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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 06:26 AM
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Then use the buddy club kit up front like i did, they did a different angle design and used low profile bolt heads giving it a lot more swing action on the upper end.
 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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Does Buddy Club use poly bushings in their UCAs? If so, I'll definitely consider them; personally, I trust Buddy Club more than I do skunk2.

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if you slam it that low you might not want to use the skunk2 camber kit.... and just keep stock upper arms... ive seen one guy that had it so low those 4 top bolts acted like a hole puncher and poped circles out of his top strut tower
You missed the "cutting and boxing the strut towers" part, didn't you? Even the stock UCAs would be putting some nice dents in the strut towers with how low I want to go.
 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:14 PM
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o ok. ya i missed that. woops. so start looking for a civic
 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:16 PM
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It doesn't look like they have poly bushings from the pic. I can't find a place that specifies.

 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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I have to save up the money first... that's the big part. I'm not going to trade an '01 mustang with 70k miles for a '95 civic with twice that; I'm going to be trading the mustang for a relatively new (3-4 years old) sportbike with under 15k miles (20k max).

It'll be a month or two before I have $1500 saved up what with the whole "having to pay bills" and having to buy tools.
 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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dang those dont even have a large washers on them...
tho you can always make your own square washers. i did on my old wicked camber arms.
 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:45 PM
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I'm pretty sure Buddy Club knows what they're doing. If they don't think you need large washers for their UCAs, you probably don't need large washers for their UCAs
 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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Are you talking about the washers on the adjustment bolts?
 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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I think that's what he's talking about. I don't believe honda puts washers on their bushings.
 
Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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Hmm. On Buddy Club's website it talks a lot about that area being heavily reinforced so that the metal doesn't bend from tightening the bolts nice and snug. Maybe that has something to do with not needing big washers. Since it's so reinforced you don't need to distribute the pressure of tightening the bolt across more surface area (which is what a bigger washer would essentially do)
 



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