which trailing arm bush brand?

^ agree with string.. ES bushings are crap! i've tried it and regretted it! buy oem or mugen. better safe than sorry!

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Originally Posted by string

I recommend you do some research on that product before you buy it. The RTA bushing is complicated and needs to deform in more ways than simply rotating in one axis around the pin. It's easy to find anecdotal evidence that there is something funny about them.

I paid $104 for my OEM bushings. I wouldn't put ES bushings in the RTA even if they were free.

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dont need to by shy
you can share the info with me
=)
which site/links/info you talkin bout which i need to research on?

I just don't want to make a rigid statement I don't know to be absolutely true. Over 6 years I've been reading Honda forums, I've seen these bushings discussed hundreds of times, and what I know to be true is that there is a correlation between installations of the ES RTA bushings and complaints of strange things happening to handling.

I suspect you'll be turned off them before half way down the first page in google for a search on "energy suspension rta binding" or similar.

$150, bs no one would bother wasting their time for $150 lol that would mean their rate is less than $40hr... is this at a house lol

My charge out is $250 minimum if people were to come to me

poly bushings are shit, there is no valid reason, other than a band-aide to use one, theyre not firm, they will not last and you'll be back on your back doing a time intensive exercise once again saying to yourself, why didn't I take the mechanical/petro guys advice...

Im was looking at purchasing SuperPro Polyurethane bushings for my DC5R to replace the whole shebang. But I take it they are of bad quality so I shouldnt buy them?

i use ES for all the light duty stuff in my car - but when it comes to important points like the RTA i will only use OEM/Mugen/Hardrace

im getting the lower end Hardrace product and installing it myself - save urself headaches and do the same thing as me =)

I'm personally rocking hardrace bushes all round, highly recommended
way better than poly jobs

had mine replaced just after I got the EM1. Deff a common thing as we have two other EKs in the family as well, one has new trailing arm bushings and the other one needs them. Honda charged me 300 thats including all labour and OEM bushings plus allignment :)

im doing it as an upgrade ... but how do u tell if it NEEDS doing?