melancollie

So yesterday i threw my car up on a lift at school, and came to find that pretty much all my bushings are cracked or split, some barely holding on. i was gonna take note of all the ones i need to replace, but i figured it'd just be easier to get a master kit. well, after some searching, i can only find one master kit, and it only has a few of the bushings and only for the front.

i was wondering if anyone knew if there was a master kit that had them all? if i'm doing some i might as well do them all right?


oh yea, 93 accord lx sedan.


thanks for any help

Hanmin

Energy Suspension is really popular, hopefully your school has something to push out the bushings.

melancollie

yea i was looking at energy but their master kit only has a few of the front ones, not even close to a "master"

i don't know, i'll probably give them a call tomorrow.

and yea, i got all the tools i'll ever need at uti, it's pretty nice haha

Hanmin

You can get that,then all you'll need is the shift linkage, trailing arm and lower control arm I believe and then you're set should be complete.

h22hondaaccord

beginning of last summer i did all my front bushings, i used energy its around 100 bucks at autozone. stock bushings on the lower control arm are pressed in so you need a press to take them out. i just took the control arm to the shop up the street charged me 5 bucks to press them out.

MAD_MIKE

Prothane http://www.prothanesuspensionparts.c...asp?prod=82013
Not sure if this is the best deal, but its a pretty complete kit.

melancollie

i'd be willing to pay more for a complete kit, thanks for the link, i really appreciate it.


anyone have any experience with these? i've read some skeptical reviews about them cracking after a few years, but mostly if there's salt on the road or humidity. i'm in dry southern california, so they should last longer than a few years, right? if not, i guess i can get them and once they wear out hope hardrace has a bushing kit for accords.

GhostAccord

That's as complete a kit as your going to get!

Stick with the black graphite infused bushings if they have them. Energy Suspension does, I'm not sure about Prothane though.

MAD_MIKE

Prothane Motion Control 8-2013-BL $205.95 shipped.

Although I have used poly-graphite bushings in the past(P-S-T), and have no major complaints, I wouldn't use them again. The graphite does help in lubricating the bolt sleeve(crush sleeve) area, but it is impregnated throughout the bushing and becomes useless filler. Kind of like a blueberry muffin, sometimes its great, sometimes its lacking blueberries, other times its just a gelatinous mess in the middle. This will affect the structural stability of the bushing.

Stick with polyurethane and buy a small container of that lube they use. Those little packets they provide are usually not enough for every bushing. Only need to lube the bolt sleeve(crush sleeve) to bushing interface. Not the bushing to outer shell/component. And straight liquid Tide detergent seems to be the only stuff that cleans that poly grease off your fingers on the first try.