AntDaKrilled

What's up guys? The suspension in my 92 VX needs to be replaced piece by piece... Is it smarter to look for a whole kit? What parts come with these kits? Would it be cheaper to find each piece seperate? My guess so far is upper n lower control arms, tie rods, and coil overs... Whats missing? I appreciate any feed back!

P.S. - Is the only difference the polyurethance bushings?

98civdx

How many miles are on it?

I would do OEM front uppers, and inner and outer tie rods, and lower ball joints.

For bushings, take a look at PIC hardrubber bushings, and Energy suspension.

For coilovers, Progress, Koni/GC/PIC, AMR, in that order, being cheapest to most.



I know you didn't search, but you need to.

Also, what's your budget? Is the car a daily driver? What other modifcations do you have? Have you added sway bars?

AntDaKrilled

336,435 lol and the gauge stopped running last year! My budget is decent... I spend pretty big with this car. So there isn'y much difference between performance and stock suspension? Just the bushings?

Yes this VX is the daily driver with no mods so far. I did look. Skunk2 and eibach websites, and was like yeah right 220.00 for rear lower control arms. This is why I ask is it worth it? How different can it be from stock?

So get stock components but substitute the bushings?

JDM-EJ1

Wow, great first post. I would definitely go with everything OEM as far as control arms/ball joints and tie rods. But as far as springs/shocks go; personally I would go with a Ground Control with some Tokico Illumina shocks.

91integra91

i have always used oem bushings but ive heard people say that their "high performance" bushings only last a couple years. a lot of people stil have their original oem bushings from when the car was made 10+ years ago. id just get new bushings for the stuff you already have if i were you.. just my 2 cents. dont forget hub bearings, upper control arms, lower ball joints, all the rear bushings.

Dontoh

oem bushings are by far the best, as far as quality and endurance go.. if it's a daily, you might want to spend the extra money and go oem.. however, i just replaced all my oem bushings (90% were shot) with energysuspension and i love them.. but once again, oem will be a smoother ride, where as energysusp. is stiffer

JDM-EJ1

Are you wanting to lower this car at all? Or, leave it at stock height? If you plan to daily it, I would go the OEM route. Reason why? These parts have been tested and proven to last long. Honda has a much larger R&D budget than say, Skunk2, or any other after market company. It may be more expensive, but in the end, you're getting a better quality part.

98civdx

Lower control arms are really a waste, unless you want the "look"
Just keep OEM control arms and replace the bushings. But if your looking to add a rear sway bar, you may have to swap out yours for ones with the endlink hole.

For bushings I would take a look at PIC/hardrace bushings. OEM would be great, but, they can get very expensive fast.

Ball joints, tie rods, things like that, OEM/MOOG only.

98cdmej6

336,435+ nooicee! so id just go with oem everything, they got you that far didnt they?

AntDaKrilled

Your absolutely right cause I bought it at 265,000 and been beatin it since! It was just a question of will my car turn better with an aftermarket suspension? And if so, what parts. Maybe Honda will want it at 500,000 for a show car lol.

AntDaKrilled

So stock is better? Wow who knew?! Ok so maybe some of those rotors with all the grooves in it, and a set of lowering springs, along with all those OEM replacement parts, and thats all she wrote! So whats so special about the bushings? And do they have adjustable coil overs?

AntDaKrilled

Eventually want to lower it yes. Do they have adjustable coil overs? That's whats in this. And OEM is direct from Honda? Or you can get autozone stuff?

TheJGB3

OE = Original Equipment (came on the car new)
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer (the company that made the OE part, not always the car manufacturer).
Aftermarket = parts made to OE specifications by a company other then the OEM (ie Autozone parts, etc.).

AntDaKrilled

You guys freakin rock! Thanks so much. Learned a lot.

Libertariat

If you're looking into getting suspension you might want to read my thread:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-54/click-here-all-you-curious-about-suspension-setups-their-costs-reliability-2967499/