So heres the last bit from the weekend, with a twist at the end too!
Anti roll bar refitted and drop links connected, but not tightened
Everything nipped up but not torqued/tight
The LCA and RTA connected up on the drivers side!
With everything on i lowered the car and tightend everything up, trying to reduce any pretension on the arms etc.
Now the above picture is important, when i lowered the car there was a height difference, at first i put this down to the previous side being built up the previous day or the fact the springs had settled more.
Thinking the job was done i tidied up and had a brew, whilst having i bre i logged onto my favourite website,
EK9.org: JDM EK9 Honda Civic Type R Forum, did a little search out of curiosity to see how long it would be for the springs to settle. Upon reading i found a useful thread where a question had been asked about "Uneven ride height" to which on the 3rd page came the answer
The drivers side LCA was fitted the wrong way round. BUT how, they look alright when they went on, there wasnt a big struggle to get it on??? Puzzled i still thought it was suspension settle.
The niggle never went for the next few hours, untill i decide to check the photos above for if this was my mistake.
IT WAS!!!! The drivers LCA was wrong
No biggy only 4 bolts to change it.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Still even height, had to be the arm
Notice how the passenger arm is smooth and nice towards the back of the car
And so was the drivers side, but this was the wrong way
Infact it should have looked like this
So a lesson learnt. This would also explain a few threads where people have swapped springs and the car is infact higher, as between the two sides was around 20mm difference in ride height!!
Anyway, job done for the back, took it for a spin and it has bags of oversteer due to the new bushes and the fact the rear springs are now stiffer than the fronts :O
Signing off for now