Bushes - Replaced the major ones!

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My car is a 96EK1 Civic Sedan.

So this is replacing the 14 year old OEM bushes with Mugen bushes.

The pics are of the Left Hand Side bushes.Offcoasre I had both Left and Right hand side bushes replaced.

FRONT

Front Upper Control Arm:



Installed:







The difference?

Major.No longer does the car bottom out at the front over the same bumps/dips that it was before.Feels way more solid and after dropping into a dip in the road,it will rebound/recover FAR easier/smoother/nicer.BIG Improvement,very happy!

Front Lower Control Arm bushes:



You need a special tool to install these,I will have to get back to ya on this one!

REAR

I had 3 sets of bushes put in the rear:

Rear Trailing Arm bushes:



Installed:





Rear Upper Control Arm bushes:











Rear Compensator Arm bushes:



Installed:







Again a BIG difference at the rear.Solid,holds true through the big dipping/swooping corners (that I drive on everyday)

Where as before the chassis of the car would roll and a lot of the energy/force would be going 90 degrees to where your driving,NOW,chassis/body rolls is minimal,energy is conserved and driver experience has been increased by 30%

Old bushes decrease performance and most importantly takes away the all to important - Driver experience.

The car feels Brilliant

The rubber on the old bushes were old,worn and had deteriorated and torn in places

COST

* Mugen Rear Upper Control Arm Bushes $195
* Mugen Rear Compensator Arm Bushes $135
* Mugen Front Upper Control Arm Bushes $220
* Mugen Front Lower Control Arm Bushes $125
* Rear Trailing Arm bushes $195 (I Love U Speedy!)

Installation - $280 and took 5hrs.My main man needed to make up special tools to remove the old bushes.

Total - $1150,say $1200 once the Front Lower Control Arm bushes are in.

I will getting a wheel alignment ASAP too.It's needed.

Was it worth it?

O,HELL YES,ABSOLUTELY!!

Braking feels better,more confident,speed bumps are much easier to manage etc etc etc you feel the benefits all the time

I don't care about going fast,I care about 'Driver experience'