- Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:56 pm
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So I got lucky last week when a pair of LCAs from a 96 GSR popped up on CL (My sway bar is from a GSR too so ++)
So I gave the guy $20 (that's the kind of price I was looking for) at 2:00pm, drove home and had the old bushings out and the LCAs cleaned up by 2:30. I really do love this press.
Sadly, when I popped out the civic LCAs and removed the ES bushings, I found out something that should have occurred to me but didn't.
The integra uses larger control arm bushings lol. The shock bushing remains the same however.
I ordered a set of integra LCA bushings from energysuspensionparts.com
and they managed to get them to me within 3 days via UPS ground no less. Big
to them.
I installed the sway bar brackets with stacked fender washers welded together and lock nuts, cleaned the ES shock bushings and installed the new ones with fresh coat of that bastardly sticky grease.
I also took a few minutes to install a set of Godspeed V2 camber arms since my camber arm bushings were completely rotten(I chose them because they are cheaper than buying OEM bushings, but still look well made)
So I'll drive around until things settle in and get an alignment.
With the exception of my stock struts and springs, all of my suspension is fresh, and I really like the way it handles.
Now that I have an unused set of LCAs laying around I'm going to go ahead a drill them and weld a spacer in and see how it looks. Proof of concept as it were.