i wanna get my CRX up to par with the suspension bushings by puting in a set of poly ones...how difficult would this be besides being time cunsuming...i read super streets article once and they had heat up some of the old rubber bushings to get em out...i know the poly bushings squeek alot so do i just coat em like hell with the silicon grease?...iv also heard on these different kind of poly bushings that dont squeek as much...does anyone know what der called and who makes em...other than that whats a good brand?...

 

Energy suspension and prothane make bushings- I think the E.S. have black ones with carbon or some **** in them. If you do all of your bushings- be prepared for a big pain in the ***. I work on Hondas for a living and I spent over 9 hours doing my bushings on a lift. I used prothanes( trailing arm,f+r control arm, compensator, radius rod, and more) The car handles like a new ride. Far worth the effort. I had many bolts frozen inside the old rubber bushings which were real fun to remove and our press was a piece of ****. I used a torch, reciprocating saw, cutoof tool, drill, and air hammer just trying to get the bolts out. You can use a press to get the bushings out of the arms if you are lucky or you can cut/torch the old bushing out and then cut the collars out. Both are enjoyable. There is no easy way to do this except to be prepared for the worst, especially if you live in the rust belt. I STRONGLY recommend replacing any bolts that pass through a bushing.

 

amen....btw i used prothane...without acess to the shop i would never have achieved this

 

haha cool stuff man!...thanks for the encouragment ...looks ill just go pay someone to do it...sounds like labor is gonna cost hella $ huh...

 

do not, i repeat, DO NOT get bushings. if u gonna race the car, then do whatever the **** u want. but if u want to drive on the streets, do yourself a favor and dont get bushings. it's not that it's stiff and bumpy as hell. i like that part, i still think my car isnt stiff enough but when u have to drive on the streets every day, u'll have to watch out for big bumps and such. holes in the asphalt are even worse. from the force of the impact with one u can actually break the metal suspension parts that have poly bushings in them. i had discovered a broken right rear arm compensator. it was literally broken in half. had to replace it w/ a new stock one for $45 so think about that first before u change bushings.

other than that, the car is REALLY nice and stable now, despite the non gripping tires. bushigs do a lot of good on smooth roads.

 

If you want to save money on labor, I recommend you have
someone with exeperience remove the bushings for you.
The rear arms were a cinch to do, the fronts sucked
since my arms had flared casings that I had to apply
much damage to in order to remove them. Very annoying.

I have not done the big rear trailing arm bushing yet.

Installation can be done by you; , you should since
you will most likely need to polish out the control arm surfaces
and lube all the bushings liberally. This is grunt work that
you don't want to pay $30-$60/hour for.

To install, I recommend having a rotary tool w/ polish compound
to polish the control arm surfaces. A c-clamp works fine to press
in the bushing inner sleeves in used w/ an assortment of sockets
to press in any stubborn pieces.

Prothane is the only one who makes rear compensator and upper
arm bushings. $50/pop. Something to keep in mind.

I'll be writing up an article on my experience as time permits.
I got the pix already -- just need to slap on some HTML.

- Jeffrey

 

This type of incident can happen anytime you upgrade stock suspension. You can't do one thing on your car without it affecting another.

~Rick Shank

 

umm, no ****...

 

Easy killer I was just trying to relay that point to others that might not understand what "tuning" really is, and how you can't just bolt things on and always expect an upwards gain.

~Rick Shank

 

dont take that against u personally it wasnt ment as such. i was just saying that it is obvious