94 Civic Si

Wish I had a chance to install these this weekend! The weather was nice yesterday, but I had a memorial service to attend. Today there is snow on the ground and windy, so no dice...

94 Civic Si

Got some of these as well. My old ones are definitely a mess. Can't wait to get some time to spend on my hatch. I did some reading and it sounds like you can leave the RTAs on the car and press these out...

Freedo_Civegra

tony_2018

not difficult, time consuming.

94eg!

iTrader: (2)

They knock out with a 2lb brass hammer. Most of the time you can simply knock the new ones in. Sometimes the fit is too tight. You can tell if that is the case if your old one is cone shaped. If it is, simply knock the old bushing back in until you can get it pressed.

94 Civic Si

Good deal, thanks guys. I can't wait to get rid of the squeaking and clunking;
...and then replace the LCAs,
...so I can then mount up the EX sway bar,
...then I can finally replace the Aero Turbine w/ the A'PEXi WS2!

tony_2018

Be prepared for more squeaking.

When I replaced all of my bushings some squeaked even if I clocked them, preloaded them and torque to spec, all that jizz.

Only thing weird was that this only happened on the Suja1 bushings and not the hardrace bushings, Suja1 sent me the correct bushings for the front but by the time they got here I had already put in new hardracing bushings. So yeah I have front lca bushings to sell.

94 Civic Si

The key to happiness is low expectations...

What are Suja bushings? I probably need to do the front after all this other monkey business.

wxman94ej1

I think this:
PIC Performance Blog

94 Civic Si

Thanks.

I think I will try to keep my ADD in check and button up the rear suspension and sway bar install before I add another item to my list...

94 Civic Si

Thinking about the rest of my suspension out loud...

I have KYB AGX shock absorbers on the car now, I think with factory springs.

Am I understanding things correctly that the purpose of a true coilover is for lowering the vehicle? So if I do not want to lower my machine, I can just replace old KYBs with a new shock absorber? (Or possibly new springs if I can find a non-lowering spring replacement)

Thanks. I realize this topic gets talked about a lot, apologies for my lack of knowledge.

tony_2018

correct.

CX-Adam

This car isn't done yet?!?!?!?!

tony_2018

Where you at with your project mustard man?

CX-Adam

Oh, you know. It's going super well....

And by that I mean that the project car is hidden behind a pile of construction debris from my bathroom remodel. Now that I'm ~ done, I can order a bagster style dumpster and, hopefully, the city inspectors will be none the wiser. Seriously, though. The car isn't visible when I open my garage door. Two layers of drywall, two floors, and some of the warped studs came out out. Plus all the packing material of everything I bought. I must have carried out 30 bags each between 30 and 50 lbs. What a mess.

94 Civic Si

Never ending...

tony_2018

Warped studs? leaking pipes?

tony_2018

thats the story of my life...

94 Civic Si

This was the bathroom remodel, eh?
Get on that dumpster mang! We need to see that super fly B18C1 JRSC EG hatch out prowling the streets!

94 Civic Si

Thanks. When I went back and read it sounds like some of the RTA bushings (OEM) have slightly different ODs?

94 Civic Si

I did label the bags incorrectly, hoping to get these in this weekend!

tony_2018

Cars gonna be very well planted on the ground once you're done. Just don't go taking sharp turns thinking your in the original tron.

94eg!

iTrader: (2)

As far as I'm aware there are only two different OD's. The regular size, and the oversized for the DA Integras.

The point of my post was that not all trailing arms have a hole the same size. Some have a tighter fit than others. I have the original trailing arms on my 89 CRX Si and one was MUCH tighter than the other. When I removed the original 1989 bushings, one was cone shaped because the trailing arm being overly tight re-shaped into a cone. Getting the new bushing in was a nightmare in that case. I'm pretty sure it's rare but it can happen.

94 Civic Si

Got it.
The weekend was spent on the daily driver, front brakes and other assorted maintenance.
The only love the Honda got was I went under the back and put Kroil on everything I thought I would have to loosen to change the LCAs and RTA bushings.
I did get my calipers on the old and new RTA bushings, they look to be very close in size.

LiteraCola

We LOVE us some Kroil 'round these parts. We use that **** by the case at work! We even stock gallon jugs!
Works well for cleaning grease and oil off your hands, it just gives you cancer over time haha