qazaq

installed brand new blox rear lower control arms this spring, today got the car lifted for some oil change and noticed something:

rubber bushings on the lcas where shocks connected are torn to crap. wth

anybody had this happening with those? if not what could cause this?

94allmotor

iTrader: (1)

its blox..what more can you say.. i heard of the samething happening to some people here on HT...i got the blox lcas before and i exchanged them for skunk2 lcas..maybe you just got a bad batch of lcas

qazaq

:/ man that sux, im thinking to take the bushing out and put energy ones in, im just not sure which ones to get tho cause i dont feel like buying another set of lcas

-Darren-

you sure es bushings work with those aftermarket lca's?

qazaq

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by -Darren- &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you sure es bushings work with those aftermarket lca's?</TD></TR></TABLE>
nope, im just attempting to do so. im thinking to call energy sales guys and see what they can come up with

gsrob

I would be calling up Blox, there has got to be some sort of warranty or something you can do...

qazaq

here is the pic, you can def see that the bushing is all chewed up, and the shock sagged down from the center

CARMA_626

iTrader: (1)

The rubber bushing part of the aftermarket LCA's is the main weakpoint. I know Megan LCA's has this issue. Apparently Blox does too.

Personally, the gains of using aftermarket LCA's isnt worth the worries. I switched back to the OEM LCA's. I doubt there will be a loss in handling by using the OEM LCA's.

qazaq

in my case the reason why i got the blox clas is when i was installing new springs and shox i end up cutting few bolts holding oem lcas so they got kinda screwed up so i got a set of blox lcas because they ended up being cheaper than picking up oem ones at the junk yard..

now im screwed :/

98PAITR

The same thing happened to my friend with his teg. I gave him my energy suspension bushings to replace the blox since they wouldn't work on my ITR.

CUTTERSPOOL

hmm i still have the blox lca in my trunk but never installed. maybe i should sell this to my friend.

qazaq

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 98PAITR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The same thing happened to my friend with his teg. I gave him my energy suspension bushings to replace the blox since they wouldn't work on my ITR.</TD></TR></TABLE>

which energy bushing were those? just OEM replacement once?

kcjohnnyboy

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which energy bushing were those? just OEM replacement once?</TD></TR></TABLE>

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shake_em

I just got some ES bushings and wonderd the same thing before I just put them in my oem Lca's

qazaq

which ones would i need tho:

"Rear Shock Mount Bushings Honda / Acura"
or
"Rear Control Arm Bushings Acura Integra 90-01"

im guessing that would be shock mount bushings? since the control arm bushings will be only two bushings where control arm is mounted

can anyone confirm it?

98PAITR

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which energy bushing were those? just OEM replacement once?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes. They're for the rear shock mount kit.

http://www.energysuspensionpar...at=21

NAmodified

the skunk 2s i picked up had the same problem. skunk 2 apologized and sent me a whole new set. i tried to put my energy bushings but they wont fit.

lube up the busings with a lubricant and you should be fine.

the bushings werent fuked up bad. they were just cracked. call blox and complain. they should send u bushings.

kcjohnnyboy

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Yes. They're for the rear shock mount kit.

http://www.energysuspensionpar...at=21</TD></TR></TABLE>

that seems like it is for the actual shock and not the control arm. can someone confirm that? is it not the rear control arm bushings?

if someone has done this to their blox lcas, what is the part number you guys purchased?

98PAITR

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kcjohnnyboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

that seems like it is for the actual shock and not the control arm. can someone confirm that? is it not the rear control arm bushings?

if someone has done this to their blox lcas, what is the part number you guys purchased?</TD></TR></TABLE>

16.8103 Rear shock mount bushings are what I got. The set comes with the upper strut bushings and lower bushing where the strut mounts to the lower controll arm.

If you want a set for every bushing in the arm 16.3109 Rear controll arm bushing set would be the one.

I thought it was pretty self explanitory.

kcjohnnyboy

thanks, sorry i was just a bit confused. thanks for the clarification 98PAITR

qazaq

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NAmodified &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the skunk 2s i picked up had the same problem. skunk 2 apologized and sent me a whole new set. i tried to put my energy bushings but they wont fit.

lube up the busings with a lubricant and you should be fine.

the bushings werent fuked up bad. they were just cracked. call blox and complain. they should send u bushings.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i will be calling blox but a little later. now im sick and my voice is gone so once i get better i will call em up and see what they say. but for now i got a set of energy bushings, ill try to fit those on because even if blox will end up sending me another set of their bushings i dono if those will last for any long

kcjohnnyboy

when you get the time to give them a call, let us all know. tia

98PAITR

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My friend that had the problems called them and they didn't do anything for him.

kcjohnnyboy

that sucks then.

CUTTERSPOOL

now i got to sell my blox lca