does anyone know of a company that makes good lower control arms for a '91 hatch? also if anyone has any pics of their cars with them installed please post them up... if not i may be forced to fabricate some of my own with my friends help ... thanks
-Josh

 

I believe SPC makes rear lower control arms for the 88-91 civic/crx.

http://www.specprod.com

You know the rear lower control arms are just bling right??

EDIT: Function 7 also makes lower arms.....

EDIT2: dr. latino beat me to it

 

Functon 7, the only company that has the sway bar endlinks in the RIGHT location - other then Honda of course

 

if have been told that 92-95 LCA will work just

 

i know a GREAT company... its called HONDA. they make these LCA with all new bushings and painted control arms for under $70 each! with rear sway bar holes already threaded in too. check it out YO! its true JDM!!

http://www.slhondaparts.com/br...3-G11

 

http://www.ksportusa.com/products/controlarms.html

 

theres no need for sarcasm... i would just like some good quality LCA's that look good too... i just like the look of it... anyways thanks for all the help to those who posted up some useful info
-Josh

 

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ding ding ding!!!

thats what i purchased, came out to be like $110 for the pair shipped...

 

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ding ding ding!!!

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I guess you guys are trying to be funny, but my car came with these and unless they are bent there is no need to replace anything but the bushing.
As for the aftermarket units, they do reduce unsprung weight even if they are a little expensive, and that's not something to laugh at. Look into the stock ITR LCA's as well which are a similar design, now if honda/acura thought this was an improvement for their type R, they can't be all that bad.

 

Anyone have pics of the ITR lca? what year should I look for?

 

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I guess you guys are trying to be funny, but my car came with these and unless they are bent there is no need to replace anything but the bushing.
As for the aftermarket units, they do reduce unsprung weight even if they are a little expensive, and that's not something to laugh at. Look into the stock ITR LCA's as well which are a similar design, now if honda/acura thought this was an improvement for their type R, they can't be all that bad.
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youre rather misinformed. if you really want to defend buying aluminum rear lower control arms, youre not going to convince me with those arguments.

1st. yes, replacing the bushings is the point. the cost of replacing the bushings with new OEM bushings costs pretty much the same as the whole arm. and you dont have to press the old and new bushings out and in, respectively.

2nd. unsprung weight, huh? go ahead and do some calculations for me and tell me what you really gain from less "unsprung weight". when youre doing that, remember to factor in only 1/3 of the weight of the arm because only a fraction of the arms are considered "unsprung" mass.

3rd. the ITR is not the only car that came with box end style lower control arms. all civics and integras outside of north america, plus 88's got the same style control arms. there doesnt seem to be a reason why north america got the cast arms. there really isnt a difference. but to make the point that "the ITR got it, it must be better" is a bad argument.


go ahead, spend your money on colored suspension parts. the original poster seemed to ask where he can get new arms from. had he stated he wanted them for looks, i would have suggested just spray painting his purple...

for $70 each new, i dont see how you can beat OEM.

 

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I guess you guys are trying to be funny, but my car came with these and unless they are bent there is no need to replace anything but the bushing.
As for the aftermarket units, they do reduce unsprung weight even if they are a little expensive, and that's not something to laugh at. Look into the stock ITR LCA's as well which are a similar design, now if honda/acura thought this was an improvement for their type R, they can't be all that bad.
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and i replaced them just like tyson explained here...no need for expensive bling...

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1st. yes, replacing the bushings is the point. the cost of replacing the bushings with new OEM bushings costs pretty much the same as the whole arm. and you dont have to press the old and new bushings out and in, respectively.

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