Alright, I have done front and rear sway bar bushings, front endlink bushings, and shifter bushings.. and really loved the results and the bang/buck. Now I am looking into the other polyurethane bushings available for integra's, but from what I hear they are a royal PITA to install. Since I would rather do this myself, and don't have access to any really fancey tools, are there other bushings that are relatively easy to swap out?

I have already ordered motor mout inserts, but curious about the following

Front End Control Arm Bushing Set
Rear End Control Arm Bushing Set
Tie Rod Boots
Front Ball Joint Boot Set



Just looking at the picture, maybe the tie rod and upper control arm bushings would be relatively painless?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions/insight

 

Supposely some of the lower control arm bushings do not come furnished with the outer shell, check that before you buy. The new Prothane kit are complete with outside shell.

Marty.

 

So prothane might be a better choice,

would I need a press to install/remove the lower control arm bushings?

 

When I was looking I found more info in the Prothane Lower Control Arm kit than the Energy. Energy is probably more readily available, make sure you see the kit before buying.

A press would be the cat's meow!! Definitely makes the job go faster. If you don't have access to one a vice and suitably sized socket would work. I would skip doing the boots for the ball joints, no performance improvement with those.

Marty.

 

It's a real PITA! You will be sore afterwards... Do it anyway. You can get away without using a press for the install, but it takes longer.


[Modified by Vicious Cyrcle, 1:07 PM 8/27/2002]

 

DO NOT REPLACE TIE-ROD boots with poly bushings. I have NO IDEA WHY ES includes them in their master kit. OEM boot psotects the ball joint from getting contaminated with dirt. OEM attaches to the ball joint by a clip. ES bushing looks like a hat & will do NOTHING to prevent dirt from getting into the joint. Ball joints are b***h to replace (trust me) & there's ABSOLUTELY no advantage for that bushing to be there. Leave the OEM in place.
As for the others, you've pretty much done everything what could be done w/out the press. You might swap strut rod (?) bushings. After that: press, lots of grease & appropriate diameter metal slugs are necessary. Rear TA bushings need to be pressed out & burned in order to get the metal shaft out. Prothane sells RTA bushings WITH metal sleeve & shaft but it's like $125 vs $25 for ES.
Not a fun job.
Yuri K


[Modified by Civic1992DX, 6:41 PM 8/27/2002]

 

Good point! Keep your OEM tie rod boots and also the same goes for the upper A-arm ball joint... the ES bushings don't seal and just let the grease out and the dirt in... that's a NO-NO.

 

Thanks for the info, so it sounds like if I want more bushings just to stick with the lower control arm bushings.. and I would probably need a press and a torch to do it?

 

Actually, you can install every one of them BUT the toe-rod & ball joint bushings.
You WILL notice the difference in handling but prepare to feel every crack on the pavement.
Yes, I can't imagine to do the job w/out the press.
If you want some pics HOW-TO burn & replace RTA bushings, hit me w/e-mail & I'll send you some pics.
Yuri K

 

I recently filled those big motor mount looking things in front of the rear wheels with polyurethane from Home Depot. They were starting to crack and I didn't want them tearing out, and the polyurethane is pretty durable. Havent done any drifting with them yet, so can't say they made any real big difference, but hey $2.50 a tube, not bad

 

i burned them all out and then cut and chisled out the sleeve. the es kit doesnt use the sleeve anyway they just press fit in there they wont fit in the sleeve you have to get rid of the sleeves. i am not happy with the es kit at all i think stock or the sleeved prothane kit would be better. anyone use bushings made out of delrin. alot of nissan performance cars use these.

 

lol im swoping bushing right now and man its a pain could some one send me picks to make it a lil less pain staking ....
email is toyotacorollaspeedyg@yahoo.com

 

Dude, you resurrected a 7 year old thread to ask people to send you pictures of an install you can easily find in 3 min. on your own online. That's not a good way to get started on a forum.