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Hey guys

I'm about to take replace my control arms. I was wondering what the procedure was to take off the bushings? My new one doesn't have the bushings on it, I need to transfer them. No, this isn't an aftermarket kit, it is just a stock replacement.

Can anyone help me out?

No PW's please.

 
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(oh yeah, this is for the rear...where you would put on a tie bar)

 
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The bushings are a seperate piece which needs to be purchased seperately (you can reuse them if you would like - but why not, they are not that expensive). Also, if you want, energy suspension makes polyurethane bushings for our car as well - I was thinking of upgrading mine sometime......

 
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yup, i believe the product code is 16.3118G...i just can't find them anywhere

my question is: do they have to be pressed on/off with a special tool, or can I simply pound them out/in myself?

 
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Well -

Lightning motorsports sells the front ones (16.3116):
http://www.lightningmotorsports.com/ene_acura.html

But for some reason they list it as an acura application and don't list it on their Honda page. The rears may not be available yet, I can't seem to find them anywhere...

I'm not too sure about if they need to be press fit in place or not. If you find out let me know as I too would like to upgrade to them too.

 
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cool, for sure.

The rear is listed on www.energysuspension.com but i can't find it anywhere.

I'm thinking they may need to be pressed on? I've been reading up on other cars, and it seems to be the way to go (which sucks, i was hoping to do this myself!!!)

 
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****! It does seem that they need to be pressed in/out. Check this out! I found this on clubrsx.com. Its a link that shows how to replace them on the RSX - but since our cars are very similar, it should be a close setup.

http://www.energysuspension.com/artpg1.html

So much for the "weekend" do it yourselfer!

 
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Hmm... $40 for the front ones. That's not too bad. I wonder how much the rear ones are? Maybe around the same price, right? $40 or so... I guess I'll go for it. So... My suspension will get (when I have the money): front forged aluminum lower control arms from the Type R DC5, rear billet aluminum lower control arms (custom), and front and rear polyurethane lower control arm bushings from Energy Suspension. Sounds so freakin' yummy!

 
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where did you guys find a price?

I've been scrounging, and nobody has these for sale yet

are they that new?

I just need the rears for now...and I was hoping to do the brake swap this weekend. Hopefully I can get the bushings by friday!

 
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so we can't diy the lower control arm bushing? if not, how much to install?

also how does a lower arm cost? price for both civic and rsx please. I wanna see the price difference. And the RSX's will fit our car to, right?

thanks

EDIT: i forgot to mention, i need the front

 
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Ok, I installed the lower control arm bushings this past weekend in the front. Its not a big deal, but you need a press to do it (or a shop that has a press). The easiest thing to do is remove the control arms and just bring it to a shop - they will press the old ones out, and new ones in for you. It cost me $65 to have this done in 1 hour. A hell of a lot easier than trying to do it yourself and muck it up. Overall the car drives nice. The new bushings are a hell of a lot stiffer than the stock rubber ones.....I don't really think you'd need a DIY for these since energy suspesion has one on their website. I bought mine from Lightningmotorsports.com - front and rear, for about $70 shipped. They had to order them from energy suspension, who drop shipped them to me. Not a bad deal.....

 
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so part #16.3116 for the front and #16.3118 for the rear for civic?
hm..i am planning to replace my front ones with rsx type r forged aluminum ones, do u think i should still get those energy ones for civic or get energy ones for rsx or get oem ones from type-r?

also for pressing, is it only the front or for both front&rear?
thx

 
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The front definitely require pressing (as well as cutting the lip off of one of the old bushings on each control arm). The rear are just a PITA. The control arm has a bushing which you must carefully remove the sleeve, than burn the rubber out. That is the hard part. Removing the bushings from the knuckle isn't as hard, but just takes time. I had to use a vise to press togehter the rear bushings (two piece design), but you may not need to. The P/N for the acura RSX front = the p/n for the civic front. I believe the rear is the same as well, not sure. Just look on energy suspensions website and compare the two.