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Old 12-19-2007, 06:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Rebuilding suspension: thoughts on SPC adjustable balljoints?

I'm spending the off-season rebuilding my 4th gen. prelude front suspension. Spherical bearings in the radius rod ends & outboard lower control arm. New prothane bushings for the inboard bushing on the lca.

Now, what do I do for the upper arms? (I can't wait for any company to come out with adjustable arms - I need to have this rebuild done by mid february) I need a new upper ball-joint on the d/s, so I'm looking at the SPC adjustable ball-joint #67165 to try & gain a little more negative camber. I know that they are known to smack the inner fender (if lowered too much) & can become loose as well. Has anyone had any luck with these vs. the ingalls kit (which I believe is even taller)???

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I think your better off with SPC, cause i've heard that ingalls kit tends to loosen up from couple of bumps...
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Sorry this post is so late. You may have bought them. I haven't heard of those kits loosening up on anyone. I can give you another option. I have the Progress camber kits. Have had them on the car for over a year now. Many autocrosses. Alignment has held. The downside is they only give you an extra degree of camber. In my case that was enough. -2.5 will degrade your ability to launch and degrade your braking. An upside of these kits is you can add caster with them.
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The progress ball joint kit is unfortunately only specified for the 5th gen. Progress wants the 4th gen owners to use their pivot mount kit instead. I didn't think the geometry was that different between the generations; but I guess it is.

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