Yes I am sorry to resurrect as well but I have struck same problem. How did you overcome this Franken7 or anybody else?? It is starting to drive me crazy!!! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.gif

Ok I had to modify the bush to make it fit correctly. I had to take off approx.3-4mm from the end of the bush.

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I then had to elongate the hole a little bit

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Part number of energy bush

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fitted bush, as you can see there is no way it was going to line up and fit correctly with extra bush on the inside.

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Anyway I hope this helps anybody else out there that has same problem https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif

An Air chizel/hammer works great for removing bushings also

Re: Tip On Installing Energy Suspension Bushings
 

hi, i can't see the picture at work, but according to your explaination, i think i had the same issue...

at the beginning of the year, i installed energy sb on my car and had some massive fitment issue on the rear arms... it pissed me off for maybe two weeks... until i realized that in your arm, there is a sort of cage like 1mm thick that you have to remove. apparently most of the cars have this, and most off the energy kits require it to be removed (my friends with civics told me they had to do the same).

To get them off you just hammer it down with something like a flat screwdriver that you don't like...

once it's off, just a bit of papersanding to clean the surface, load of grease and you can slide the new sb in like a charm.

dunno if it can helps :)

the front control arm where pretty much straight forward except that one of my threaded hole on the car was not in really good shape... i just had a self locking nut on top of it, got my screw through the original nut, tighten the new nut. The thread on the original nut completely broke and then i could tigthen the bolt... luckily, the original screw is so long that even with the additional nut, i have still extra fillets, and there is just enough place at this location to place the nut and its spanner.

For the tie rods i didn't change them... my original ones where in good shape and for me they are just dust cover... so i'm not sure switching with polyurethane would make a great difference in the car handling. Am i wrong ?