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FYI - Did you know if you tighten the control arm bolts to spec with the vehicles weight off them they will make alot more noise than if you torqued em down on say an alignment rack w/ the vehicles weight on it..


Just a little tech tip

 
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ok finally got to it had to hammer the hell out of the lower balljoint. then i couldnt take old bushings of with a hammer so took it to a press then they said they could not get the press to take of the rear ones because the arm was on the way of it. its ok tho no more serious poping sound because atleast one of the two in each arm got replaced. when it gets a little warmer then ill redo the other 2 that are left.

next will be taking the tranny off to fix a rear main seal leak!

 
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no, gotta have a press for the oem bushings, but for the ones i bought, all u need is your own two hands, and the compliance bushing can be pressed in with a vice

 
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hey, cant say i didnt warn u about having to press the rears out, and whoever tried to press em out was full of crap, cuz its what i did, u have to press the center out with a press, and air hammer the sleeve out, its a bitch, beleive me, took me 30 minutes for the second side to get the bushing out because it was seized, hope my little write up helped u!!

also, good tip about the alignment rack, knew that one, but im too low to get onto an alignment rack, i used a bottle jack to put weight on it to torque the bolts

 
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hmmm i gota try that jack thing to torque the bolts because i didnt do that and my car shakes more now than b4.

 
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i'm considering switch out my oem with maybe the energy ones, but i'm actually considering stick with the rubbers such as mugen hard rubber bushings, hear they last longer.

 
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u have a link to them, im curious to see them and their construction

 
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http://www.kingmotorsports.com/category.aspx?cat=12

There's also this one
http://www.clubrsx.com/cr/PCI-STDLCA-p-ARSXSBK.html

 
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seems similar to stock but with a ball pivot in the center... wonder if they are any good?

 
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damn, they are also 200 bucks!!! the energy ones are 50

 
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The PCI ones are HARD aluminum. They aren't poly or rubber.

 
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damn, i wouldnt use that on a DD

 
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yeah, the aluminum spherical bushings are excellent for track cars and race cars, not great for the streets. J's racing acually has a set the whole front set of spherical aluminum bushings, but that runs about $600-700 from aj-racing.com. it's not posted on their site, but i was emailed and quoted. i've also been looking into the super pro caster adjusting bushings, but yet again, poly? or hard rubber? hmmm....

 
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my compliance bushings are shot as well....I am watching this for an answer as to what to use... oem vs energy or other

 
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for a street car, just got a poly bushing. OEM sucks and will tear again. Aluminum is well, hard.

 
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yea so far the energy ones rock, no noise or squeak, so so far i give em 2 thumbs up, shifts are better, and wheel hop is down, but i also have motor mount inserts and a stiffy, sooooo.... i say go poly if its ur DD

 
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ive had my energy poly ones for about a week now and there great. but if your hardcore and want to test out the metal $200 dollar ones then go for it but i just dont see why a piece of rubber and metal should cost that much! and then add like 40 bucks to get them pressed in and out unless you got acces to these tools.

energy =

 
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energy has my vote, run two diff sets of their bushigns, motor mounts on both my 7thgens, and i love em,. work great

 
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dam it green01 im still getting a lil pop on my wheels but only on first...you think its b/c i didnt get the second ones replaced. i got em but the shop i took it to couldnt get the presss in that way b/c the arm was on the way. motor mounts look fine.
any sugestions?

 
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I was able to install them without a press. You can use a vise to push them in.
also an easy way to pop off the control arm from the ball joint is to use a general purpose puller.

 
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nice lol. well i got mine in today, gotta save up to have em installed. no way would i try myself.

 
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where u at in IL gearbox?

 
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urbana, why you wanna install em for me lol

 
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i woulda considered it if u was close, **** in urbana aint cheap, im like 3 hours south of u

 
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Well, I just had my car checked out at Honda today... and my compliance bushings are shot as well! Both sides!

I'm looking for some Energy Suspension replacements (Black ones) but I'm wondering what comes in the package.

Does it come with 2 Compliance Bushings only? Or, does it come with 2 Compliance Bushings and 2 Lower Control Arm Bushings?

Could someone verify this for me!?

I also need new Outer Tie Rod ends (but I'll stick to OEM ones for this, as I don't think there are any aftermarket ones).

And to make it worse... they said all my shocks are gone too! (running B&G's for a couple years now, but have hit many potholes).

 
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it comes with both compliance bushings, and the lower control arm bushings, 4 bushings total, ur good to go with the energy set

 
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yup they look very nice too

 
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sure do, i have a second set coming for my other 7th gen

 
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Thanks for the confirmation!

What's the difference between the Black & the Red Polyurethane Bushings ?

Does one squeak more than the other?

What kind of grease do you guys after it's been installed for sometime?

I understand that the package comes with special poly grease.

 
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the red takes longer because its special order, it comes with grease, use that, its very heavy, and works well, i have no sqeuaks still