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Did you say these are stock DA upper a-arms?
Yep
This is with suspension conpressed, i had just installed those bump stops 2 days ago to try it out but you can see how its right up againt the shock tower
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That’s really weird. I never had that problem and I have been lower than you and now have shortened shocks and shortened UCA’s which should allow for further rotation of the UCA and thus increased likelihood of contact in the location are talking about. And my car has seen FULL suspension compression during some rough off track excursions, so I would have expected to see the same contact as you.
How long have you owned the car and are you 100% sure the UCA’s and anchors are stock? Because the anchors do not look stock to me. The bolts for the UCA to anchor are definitely not oem and neither are the anchor bushings. Have you pulled the anchors to see the condition of the bushings?
Ive owned the car for 9 years bought it bone stock off a old lady. The upperballjoints and arms have about 5000k on them they are aftermarket oem replacement probebly made in china,
Measured car sits exactly 2 inches off the floor front subframe, motor and lift points
Ah, so the UCA’s are NOT OEM, they’re AFTERMARKET! That could be the problem right there.
2" off the ground seems much lower than those pics, but maybe it’s lower than it looks.
Yeah its actually lower than it seems, i guess i have no way around it. I was going to notch out towers but once i saw the controll arm hitting in other places i figured it wouldnt make a difference
Use ALL oem parts, or a quality aftermarket setup…
If you used a generic “OEM-style” replacement, I’d be willing to bet that they are NOT similar enough to an OEM design, and especially not made for a lowered car… Multiple reasons why they wouldn’t perform as expected.
So with genuine oem acura upper balljoints and arms, i will have more clearance correct?
I don’t think anyone here can make that guarantee. But the general consensus seems to be that none of us have seen this issue, even on slammed cars, when using OEM upper control arms, and likely even most aftermarket ones. Since yours are aftermarket they are a big variable, but that doesn’t mean they are 100% the reason why you’re having this problem.
Yeah i hear ya, it just really sucks to drive 10km/h everywhere with the controll arms smashing lol da’s suck for suspension travel. 
I had same problem it’s a da thing because I’ve owned very Ek eg ef or dx and not had that problem. Tryed a ton of different options same problem every time
[QUOTE=slamdteg;2304877]Ive owned the car for 9 years bought it bone stock off a old lady. The upperballjoints and arms have about 5000k on them they are aftermarket oem replacement probebly made in china,
Measured car sits exactly 2 inches off the floor front subframe, motor and lift points[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Colin;2304891]Ah, so the UCA’s are NOT OEM, they’re AFTERMARKET! That could be the problem right there.
2" off the ground seems much lower than those pics, but maybe it’s lower than it looks.[/QUOTE]
Im guessing that the aftermarket upper control arm is the problem. Aside from your car maybe being too drop. Usually every slammedcar has problems with the baljoint section hitting the shock tower, but in your case its the inner section of the upper control arm. Im assuming that the curve bend on the aftermarket control arm is more tan the oem (if I make sense) If im right, comparing a stock OEM upper control arm and yours we will see that the oem is more straight design and yours is curve. That’s the reason why your control arm hits from the inside.
Yea your right but even with OEM upper control arms have same problem trust me I’ve tried 3 sets OEM and 2 aftermarket to try and get mine as low as my EG was and same problem every time
By “same problem” do you mean a clearance issue or do you mean the clearance issue he is showing? So far this is the first time any of us have seen clearance problems in that exact spot.
Same problem as in all 3 upper control arms would hit where his do, of course being from or trying to go very low but like somebody said before normally you hit that point where your so low your ball joint will hit and 3 sets of UCA didn’t allow that to happen they hit on the arms like shown
Quick question. Did you “test” fit all three control arms with the same studs/bolt (don’t know the exact name), but its the bolts that have the bushings were the upper control arm is bolted on and then the “bolt/studs” im talking about bolt on to the shock tower. Hopefully this makes sense to you. If all three upper control arms were tested using the same bolts then that’s your problem. Im pretty sure those are shorter than the original ones. That will place the inner part of the control arm closer to the shock tower and reducing the travel distance. The integra bolts should be longer and will probably fix your problem.
If in fact, all three upper control arms were test fitted with different bolts, then im completely out of ideas for this issue.
im using one of Colins photos he posted on the previous page. Those are the bolts/studs im referring too
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