Hello everyone on HT, I was wondering what you guys would say the best parts to upgrade to improve handling. I have a budget so im looking to upgrade stuff that will help handling the most. the car is all stock besides coilovers and 15" rims (these came on the car when i bought it). I was thinking or getting front and rear sway bars, maybe a 3 point strut bar and strengthening the chassis, do you guys have any notes/suggestions from experience?

 

Fresh LCA, trailing arm, and compliance bushings.

Coilovers and an alignment.

 

Tires.

 

What does LCA stand for?
And do you have any suggestion for where to get the trailing arms and compliance bushing or suggestions for what brand? or how much they should cost for good ones.

 

Ive been looking at tires and right now Im thinking about continental DWS 06+ 205/45-16 because where i live the roads arent super nice and its rainy/frozen for a lot of the year.

 

LCA= Lower Control Arm

OEM or Energy for bushings

Check out Skunk2 and Blox for an affordable but decent quality brand

 

I'm going to second what everyone here has pretty much said....suspension refresh. I don't recommend Energy Suspension bushings unless it is a full race car or your like a harsher ride.

I recommend using Hardrace's rubber bushings instead. These are improved over OEM, but not as harsh as a poly bushing --> https://www.hardrace.com/Product_det...9&MainType=109

If you want a polyurethane bushing then Energy is the way to go --> https://teamenergysuspension.com/pro...ster-bushings/ (Note, I don't believe this kit comes with RTA bushings...may have to source those separate and chances are if you've never changed yours, they are shot).

Then after you do that, get a proper alignment.

Other things to consider to improve handling: steering rack refresh, tie rods, ball joints/UCAs, hubs and bearings....

 

Thank you guys both very much for the knowledge. I dont want a really harsh ride; the civic is already on coilovers that have 12K spring rate front, 6k in the rear (I forget brand name they were on the car when i got it) and the ride is super duper bumpy and stiff. I plan on either getting coilovers with 9.8K spring rate in the front and 5K in thr back or going back to the stock suspension or closer to it so I do not think ill go the poly bushings. I do want to improve my handling as much as I can without compromising on the comfortability to much, (I know ill have to compromise some tho obviously). Would you say all these parts youve listed would help more or equivalent to getting larger sway bars, adding strut bars, rigid collar kit, etc?