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the biggest difference i noticed was the poly bushings in the LCA's. old nasty 16 year old rubber doesnt hold ---- in place like it should

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balljoints and bushings as well as anti sway bars make huge differences in handling. Even if you're on stock shocks/springs, brand new bushings will make your car ride ------- awesome.

and the only way bushing squeak is if you dont grease them enough. You gota grease the ---- out of them.

and agx's are trash.

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its the upper control arm bushings that make all the noise, a shot of white lithium every couple weeks does the trick though.


even w/ just a stock Si rear sway and the poly bushings, i can make the ass end of my hatch step out pretty easy

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whats a good cheap strut. im not building a race car. i just want my car it handle better then stock and ride nice

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most non-adjustable aftermarket gas struts are only marginally better than stock gas struts. if you are going non adjustable make sure it can handle shorter springs.


tokico blues work fine for me

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ya nad be able to handle a moderate drop of 2" or so

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I've never been able to get the ass of my hatch to let loose...it's always the front that goes first. Maybe the DA integra rear bar with the poly bushings helps...who knows. The DA front bar swaps right in to 88-91 chassis as well, correct?

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You looking to hook off the line, not corner? None of these guys has a clue.

Make some suspension limiters out of old shock rod, weld them so they pass alongside the LCAs with threads pointing down up front, and pointed up and alongside the UCA in the back. Construct/weld boxes off the xCAs so that the shock rods pass through them, then spin a hard poly bush similar to the forward radius rod units, backed by a washer and then a lock nut, up them until you get the max travel you want up front and the max compression you want in the rear.

Five dollars, big fish, and no FWD streetcar will be able to hook as well as you.

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Can you draw a pretty mspaint of that, real quick and dirty like, so I can get a better idea?

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ya thats sounds cool and fun, but i pretty much cant fabricate anything, i own a angle grinder, a BFH, and basic tools. and a sick ass electric impact gun i scored for $7.

i really want a e36/46 bmw but there out of my range, unless i were to give up my bike, but not happening, so id jsut like my car to handle and hold the road and corner good like one, and a 2" drop is nice. i never go to the track though.