It's been like this since you lowered it or just when you swapped tires?

[[H]onda Girl97]

I want to make sure I understand what you mean by this. You're saying that you jacked the car up enough to where the tire should have come up off the ground but it didn't, so you had to push up on the brake assembly to swap the tires?

I don't think it would be your strut/shock nor your camber. Do you notice it being any more rough going over bumps or making any noises? Maybe you have a suspension component that got bent somehow? It's been like this since you lowered it or just when you swapped tires?

yes, I jacked up the car to change my tires from the steelies to my fat5s and I did jack it up enough to get both back tires off the ground & I put the fat5 on the driver side just fine. When I went to put the passenger side on I couldn't even get the tire on because it was sagged down so low to the ground. So in turn I had to push up on the brake assembly and push my tire on just enough to get the lug nuts on & tighten them. And yes it is s rough ride over bumps & it also makes a squeaky noise. :(

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I want to make sure I understand what you mean by this. You're saying that you jacked the car up enough to where the tire should have come up off the ground but it didn't, so you had to push up on the brake assembly to swap the tires?

I don't think it would be your strut/shock nor your camber. Do you notice it being any more rough going over bumps or making any noises? Maybe you have a suspension component that got bent somehow? It's been like this since you lowered it or just when you swapped tires?

yes, I jacked up the car to change my tires from the steelies to my fat5s and I did jack it up enough to get both back tires off the ground & I put the fat5 on the driver side just fine. When I went to put the passenger side on I couldn't even get the tire on because it was sagged down so low to the ground. So in turn I had to push up on the brake assembly and push my tire on just enough to get the lug nuts on & tighten them. And yes it is s rough ride over bumps & it also makes a squeaky noise. :(

[Lgnfinest]

hmmm, its possible a component of the suspension may be damaged in some way like Foos said... i had a bolt break on me then my lca broke thru my trail arm and i had camber like no tomorrow and bottomed out.

It was worse before i took this pic...

[[H]onda Girl97]

ok, so when I take my wheel off what is it that I need to be looking for?

[CTB16]

look to see if everything is bolted correctly. check the lca bolt to see if it has broked or backed out.

[Foos]

Yeah, I would check to make sure all bolts are tightened down properly, and compare all suspension arms from driver's side to passenger's side to make sure nothing looks out of the ordinary.

[[H]onda Girl97]

ok will do & get back to ya'll

[Rcurioso88]

so have you noticed any problems with the suspension?

[[H]onda Girl97]

just more bouncy than normal :/

[mportedcivicsi]

I say shock is blown. More bouncy and the fact that you had to lift up on the suspension to get the wheel back on. Sounds like the thing has let go and time to replace. Look around and see if you spot any oil leaking fromt he shock. My OEM's did when I blew them out on my first Si.

[[H]onda Girl97]

ok, will def look at it...but not much can do now, motor started knocking. :(

[spadam]

Sorry to hear about the motor, I read your post about it somewhere else.

This might be out there, but its something a lot of people don't check. Make sure both of your bump stops are in place on both of your dampers. If your car is pretty low, it could actually be riding on them... its not as uncommon as you think. More importantly, if one of them is damaged or missing, it would let that side sag down and create the illusion that something more important is bent. Would also make the rear suspension feel real whacked out if it is allowed to fully bottom out. You didn't leave the dust covers on when you lowered, did you?

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Sorry to hear about the motor, I read your post about it somewhere else.

This might be out there, but its something a lot of people don't check. Make sure both of your bump stops are in place on both of your dampers. If your car is pretty low, it could actually be riding on them... its not as uncommon as you think. More importantly, if one of them is damaged or missing, it would let that side sag down and create the illusion that something more important is bent. Would also make the rear suspension feel real whacked out if the suspension is allowed to fully bottom out. You didn't leave the dust covers on when you lowered, did you?

[[H]onda Girl97]

no, no dust covers were left on

[spadam]

Your dust covers are most likely hanging up on the shocks. The one side that is lower was probably able deform enough to slip over the shock.