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Bent rear lower control arm?? or not?
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:48 pm
by rick82
Hi
Are the left and right hand side rear lower control arms the same? Helms only shows one side But as you can see from these pictures they are different.
Passengers side.
Drivers side
I have looked about on the net but can't find any answers. I did find this though..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/92-93-94-95-96- ... 2ec6d271a7
Thanks.
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:57 pm
by NafemanNathan
Yeah, the offside definitely has the bend in it to clear the exhaust.
I'm waiting to find you a Honda part number, but my internet is ridiculously slow at the moment
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:05 pm
by NafemanNathan
Wasn't sure if 4WS would have made a difference but it doesn't...
2.2 Vtec 4WS = 52350-SS0-902
2.3i = 52350-SS0-902
2.0i = 52350-SS0-902
And all left hand are 52360-SS0-902 for the record.
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:06 pm
by Merlin
They are not the same. As Nathan says the bend is there to get over the exhaust when the car is jacked up.
The Ebay link you put up is US Ebay so their passenger side is our drivers side (which is the side with the bend in it).
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:20 pm
by LewisH
Yeah all 4th and 5th gen ludes are the same... The drivers one is always bent (as in the picture above) and the passenger one is straight. Its just how it is
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:24 pm
by rick82
Yeah i thiught its probably to clear the exhaust. Thought id check as someone did try out the pit maneuver on me last week
, made a mess of my rear quarter but only just noticed that lower arm.
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:58 pm
by Merlin
It's ok it would take quite a large bump before that arm would bend. You would know if it was bent as the car would not feel right when driving.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:15 am
by jonja
Merlin wrote:They are not the same. As Nathan says the bend is there to get over the exhaust when the car is jacked up.
The Ebay link you put up is US Ebay so their passenger side is our drivers side (which is the side with the bend in it).
On left hand drive cars bend is on same side, cause exhaust side is the same
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:18 am
by bristol_bb4
He means the bent one is on uk/jdm drivers side an on the passanger side of a us car as tthe steerinng wheel is on the wrong side
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:59 am
by Merlin
jonja wrote:Merlin wrote:They are not the same. As Nathan says the bend is there to get over the exhaust when the car is jacked up.
The Ebay link you put up is US Ebay so their passenger side is our drivers side (which is the side with the bend in it).
On left hand drive cars bend is on same side, cause exhaust side is the same
The Americans call our drivers side their passenger side
