Here’s the reply I got from hardrace, “Sorry, there is currently no update yet on the bushing kit’s ETA. We will contact you once we have an update.” Hopefully enough of us can contact them to show there is enough interest to piece together a DA specific master kit. Worse comes to worse, I will get the CRX Bushing Kit, combined with 94-01 Integra GSR Rear LCA Bushings and DA trailing arm bushings per hardrace. Was hoping to save some $$$ with a DA specific kit.
So are these rubber or poly? I’m looking for something maintenance free but stiffer than going with OE stuff. Import Replacement Parts has an ES set for about $150 before shipping but don’t know if I want to live with the squeaks and having to pull apart my suspension every spring.
interesting… I’m hoping for harden rubber but spherical would be okay. Glad they’re even considering it!
just got mine… HARDRACE trailing arm bushing
thats great… were talking about the entire kit which INCLUDES those very bushings
Well I emailed them on February 27th and still have gotten nothing in response, I just tried again. Hopefully something happens but it is looking like they don’t care to put together a kit for us.
Update for anyone interested.
Just received this from hardrace
"We apologize for the delay in responding. We had just discovered this message when we were cleaning out spam filter.
Our DA 90-93 Kit will be available the last week of April. "
Excellent. Would you mind hassling them for a projected price?
Hi everyone I’m new to the site and just wanted to inform you all that hardrace is not sourcing a bushing kit for integra da’s nor are they planning to. I spoke with them yesterday and they even went as far as saying they will not be producing civic ef kits as well. If anyone else is having the same issues as me with trying to get hardrace bushing any info would be greatly appreciated.
My question is, which HR is claiming to offer this kit?
If you Google Hard Race, there are like three different companies, from different countries.
I spoke to someone from buyhardrace.com the email listed on their site was <sales@buyhardrace.com>. It showed up in my inbox as
“Hardrace US Distributor <sales@buyhardrace.com>”
I sure hope thats them and this is true, if they are just lying to me I won’t be too happy. I can try to email them again and see if they respond with a price
All of my correspondence have been with buyhardrace.com. I am keeping my fingers crossed for this kit to happen. My polyurethane bushings are squeaking again after the rains.
Just received an email from hardrace saying that there should be a kit available for end of April. I’m not sure what to believe any more over the phone they say no and through email they say yes they will with no exact date. Hope this helps some one else out. It’s to late for me as I’ve already order an es master kit (black) have friends that swear by them and have never had squeaking issues even after 3 years of abuse. So I sorta mix matched a full bushing set starting with es master kit, es upper control arm bushings, hardrace rear trailing arm bushing (everyone says es is to stiff). Skunk2 upper control arms and ingalls rear camber kit. Really wanted to revamp my bushing since the car is 22 years old and all of them arm rotted and falling apart. I think the car should handle on rails when I’m done since I’m changing every single suspension component. Any input would be appreciated.
Also I was emailed through hardrace us distributor if it helps anyone
They emailed me back and said they aren’t taking preorders but the price will be 289 + 16 shipping. Hopefully they are out by the end of the month.
Before my integra was stolen I emailed them also about the kit but I haven’t received a message back.
They emailed me back and said the kit should be ready on the 2nd week of may
they are rubber basically. if you install zerk fittings on your suspension components then you wont have to take apart your stuff. you would just use a grease gun and lube them at every oil change.
theres a nice miata write up on how to go about doing it. its pretty easy actually. im going to be doing it myself soon…
Sounds like they just keep telling people later and later when they ask. On their site right now there is a list of new stuff “Incoming on 5/12/2014” and the DA kit is not there, nor is it anywhere else on their site. How annoying.
That’s just annoying, indeed.
But, greasing bushings every oil change is ridiculous. OE bushings last how long? Two decades before being trashed. Not that it’s ‘difficult’ to grease them (especially if a zerc is installed), but that’s a big hell no for me.
Oil is recomended to be changed at least every 3 months, if not sooner due to mileage… So four times a year, times twenty years. That equals greasing bushings 80 times? Rly?