Lude Generation

I recently had to replace some suspension parts on my 5th gen prelude, one of which is the offside front antiroll bar link. I ordered the part from a local motor factors but when it arrived I was supprised at just how bad the quality of the bushes are! When the nut is done right up they compress completely. The original rod and ball joint also look to be much better quality.

So does anyone know of any uprated links and bushes? Preferably poly bushes. I've found some for a 4th gen but will these fit?

Thanks for your help

Blue print from motor factors, and you aren't ment to compress them fully, the bush will crack and split in no time.

isn't there supposed to be a metal bush that goes inside the rubber?

Yea that's right man , but they do tightin way in still, give it a week and the bush will be in bad shape.

You can get Energy Suspension drop link bushes http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/pr ... ?prod=8404

Even with the OEM bushes I do that jobby up tight. I know that are only meant to be torqued to 13lb/ft but personally I want as little movement as possible.

the movement is there to stop the failure of the link itself

Doesn't Jozef sell some uber beefed up ones for track use etc? Sure Jay bought a set.

indigolemon wrote:Doesn't Jozef sell some uber beefed up ones for track use etc? Sure Jay bought a set.

he does but I would be a bit worried about taking an inexpensive part that's meant to fail to protect other more expensive parts and replacing it with a more beefy one that wont fail until after your arb is knackered

mercutio wrote:the movement is there to stop the failure of the link itself

I have never had one snap before. Any movement in the drop link bushes = body roll and reduced grip.

I did buy a blueprint part but the bushes were made of very soft rubber and didn't come with any metal inserts so they compressed almost completely.

The Energy Suspension bushes do look good but the original drop link was bent so I'll need the whole link. Does anyone know of any uprated links?