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look at these. Very similar to noltec at half the cost.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...9/P1010787.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...9/P1010788.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...9/P1010789.jpg
The whole bushing kit, i.e most of the suspension bushings will cos about 300US landed.
Wow they look great! Do they have the rta bushing available separately?
yup saw those on eBay too... theres a slightly cheaper one i'll look into, the Megan racing one... i emailed them about shipping.Quote:
Originally Posted by fatboyz39
but this one has the cheapest shipping i can find:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Megan...spagenameZWD1V
good info and suggestions in this thread!!:thumbsup:
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hey mate, hope you are well
my RTA bushes are fine, i used black (graphite impregnated) ES bushes.
the times i have NOT noticed any *issues* include:
doing 190km/h around turn 1 at eastern creek, doing 145km/h over the dogleg at oran park and doing 7km/h parking my car.
anyone who talks of binding issues might wanna check the Honda manual for torque specs and proper suspension installation proceedures...
please use a Honda manual to supplement my DIY overview...
best of luck...
david..
what is RTA? or binding?
read thru this thread noob.Quote:
Originally Posted by fatboyz39
RTA = rear trailing arm bush
binding = The term "binding" describes a suspension that does not move smoothly through the operating range. Binding causes dramatic changes in wheel rate as the suspension compresses. Understeer / oversteer tendencies shift rapidly, making handling unpredictable. Ride quality and road grip suffer.
http://www.elephantracing.com/techtopic/binding.htm
thanks Ben.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennjamin
string: I can ask the seller if you would like a set.
> Ride quality and road grip suffer
This thread follows one on Honda-tech some time ago with equal numbers of voices in the yay and nay camps.
The issue wasn't ride quality, but a tendency to snap oversteer at the limit of suspension travel and (I think) some instability under hard braking.
Daily driving was fine.
The Energy Suspension RTA is a Poly Bush only.
You burn out the old one and re-use the center pin and metal shell.
Re-using the center pin means the poly bush has to slide on a rough surface which was never meant to do this.
The Prothane poly bush comes as a complete replacement, poly bush, outer metal shell and center pin.
There are better designed RTAs out there.
Hardrace and even sperical bearing products. I think Noltec improved on the Prothane design a bit, but have never seen one.
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Originally Posted by bennjamin
Benny!! ended up finding an oem set on ebay for a bargain price of $60 for x2... going to solid fill these ones properly... my last set was full of sand with the rubbers actually torn and a bad poly fill job lol
can you help me install?
for the OEM set you need a press to get the old out , and new ones back in. Not hard to get out ross...
This is very true. Even with high end coilovers (TODA FIGHTEX), my shot RTA and camber kit inner bushes (common problem with skunk2?) caused me to have a high speed spin under braking with only slight steering angle. Also backing off gently in a high speed bend is very, very scary. Please change your bushes if they are bad...safety first (and performance comes with it!)Quote:
Originally Posted by bennjamin