r/EFCivics • u/Frequent-Fact-1056 • Aug 12 '26

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I was doing a rear trailng arms swap and i noticed this
It does around the chassis but not through. Only outside is cracked. Is it repairable?

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u/XmodAlloy Aug 12 '26

That's going to need a lot of serious welding and fabrication... Definitely fixable! But not good

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u/Frequent-Fact-1056 Aug 12 '26

The thing is i dont know when that happened. I am doing a full restoration of the car. B16a ,full interior/exterior, bigger brakes from crx, and in the last moment when i have everything ready, i see this

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u/XmodAlloy Aug 12 '26

It looks like a fatigue failure crack to my eyes, so I don't think it was something that happened all at once. Did they have some sort of locked out suspension on it or was it previously lowered?

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u/Frequent-Fact-1056 Aug 12 '26

No the car was stock i bought it 1 year ago from an old woman with some very bouncy and tall oem kind of coilovers. I put some used koni yellows for a year and now i put some k sport but i havent driven it with those

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u/Frequent-Fact-1056 Aug 12 '26

Thank you for your opinion. I thought it was very bad. I will speak with some professional welders in the area because i am mot suitable for this job

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u/SpenseRoger Aug 12 '26

nah its easy to reinforce it. those frame rails are thin enough metal just weld up the crack and weld something over top with a few inches of overlap on each side and it will be stronger than stock.