samnguyen

ok, I lower my TSX about 2 months ago with H&R coil over. The car looked really nice and all that, so I ordered a Ingall camber kit thing, and took it to my local Acura dealer so they can put it on for me. About 20 minutes later the tech guy came back and told me it'll not gonna work on my tsx.. please help , he told me that I need to get the upper arm in order to fix my nagetive camber. So is this the wrong kit for it?



sorry, don't know how to upload pic. here's da link: http://www.ingallseng.com/parts/38725.htm

MMsTSX

well first mistake was taking it to the dealer.

he is wrong, flat out wrong, I can tell you that.

what you have is the correct kit.
you will have to take your car somewhere with a competent
mechanic on board.

the upper arm is not to be touched.
what is to be replaced is two of the lower arms.
the lower toe arm and the lower camber arm.

you have to read the directions and be careful how
the kit is assembled and installed.
not all the bushings are the same width, properly
followed instructions are key.

not only can this mechanic at the dealer not read the instructions,
he can't even understand the concept of the job to be done.

so I guess you need to find a better shop.
you have the right product, trust me.

CGTSX07

^^agree with the above.

take it elsewhere because the mechanic has no clue what suspension components to remove/replace. I along with many others have the ingalls camber kit installed.

the acura mechanic is referring to a different type of camber kit such as the wicked tuning kit found on ebay. that kit only allows you to adjust camber. the ingalls allows you to adjust camber and toe.

samnguyen

thanks MMsTSX for answer my question, I took it to almost every shops around my house, they told me that they can't do it. See, I told the tech at the dealer that it's the right one, but he told me that the kit is not long enough and the kit is for a honda accord. So he gave me back my two ingall boxes, and told me to get the upper arm.

MMsTSX

well, there must be a performance shop somewhere in your area.

I just had a local mechanic install mine.
same kit as what you bought.

he did it in his garage.
took him about 45 minutes.

I took it to his shop the next day for an alignment.


maybe when you call up to ask, you could say something like:

"hello, I need the lower camber and toe arms on my rear suspension
replaced with adjustable arms, could you handle something like that?"

be explicit with the shop it's the lower toe and lower camber arm
that need to be replaced.
show them the instructions, have them read them before they
begin work on the car.

sorry this is such a pain, this is soooo not rocket science.
if you were in Tennessee, I'd show you the way, but...

MrHeeltoe

iTrader: (1)

We've installed countless camber kits. The guy at the dealer is stupid.


Wide bushings go on shorter arm: leading link
narrow bushings go on longer arm: trailing/toe link

samnguyen

thanks, you guys, just went and got it done today after work, they charged me $130 for the installation and re-alignment.

MMsTSX

not bad.

glad it's all installed and you're all aligned now.

PACman

Who did your alignment?

MrHeeltoe

iTrader: (1)

Thats a good price.

samnguyen

I got it done at Ham's Tires. they did a pretty good a job, I was really supprised that they did it for me. My rear cambers are now at (-1).