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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 02:28 PM
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The car is del sol with h22 turbo, on high speed it feels very scary, it feel like the rear of the car moves left and right,
I added GC's colis esp traction bar , passed wheel aligment the car feel better but still

the rear 2 big bushings look like crap...what do you think this is the problem? or may be LCA?

any advice on full del sol bushing set?

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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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Change the bushings? Add sway bars? I think an H22 turbo in a Del Sol is too much power for you to handle obviously.
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 03:05 PM
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Default Re: del sol unstable ,bushings?

^^that. a turbo h22 in that car would be a tad bit ridiculous...but very fun.

replace the rear trailing arm bushings(the big ones)

the whole back end of your car pretty much sits on those.
OEM. been there for 15+ years why change that now.
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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I bought a full oem bushing set a couple years back for my del sol. definitely worth the money, even if you only need a couple bushing. They dry out real easy. I think there is only two bushings on the rear of the car if i can remember right. the two big ones your talking about should be changed if they look like ****. its a real b**** to change those two, but again, if they look like **** and dried out, they aren't doing the job. oem bushings will do the job...matter of fact, anything is better then the prolly 18-13 year old ones on your car now.
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 03:59 PM
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I must say the car feels great and it is very fun to drive on it.

Any suggestion on full bushing set ? which brand?

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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 04:02 PM
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Aren't that many full bushing sets out there. Energy Suspensions Master kit or OEM.
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 12:30 PM
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the car has rear disc conversation from a civic sedan, will i have missing or different parts on this kit?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MakeTrack=true

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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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someone?^^^
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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I suggest the full Hardrace bushing kit, better then oem, and cheaper. Also polyurethane will wear much faster. Check out the suspension forums and see what others have to say as well.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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Default Re: del sol unstable ,bushings?

as long as its not harder then oem rubber you'd be fine with that too.
polyurethane on a DD car would get annoying.
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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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How about prothane bushings, it is more expensive ,is it worth the extra?

trailing arm bush
upper and lower CA front bush
upper and lower CA rear bush
compensator bush
front and rear shock bush

all for 310$ is it a fair price?

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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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someone?^^^
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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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Prothane is still polyurethane which I dont recommend. The FULL Hardrace bushing kit is $265 which will last much longer then polyurethane, and have a nicer ride. Polyurethane will squeak, crack, lose shape, etc in a much shorter period of time. Most people claim 3yrs max on poly bushings.
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 03:23 AM
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Default Re: del sol unstable ,bushings?

The car is not DD, i am looking for performance.
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 03:54 AM
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Default Re: del sol unstable ,bushings?

Hardrace bushing are for performance they are stiffer then oem.
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