EMphaticONE

I am now thoroughly convinced the squeaking noise emminating from my car is due to worn out LCA bushings. I replaced my old eibach sports + tokicko blues with Tein SS coils and the squeaking still persists. Would I be better off replacing these bushings, or buying aftermarket LCA's to remedy the problem?

civictildeath

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pearlblueb16 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">any downside to aftermarket LCA's?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yup one side goes down (aka bottom) the opposite side goes up (aka top)

HCRX311

not as long as you buy good ones that the bushings can be pressed out

hypoxvi

when you replaced your suspension did you wait till it was on the ground before you snugged everything to torque specs? if not your bushings will wind up once it gets weight back on them, and that could cause them to tear and pre-maturely fail.

EMphaticONE

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hypoxvi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">when you replaced your suspension did you wait till it was on the ground before you snugged everything to torque specs? if not your bushings will wind up once it gets weight back on them, and that could cause them to tear and pre-maturely fail.</TD></TR></TABLE>

that's one of the finer details i did not take into consideration.

NathanMorris

I've got a set of blue Megan LCAs for $68 shipped if you want them, brand new in original box, I can ship them monday morning - if you're interested.

There really isn't a downside, except that you can't run a teg rear sway bar, and will have to use an aftermarket one if you want to use a sway bar. I believe function7 racing has an adapter for aftermarket LCAs to use the teg sway bar though....

- Nathan