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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:16 pm

We just need Donald to say it to make it official is all. He hates it if we go above him :roll:

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Post by Merlin » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:19 pm

Could it not be that it is only the mudguards that are rubbing on speed bumps? All they need is a bit of trimming on the bottom of them?
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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:25 pm

Merlin wrote:Could it not be that it is only the mudguards that are rubbing on speed bumps? All they need is a bit of trimming on the bottom of them?
Raggagirl wrote:my mechanic has been a Honda Specialist, running his garage since 1972. I hang on to every word he says. Noone but me, or him touches my car... and as it turned out, the wheels are rubbing on the mudguard, he is gonna take them off and move the screws and cut an indent into it to get rid of the bit where it is rubbing... :clap: :clap: :p
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That's what he says.

Although that sounds like some seriously bent LCA's to me :? ;)

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Post by Merlin » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:29 pm

Yeah It was an idea. I doubt the change from 215/45/17 (or the OEM 16" equivalent) to 215/45/18 would be enough to simulate an extreme suspension drop. On my 1st 5th gen, which was low, it was the mud guards that scraped.
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Post by Raggagirl » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:11 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:Although that sounds like some seriously bent LCA's to me
@NafemanNathan, I dont understand that sentence. What does it mean?

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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:31 pm

LCA = lower control arm. I'd have thought a lower control arm would have to be bent in order for the wheel to be far enough backward or forward to rub on the mudguard.

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Post by Donald » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:34 pm

Lower control arm.

Pic isn't a Prelude but the red bit. You can see if that's bent then the wheel will sit on the body lemonade.

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EDIT: wot nafe sed

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Post by Doggo » Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:41 pm

sproggy29 wrote:Bugger! Sorry that's the wrong link! Hang on a mo....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-Pair-Coil ... 1277668198

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It's ok. I can see you. ;)

Cheers, but things seem to have moved another way.

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Post by Raggagirl » Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:11 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:LCA = lower control arm
Ah! I see x

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