Help! my Control arm is hitting the frame with a camber kit

[wicked95]

Well i currently installed my tein ss damper kit on my 95 accord and this pass Saturday i installed my ingalls front camber kit. Well the problem is that the upper control arm of the front suspension hits the inside of the fender when i go over dips and it sounds nasty like a bang that is why i have to raise up my car so the arm could have room to move. Well i have 18's and their is like a 1 1/2 fingers of space between the fender and the wheel and i want to go lower than that cuz it looks nasty any suggestions on how to solve my problem. thanks.

[birdman]

Did you get it aligned before that was occuring?

[wicked95]

yeah all the way around.

[birdman]

Did the shop align it as close to neutral camber as possible, because I know you need at least a lil' negative camber to make clearance and prevent rubbing.
That's what I got in my rear, like -1.2 because the tire is like 1/2" under the fender. You can lower it more w/o problems, but you will have to expect about
-.5 to -1 camber or so, but can also expect less straight-line acceleration.

[95AccordVTEC]

Well i currently installed my tein ss damper kit on my 95 accord and this pass Saturday i installed my ingalls front camber kit. Well the problem is that the upper control arm of the front suspension hits the inside of the fender when i go over dips and it sounds nasty like a bang that is why i have to raise up my car so the arm could have room to move. Well i have 18's and their is like a 1 1/2 fingers of space between the fender and the wheel and i want to go lower than that cuz it looks nasty any suggestions on how to solve my problem. thanks.
I had the same problem on my 95. I just took some vise grips and bent that lip of the inner fender out towards the outside of the car, and I took a dremel tool and ground down about 1/8" off the tip of the control arm. You probably don't need to use the dremel, but I figured I'd do it while my car was on stands, because it was easier. I didn't wanna do the trial and error thing. And it completely fixed my problem. I noticed it when I first put my camber kit on, and when I lowered the car, it looked like it was stock height. I soon found out that the control arm was catching on that lip, and you're right - it sounded awful when I hit bumps and made hard turns. Try that out - I'm not sure what the appropriate procedure would be, but if you get tired of it, then bending all that crap works too.