Ive swapped out nearly every suspension part on my entire car except for one last piece that I cant figure out what it is called. The car was wrecked on the right side and this piece was bent. It is in the front right of my car and is right next to the tie rods. Does anyone know where I can order this part if anywhere. And last is this part the same as on the honda accord 94-97. Ive searched around BTW even on google

Picture of part highlighted in Yellow

 

appears to be a radius rod.

connects the lower front control arm to the front crossmember. hth

 

is the "radius rod" interchangable between the accord and the cl? do you know where i would even go about getting one?

edit: im assuming i would have to pull one of these parts from a junk yard car because i dont know any place that sells them

 

yeah their the same.
i'd try a self serve junkyard, then a parts recycler, and finally the stealership. don't forget to check ebaymotors or craigslist.com

 

im guessing its from the 94-97 accord. thanks blaze i appreciate the help. this whole suspension nightmare is nearly over and my car is damn near completely restored minus the paint being fubar. i think i will be sleeping a lot better in the near future once i get this last thing (me knocking on wood) taken care of. that and the o2 sensor, and abs wheel speed sensor.

 

Yeah that looks just like the one on my 96 accord... just bent. Simple to replace too, just going to need an alignment since you're aligned to a bent rod currently haha.

 

Yup same as 94-97 accord

 

^^thanks for the info. ill call around to some junk yards to see if they will pull it out for me. im just too busy doing everything right now to spend a few hours at the junk yard. im not worried about the alignment since its aligned correctly right now but it pulls hard right because of the bent rod. and it feels like a grocery cart wheel when i make a hard right. im riding on 2 19's and 2 16's up front until i get it fixed.

thanks for the help everyone hopefully this will be the last suspension piece for a while that needs fixing.

 

Once you do it, it's a tight fit below the axle to get out the two bolts on the lower control arm. Just jack up the hub / wheel assembly while you do it, gives you a little more space, then it's just one nut in the front support of the car and out it slides. The front nut on the end of the rod is 32lb-ft, and the two bolts are 76lb-ft.

 

 

got sideshots of how the 2 16's and 2 19's make the car look?

 

^^ i actually do

 

i just got some great news, i talked to a guy who totaled his 97 accord in the rear and will sell me his radius rod for $20. now all i got to do is try to talk him into taking the part off for me

 

pics please lol

 

dont laught at my hooptiness


maybe the car will look like this soon

 

Those rims look great in black!

 

^^ That would be sweet... That's what I want to do, black-faced with a chrome lip... Too bad those are 5 lug...

 

no, those are his wheels, in 4 lug. and you should make them come out that far...hah syke, that looks so weird.

 

glad you think so, i thought it would go great with the car

my rims are 4 lug, they just stopped production on them a few years ago. if do decide to keep the lip the way it is ill have to do a little finish work to make it look 100%. i guess i got tired of looking at the chrome every day wishing they were black instead.

 

The black rim looks five lug to me... Maybe I'm just retarded and can't count...

 

its universal 4 lug so it has 8 holes total. thats why it looks like it might be 5 lug. this still doesnt mean that you can count

 

pit bull?

 

^^very close relative. hes a staffordshire bull terrier. the OG of pit bulls.

btw your avatar is really funny.

 

My buddy has a staffordshire, big head for a stafford, but def a nice lookin dog, I have 2 pits

 

^^ thanks, thats the first thing EVERYONE says. jeez what a huge head on that dog. he was the short fat dog of the bunch, like father like son

coolest damn dogs in the world tho

 

Does anyone know if the sway bars are the same for the accord and the cl also?? want to know before i salvage one for no reason........

 

^^ignore the inner noob in me. i found the answer in my favorite noob guide

 

They look good in black. I just painted my 17"s gun metal/graffite and they came out good.

I will post some pix in the photogallery when I get them on.

 

What are you salvaging? I have 3.0 sways if u want em, just pay shipping, they're bigger than 2.x's

I just want em out of my garage

 

your dog is sick. mix pitbull? doesnt look full

sorry i had to point him (or her?) out

 

pm sent. yea im salvaging like a hobo. just found out my lower cross member is F***** up so bad it busted the tack welds under the car and is pushing the lower control arm forward making other problems. dude wants about $500 to replace it and im giving him the parts. sound about right? price wise anyways? i told him i dont have 700 for everything so see what he can do before i break my foot off in his @$$. i told him to fabricate something under there

hes not a pitbull hes a staffordshire bull terrier. very closely related heres some pics if curious about the breed.
http://images.google.com/images?q=st...-revision&cd=1