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Old 05-14-2017, 01:43 PM
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Ive had a bad experience with prothane control arm bushings but the 95A diff mounts are awsome and cheap. No compromise even though they are cheap. A little louder than stock but hardly noticable if you have full interior.
Old 05-16-2017, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Dead Serious
Ive had a bad experience with prothane control arm bushings but the 95A diff mounts are awsome and cheap. No compromise even though they are cheap. A little louder than stock but hardly noticable if you have full interior.
Curious if you had other problems than the ones you had with the upper control arm bushings.
Old 05-16-2017, 03:17 PM
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The rear uppers are different and last time i checked prothane sells their kit as a 99-09 which means ap2 owners will be upset to find the rear uppers dont fit. The front uppers are terrible in that they are one piece. The car needs a two piece design to deal with even street levels of braking force. Premature wear and brake steer await anyone fool enough to install those. The rest of the kit is great just not any of the upper control arm bushings front and rear.
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Old 05-16-2017, 03:24 PM
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OEM mounts and M&M Honda Racing Differential Mount Twin Frame Damper Kit is what I went with.
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Old 05-16-2017, 03:37 PM
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Agreed regarding the upper bushings and needing a different solution. Prothane is still selling their kits (single part number) as an all years solution. I find this odd considering I've had the kit installed for over a year and they shipped replacements for AP2 suspension arms (that were still wrong) to both Dead Serious and I. At the very least I would think they'd update the site to indicate only AP1 suspensions need apply.

If going poly, I would suggest the Prothane Kit (toss the upper arm two-piece bushings) and Powerflex black/race bushings for the upper arms. The Powerflex adds about $250 shipped to your costs, but it is a 3 piece bushing and will prevent the slop/deformation that the Prothane uppers undergo. I would also suggest following Rob Robinette's guide to add grease zerks to prevent any potential squeaks. The lowers don't produce much if any noise that I can determine from compressing the suspension, but the uppers certainly do with the Prothane bushings and you might as well do it while you're in there.
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I went with the oem mounts, and diff collars. Best of both worlds. You get the isolation of the oil filled oem dampers, but you get the motion limiting of the collars.
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I am going to be going with Megan diff mounts, and Spoon engine + trans mount.
But for the rest i am going to be using spherical bushings as well.

My car has never had a single bushing/mount changed in 17 years.
Old 05-19-2017, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dead Serious
The rear uppers are different and last time i checked prothane sells their kit as a 99-09 which means ap2 owners will be upset to find the rear uppers dont fit. The front uppers are terrible in that they are one piece. The car needs a two piece design to deal with even street levels of braking force. Premature wear and brake steer await anyone fool enough to install those. The rest of the kit is great just not any of the upper control arm bushings front and rear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9u7pluTEbw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q94A4WV_EaY&t=40s
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-mo...hings-1108095/
the Prothane rears now include bushings for the AP2. Both AP1 and AP2 are in the box. Unsure of when this happened. I referenced your posts when doing my Prothane install, thank you. I did just the front and rear kit separately and went powerflex for the front upper
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