im trying to buy some Trailing Arm Bushing for my eg..but idk which to get oem or energy suspention bushing...my car is droped on 1piece tein..so idk which would better what do u guys think

 

i would get the energy suspension. it is solid where the oem one isnt. correct?

 

The energy suspension takes way more work to install. I used them because they were cheap $22 on amazon for a pair while an oem-style was $32 each and a Honda one was forty-something or so.

For the ES you have to re-use the old steel outer ring and center shaft and the best way to get all the old rubber off is to burn it off in a campfire. Then you have to reassemble which and get everything lined up (take very good measurements before you take it apart). Overall it's way more of a pain in the *** to do the ES but it was cheaper. I could care less about supposed "performance" benefits of the ES. That and the OEM ones would probably just fail again and the ES look like they'll last forever. Although either will last the average owner for as long as they plan on owning the car but for me I've owned my 96 since it was new and plan on keeping it rolling for a long time to come.

 

i'd get the oem ones. or the suja motoring ones.

side note: mugen trailing arm bushing = the updated oem bushings. uses harder density rubber.

 

i just want some dat wont snap real easy..it dont matter how hard they are to put in my mechanic is gonna put dem in both for $75 lol

 

Hard Race trailing arm bushing.

 

I think there are some mixed opinions about the TA bushings.
Some say poly bushings such as ES or prothane are too stiff and cause binding and OEM or mugen ones are way to go, but I had ES bushings on few of my cars without any problems. They worked fine and lasted as long as I owned the car.

 

were did u buy ur ES

 

oem

 

I would go with the ES bushings as a personal choice.
I normally get them from Summit racing.

 

prothane are good ones.
i buy all of my bushings and stuff for suspension from energysuspensionparts.com
they are really good dudes. great customer service.

 

You probably clocked your bushing before you drove it as well. If you're going to get rubber or poly bushings, make sure your mechanic clocks the bushing to prevent binding and early failure. He should know how to do it, but here's some information on the subject. Look at step 8: http://www.team-integra.net/sections...ArticleID=1197

I wouldl advise against polyurethane trailing arm bushings because they don't "bounce back" like OEM/Mugen/HardRace rubber bushings. When the poly deforms, it stays that way.

Your other options are spherical bearings. I have one from Blox, and I recomment it over rubber. The whole car feels more precise when driving compared to rubber. I wouldn't buy Blox again, because of their usual dodgy quality control standards on a lot of their products, so I'd be looking at upgrading to a PCI or Hardrace spherical bearing rear trailing arm bushing if you're going to go that route.