Polyurethane Bushing Install

Springs, Struts, Swaybars, Bushings, Tower Braces & more
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By teal_dx
- Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:50 pm #35260 I did this back in the day (2002) before there were cheap knockoff LCA's for sale everywhere. I was in college back then so that was alot of $$$ at the time lol. If I was doing it now, I would def buy new LCA's while I had it all apart :thumb:

By wetfart
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:42 pm #40677 can i do this with out using a torch
my control arm bushings are out and i want to start this project today
i already have the bushing set

By mage182
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:19 am #40887 I just did all my control arms yesterday with this method. I have to say it worked great. Just make sure you get that charcoal good and hot. Then they drop right out.

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By teal_dx
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:52 am #40890
wetfart wrote:can i do this with out using a torch
my control arm bushings are out and i want to start this project today
i already have the bushing set


a torch will help, you will need some form of fire to burn the oem rubber bushings out.
removing the whole arm and letting it sit in a fire or charcoal grill does the job too. even easier than a torch cause you can grab a beer and make a few posts on here, go back outside in 10 mins and the bushings will be dust. 8)
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By DuhQbnSiLo
- Wed May 07, 2008 8:51 pm #54272 im replacing my trailing arm bushing now... i did the right side by putting the arm on a carjack and stood on it it popped right in..

i wanna kno... any noises?
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By VegasCivic
- Wed May 21, 2008 4:20 am #56164 Mine just started creaking, altough it is 109 degrees. Its been about a month or so. It doesnt do it all the time either
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By Eli'sEG94
- Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:04 pm #57214 quick question, I read what you said about getting the black kit instead of the red one, is there any difference in rigidity? between the black kit and the red one? would love for some insight from first hand experience, I've recently started to hear alot of skeacks and every hole I pass though even though I got new shocks and springs installed feels like is gonna tare the car appart.

Any help or insight will be greatly appreciated! :thumb:


-Eli
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By Eli'sEG94
- Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:18 pm #60523 Bump!
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By OmarG
- Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:32 am #62552
teal_dx wrote:no, the rear trailing arm bushings were a separate set. they were about $20 for both and came in the little yellow box in the first pic. If I did it again, I probably wouldn't even buy those 2 bushings. they were such a PITA to install.



Awww shoot.

Those are the only ones I need to install

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By EG-IOW
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:42 pm #87201 great write up teal ill be doing this next weekend
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By LaMbErT*
- Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:55 am #104857 If you are poor as fuck you can get new oem bushings for whatever part you need it for ie arm and then knock the old bushings out with a socket thats the same size as the metal using wd40 or simaler. Either that or saw the old bushing out.


After this clean the inside with sand paper and then grease up with copper grease and then knock into plabe with a socket to fit and a hamer just like before.

By stinkyfeet
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:28 pm #105878 well damn, I just ordered the red master set, and planning on doing it this weekend, but I really don't want to sacrifice ride quality.

Anyone have good experience with these, and NOT have a horrible riding car now. Do they soften up over time?

It is my daily driver... and my wife does ride in it as well.
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By VegasCivic
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:12 pm #105899 Yes they soften over time. Depending on road conditions, how much you drive etc will determine on how long they take to soften up. Mine took around a 3-4 weeks to really set in.

Ride quality IS sacraficed. IF you have stock suspension, you get better handleing but the quality doesnt become that bad.

If you have aftermarket springs and shocks...lol. Be ready to feel every pebble in the road.
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By teal_dx
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:45 pm #105904
VegasCivic wrote:If you have aftermarket springs and shocks...lol. Be ready to feel every pebble in the road.


couldn't have said it better!

With the urethane bushings hardly absorbing any of the bumps that your stock mushy rubber ones did, your springs/shocks will do a lot more work than they did before, I noticed.
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