I went to a 1/4 mile track yesterday just to get rid of my self labeled "14 second car/15 second driver".

I finally did it but that's not what I'm here to ask about. I noticed (like this topic hasn't been beaten to death before) serious wheel hop during all my runs. Played with tire pressures and nothing came about that. I mean, after I feel the car "hook" and go WOT, wheel hop. This was also the first time wheel hop occured in second gear.

After I got home, I decide to jack the car up just to see the suspension bits. I noticed that the front lower arms were showing signs of wear (compared to all the rest of the pieces anyway). Not sure if it's considered extreme wear (I should've taken a picture ...) but I'm just wondering, how difficult is it to get those bushings replaced? Can it be a DIY job? Or how long would it take if I took it to a shop?

 

a lot of times its easier to replace the arms since they come with new bushings

but are you sure they are worn? mine are over 100k miles old and are still
good.

 

Geez. 100K?!

The bushings "look" pretty cracked and abused compared to all the other pieces I inspected while crawling under the car. Definitely can't say they're worn for sure since I haven't had any experience crawling under my own car till I got the Integra. Oh well, if they "can" last 100K miles, I'm pretty sure it'll last through the wheel hopping that I put the car through. Thanks for the info!

 

jack up each front corner and try to move the suspension forward and backward
if its bad it will move