# Mike's Integra suspension build today **URL:** \ **Category:** Vendor Marketplace\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412 "2010-07-22T13:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FastTwins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fasttwins/32/6601_2.png) [@FastTwins](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FastTwins)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/1 "2010-07-22T13:13:13Z")
Man what a day! Mike arrived at about 830 this morning and filled the bench with lots of new sparkley parts for his suspension and shifter!. I was too excited to get started so Hap and I dug right in with Mike there to assist! It was nice because he had the correct pats and the computer to tell us which parts went where (new bolts and hardware). Everything came apart well luckily and Harold and I worked on it together (double team) for about four hours. I had to take my mom to the doc so harold finshed it up in another two hours once I had left… So collectively we had over 10 hours in Mikes car today! Of course he was not charged for 10 hours:hug!! In addition he installed the short shift kit and he and harold change the plugs while it was here. They were a bit worn… I thinkthe gap was like .080…whew…spec is like .045… The only thing that went wrong and we all tried our best to figure this our before hand is when we install the new bushing in the rear control arms we had a 50/50 chance on putting them in correctly…well…we failed and had to take a small 30 min detour to remove and reinstall the other way…darn… :banghead In the end they left out the rear sway bar as it rubbed on the exhuast anyway and was a very small…he wants a bigger one off the r type… In the end the car looks great! I am super happy with how it turned out and Mike seemed the same. I’d assume he will post a reveiw as well. Nice clean car with lots of potencial! :thumbup Great car great fun Thanks a ton to Mike and Archie for the Press!! DC ---
**Author:** ![prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@prophet](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/prophet)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/2 "2010-07-23T05:29:16Z")
Thanks for the intro Darryl. I think only 1-2 people know me on Shift, I just mainly lurk around and look at the parts bin. Anyway, I’m Archie’s younger brother, Mike. My recently acquired Integra was in dire need of a drop and I decided to replace the RTA bushings as well, since those crap out a lot on older Hondas/Acuras. Although we have tools at home, our garage is cramped and we can’t use any air tools (apartment). I’ve tackled changing the suspension on a Civic before, with many fond memories of how much a pain in the ass it is to remove the rear lower control arms and drop the struts. Knowing I would be probably way over my head, I consulted Archie and he told me about ASS and how they took care of him recently. Gave them a call the next day, and set an appointment for the following week. In my down time, I gathered up the OEM bolts, bushings, washers, etc that I thought might sieze up and snap as well as 2 new RTA bushings. ![http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9892/p1070317w.jpg](http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9892/p1070317w.jpg) So Thursday finally rolls around, I wake up early and throw everything into the Integra. Get on N87 and forgot that there is usually rush hour traffic which delayed me about 30 minutes. Got to ASS at 8:30am and talked to Matt at the counter and signed my wavier in case I do something stupid. A few minutes later, I meet Darryl and then also met Harold. They take my car into the garage and start to get it onto the lift as I’m taking out my coilovers, LCAs, bolts, etc. Car is in the air in less than 30 seconds, and we are taking off the wheels. Darryl and Hap tackled the front suspension first, removing the struts with the forks attached and handing them to me to keep. After 10 minutes the fronts were pretty much bare, and they started on the rear which was where we were all most concerned about. We took a very quick breakfast break, where I ate a sausage mcmuffin courtesy of Darryl. ![http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6224/p1070323c.jpg](http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6224/p1070323c.jpg) ![http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6532/p1070324.jpg](http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6532/p1070324.jpg) Here’s a shot of the stock rear suspension. Anyone who has owned a Honda and changed the suspension knows how one stripped bolt can totally slow down the swap. ![http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5669/p1070320m.jpg](http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5669/p1070320m.jpg) Well much to my amazement and prayers, Darryl worked his magic and was able to get all 6 bolts off the lower control arm without even breaking a sweat. ![http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5596/p1070321.jpg](http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5596/p1070321.jpg) ![http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7535/p1070322.jpg](http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7535/p1070322.jpg) Once those were out, the hardest part of the job was removing the entire trailing arms and pressing out the RTA bushings and replacing them. ![http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/619/p1070325p.jpg](http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/619/p1070325p.jpg) ![http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/8180/p1070326.jpg](http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/8180/p1070326.jpg) ![http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8599/p1070329x.jpg](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8599/p1070329x.jpg) ![http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1425/p1070330.jpg](http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1425/p1070330.jpg) ![http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8071/p1070331d.jpg](http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8071/p1070331d.jpg) ![http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1332/p1070332.jpg](http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1332/p1070332.jpg) Here is where the plot thickens as Darryl mentioned earlier. We were in a rush and forgot which way to press the RTA bushings in, so we took a educated guess and f\*d up. Once we put them on the right way, things sped up again and we were back on track. Trailing arms were reassembled and wheels were put back on the car. ![http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7789/p1070343.jpg](http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7789/p1070343.jpg) While that was being done, I borrowed some tools and replaced the shifter bushings as well as the shifter with a different one. They also let me pop out a faulty o2 sensor that I had trouble taking out while laying down under the car at home. Car looks a lot better now, I might just lower the fronts a tad bit more once they settle. Shifter feels great as well. ![http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4840/p1070339bi.jpg](http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4840/p1070339bi.jpg) ![http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6151/p1070340gh.jpg](http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6151/p1070340gh.jpg) Here are some before and after pics. ![http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/8411/p1070318.jpg](http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/8411/p1070318.jpg) ![http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4994/p1070319h.jpg](http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4994/p1070319h.jpg) ![http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4166/p1070345.jpg](http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4166/p1070345.jpg) ![http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6947/p1070348j.jpg](http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6947/p1070348j.jpg) ![http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1586/p1070350k.jpg](http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1586/p1070350k.jpg) Previous owner never did any maintenance. ![http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6707/p1070354.jpg](http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6707/p1070354.jpg) Pricing was very reasonable for the amount of work and attention to detail (trailing arm bushing? Whoops). Thanks a lot Darryl and Hap. Was a very pleasant experience to meet you both. Will probably come by to get the car aligned once my bank account stops fluctuating. :’( ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/3 "2010-07-23T20:47:36Z")
Nice to see the DB getting low… Front definitely needs to come down a bit man. The settling won’t account for an inch. Drop it hardcore and then let’s shovel snow together this winter. :lol DC & Harold: Thanks for helping my bro out! :thumb ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/4 "2010-07-26T07:40:20Z")
Holy monster plug gap batman! what are those .65+?!?! damn! Nice work men! ---
**Author:** ![FastTwins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fasttwins/32/6601_2.png) [@FastTwins](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FastTwins)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/5 "2010-07-26T07:43:29Z")
I was having fun with that car!! no problemo!! get more parts MIKE!!! DC ---
**Author:** ![Gendy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gendy/32/6456_2.png) [@Gendy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gendy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/6 "2010-07-26T17:29:25Z")
Looks good man! ---
**Author:** ![FastTwins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fasttwins/32/6601_2.png) [@FastTwins](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FastTwins)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/7 "2010-12-04T07:14:01Z")
> [@FS: .:R32 front and rear seats](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-r32-front-and-rear-seats/37709/6): > > Hi where did you get those nice [trailing arm hardware](http://www.thepartsbin.com/brands/edelbrock/edelbrock_trailing_arm_hardware.html)? I have found a site can you tell me if its ok to buy there? actually I’m new at cars so I want some good advice form you guys. Mike got asll that stuff new. I believe it was OEM stuff. Love to help LMK DC ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_GSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin_gsr/32/6412_2.png) [@Justin\_GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin_GSR)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/8 "2010-12-04T10:26:02Z")
> [@FS: .:R32 front and rear seats](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-r32-front-and-rear-seats/37709/6): > > Hi where did you get those nice [trailing arm hardware](http://www.thepartsbin.com/brands/edelbrock/edelbrock_trailing_arm_hardware.html)? I have found a site can you tell me if its ok to buy there? actually I’m new at cars so I want some good advice form you guys. OEM Honda…hence the bags in the pic ---
**Author:** ![arodracing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@arodracing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/arodracing)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/9 "2010-12-05T06:33:34Z")
pic of some solid bushing kit for rear trail arm. [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1269992402#!/photo.php?fbid=145451115507648&set=a.145450962174330.38446.144996942219732](http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1269992402#!/photo.php?fbid=145451115507648&set=a.145450962174330.38446.144996942219732) ---
**Author:** ![prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@prophet](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/prophet)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/10 "2010-12-05T12:10:31Z")
yep that was all oem hardware. I dialed in the suspension a week after the install. ![http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4868/p1070640.jpg](http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4868/p1070640.jpg) I recently put the stock suspension back on though and put the snow tires on. Got an alignment from A.S.S. also for the winter. ![http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1502/p1070660.jpg](http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1502/p1070660.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Team\_Teal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/team_teal/32/6311_2.png) [@Team\_Teal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Team_Teal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/11 "2010-12-05T15:16:06Z")
what was the part number for those trailing are bushing??? my car needs a set and i couldn’t find them. ---
**Author:** ![prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@prophet](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/prophet)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/12 "2010-12-05T17:19:45Z")
trailing arm bushing part # : 52385-S21-003 ---
**Author:** ![Team\_Teal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/team_teal/32/6311_2.png) [@Team\_Teal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Team_Teal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/13 "2010-12-05T17:25:14Z")
thanks man ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mikes-integra-suspension-build-today/253412/14 "2010-12-05T21:44:06Z")
hardrace also makes a set of 150% stronger than OE bushings [http://www.buyhardrace.com/product/hardrace-rear-trailing-arm-bushings-92-95-civic-eg\_37.html](http://www.buyhardrace.com/product/hardrace-rear-trailing-arm-bushings-92-95-civic-eg_37.html)