CivicSiRacer

Hey guys thought I would ask you since my emails to Blox and another company just stopped for some reason.

Looking to replace the worn out bushings that originally came with the Blox rear lower control arms for my 93 Civic Si. Found out after installing them in 2011 that the bushings go bad pretty quick. Tried to order replacements but every place is out of stock. Blox has no idea on ETA.

I was emailing back and forth with InLine Four and they mentioned that an OEM part is the same size as my Blox bushing, but then the emails stopped. So wanted to know if anyone knew bushing part number from Honda so I can get these fixed as steering in my car is erratic now.

Thanks!
Mike

Andy@AMR

What bushings do you need? All 6 of them? I can set you up. I've got replacement parts that will fit Blox LCA's.

CivicSiRacer

I might as well since I will have everything apart.

ReDemoN

Is there a better bushing to put in place of the original ones?

dirty19

iTrader: (1)

If you want to rubber ones you should stick with the oem's or use hard race.
The circular company's ones have always been less than par , and wear out fast.

CivicSiRacer

Finally heard back from Inline four for the OEM part numbers required. If I remember right they are the exact generation for my control arms.

CivicSiRacer

Incase others want the numbers:
12 52365-SH3-000 BUSH, RR. ARM (LOWER) (YAMASHITA) 4 $22.00

21 52622-SH3-010 BUSH, RR. SHOCK ABSORBER (LOWER) (YAMASHITA) 2 $22.28

Andy@AMR

Nice, glad you got it all taken care of!

iwannarace

Why OEM when you can replace with HardRace for the same price?

chrisb

OEM > Hardly Race

914Racer

Go spherical or go home.

iwannarace

For a street driven car that sees track time/ax? Explain.

chrisb

You said it in your question. It is a street car. For longevity and a proven and high quality reliable part I would go OEM. I don't trust anything Hard Race makes after buying a pair of spherical rear toe links years ago that I could barely get the bearing to move using a 6' breaker bar.

On a dedicated race car I would go with high quality sphericals.

iwannarace

Fair enough. I've not had a bad experience with hardrace but I dislike Blox because i have, so I know where you're coming from.

famous323

iTrader: (9)

Are your replacements similar to the hard rubber bushings hard race offers ?

PuroMotor

Don't get hardrace trust me. Stick with oem.

chrisb

Years ago (98-00) when I lived in Tempe, AZ the owner of a Porsche tuning shop my buddy worked for told me "nothing is better than stock." He actually said that in praise of a set of Unorthodox Racing cam gears he was installing on my Prelude. They were so good they were almost better than stock. Just a beautiful CNC machined part. I still have them actually.

Obviously aftermarket parts can provide some benefit over stock parts but there is almost always a trade off. That was his point. Nothing fits like stock. Nothing works or lasts like stock. There are still craftsmen out there that produce aftermarket parts of unparalleled quality. But they ain't cheap, never have been and never will be. Everyone has to make their own decisions as far as upgrading their car. But my opinion is and will remain that Honda has forgotten more about making rubber/steel bushings for their own suspension arms than any other company will ever know. Mildly increasing the durometer is not going to produce any appreciable performance difference. Dramatically increasing the durometer in an attempt to reduce deflection is going to result in suspension bind, ripped bushings and other issues. Nothing is free. Nothing is better than stock. And it is all a fool's errand of an attempt to emulate what properly designed spherical bearings actually accomplish.

But as far as high quality sphericals go, nothing is free again. They are expensive, they wear out faster than OEM rubber/steel bushings and if your manufacturer does not know what they are doing the sphericals are going to wear out quickly, be worse than stock bushings or get you hurt or worse if they fail. Just something to consider.

coolhandluke

iTrader: (2)

For a car that is dual purpose (street / track) I agree. I bought the HardRace kit new in 08', I am now replacing those pieces on my car.


The only spherical units I would on a street driven car are RTA and Kingpin's lower compliance set.