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I had but a lower rear tie bar on my civic and took it up to my local dealership to have them re-align the rear suspension. Also to add to the fact I had bought some very nice and sticky falkens, I had planned to try my luck in a local auto-crossing meet. Time when by, 8000 miles to be exact, and I start to hear a clicking noise when I drive, and the noise went faster as my speed increased so obviously it was the wheels. My left rear tire was worn down to the metal threads in the middle of the tire. I am talking like a 4 inch gap of all metal ,but my right rear was not as bad but metal was coming through. I immediately took it into Discount Tire, where I had bought the tires, thinking it was a faulty tire. No, my alignment was so bad that it had worn down my brand new falkens down to nothing. I returned to Honda and get no rebate or anything.

 
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damn that suks, if i were u i would cuss of honda for doing such a bad job

 
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From what I gather from your post, the rest of your suspension/wheels stock except for the bar and the tires?

 
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^if this is the case, hondas service department should be held liable

 
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Yes, those are the only modifications to the rear suspension.

 
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You might have a case if you could get a rear alignment on a civic, but you cant.

 
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what are you talking about, I get my rear aligned all the time. My toe is mostly the thing that is out.

 
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I will tell you this, Honda is not going to pay for that because you should be checking your tires frequently and making sure things are wearing correctly. How do they know it was there fault. They could have aligned your car perfectly and a few days later you might have hit a pothole or something and didnt think anything of it and it threw your toe or camber way out, it happens to drivers everyday. I understand were you are coming from, but there is no way to prove it was hondas fault. most likely they are thinking it was your fault for hitting something.

 
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Sorry, correction, theres no camber adjustment in the rear

And upon re reading his post, it sounds like toe-in or toe-out WAS the problem. Again though, it's his fault for not checking his tires, and there is no way honda will pay for new tires. They usually have like a 1 week warranty on the alignment, but thats it.

 
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There is rear camber adjustment. That is why they have rear camber kits. I have one and it adjust the camber. They also can adjust the toe in the rear. The camber in the back is when the tire sits in or out. The toe is when it sits left to right and how far in. Both can be adjusted in the rear.

 
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No, there is no stock rear camber adjustment. The only way to have it adjustable is with an aftermarket kit.

 
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ok that makes more since now, when you said the rear cant be adjusted at all I was like WTF? But yes it can only be adjusted with a camber kit.