So I have been threw EVERY post I can find on Honda-Tech and G2IC about RTA Bushings for Honda's. I'm deciding against the Poly ones and sticking with an OEM replacement. I plan on doing the full Type R 5 lug and was wondering if I should press out the bushings and clock them once I order the RTA. Also has this method really been proven cause nobody has ever posted a final result that I can find on if the time spent clocking is worth it. Also are Poly's worth using on other components cause nobody ever says anything bad about them in other areas of the suspension. Thank you for any and all help/responses.

PS - If you say search better I might actually cry cause between just 2 forums Ive searched way more on this one topic then any of my others combined. . . . LOL

 

I'm actually curious as well. I would like to use poly rta bushings, but I thought I remember reading once that they end up becoming too tight, and hinder fluent suspension activity. I'm not completely certain of this. I'd have to see it to believe it. My thinking is that you would have to constantly lubricate it. This idea comes from my experience with a poly shifter bushing/control thingy lol. The bushing squeeks, and gets stiff as if grease would be needed. Then you have to worry about the grease accumulating road grime, which is not good.

 

Well I was going to use the Energy Suspension one's but the guys here that build cars recommended the OEM bushings. They have also said that the trailing arm wouldn't move the way it was supposed to with the stiffer bushings in there. So I went to the dealer & bought the OEM ones. Oh they have some bad *** cars & have been messing with hondas for years so I just took their advice without thinking twice

 

No. There are a million linked threads in any Poly or Energy post that show poly bushings in other arms that deform just like the RTA bushings.

 

Alright well I suppose those are the posts I wasn't able to find...LOL

So can anyone suggest the best bushing to go with and if clocking the bushing is as beneficial as they claim

 

whats the big deal? clock the bushing to the right ride height and be done with it.

my 20 year old stock bushings look great because the car has never been lowered.

 

the big deal is its a **** ton of work to switch these things even with proper tools people talk about it taking at least 45 minutes just for one side. Don't be a dick just want to get it done right the first time and not have to pull it apart to do it again. At least unlike other people I been researching this for the better part of a year just to make sure when it's done it's done right cause everyone likes to preach do it right the first time and blah blah blah.

 

so just do it! quit talking and "researching" and do it. wtf is there to mess up if you know how it works.

 

i went with a stock bushing, i change my ride height every so often, slammed and wheel gaps, bushing are fine!

 

I replaced with oem. If i ever do it again i might use Hardrace RTA bushings which are rubber but dont have the large gaps like oem.

 

if you are doing the 5lug swap just replace the bushing before you put the crap in.. it takes like 5 mins knock the old bushing out and knock the new one in

 

Well I'm ordering the 5 lug straight from the dealer and I think it comes with new bushing already. Anyone know for sure?

 

Yes it will.

 

Alright well now that I know that, do I put it on the car set the hight of the car then do the mark with the ruler pull back off push out bushing clock it and put it back in? Sorry to go back to the starting post I made but again jsut trying to cover all my bases.

 

That's up to you. Some will consider it overkill. Odds are after you lower the car to mark the LCA you're going to say "To hell with it" and leave everything alone.