SuperBlackS14
12-13-2011, 08:28 PM
This is also posted on NICO but I got no responses so I wanted to see if anyone here could be more helpful...
I decided thanks to Project Car magazine to give the Energy Suspension Hyper Flex Master Bushing Kit installed in my S14. Been doing the work myself for a while now, and so far I think I've managed to save about 700 dollars on labor. I owned most of the tools to do this work since I was working on a set to disassemble a KA and stroke it out... But that fell by the wayside. About all I needed was a torch ($30) and a press ($60), a small 6-ton.
So far, I've completed the front bushings. The car handles much tighter especially with the new ball joints in my LCAs and the new tie rod ends. I barely feel any deterioration in ride quality, but now I have to do the rears...
What I've read so far, is that the rear bushings will have a marked impact on ride comfort. Not only that, because the car is 15 years old, I was planning to replace the subframe and differential bushings, but the few reviews I've read said that they were terrible for Dailying.
I daily drive my car and since Nismo discontinued the Subframe Bushings I can't find them anywhere, and that's why I wanted to do the ES kit, but I wanted some opinions from people who have been dailying these suckers.
TL;DR - Anyone using the Energy Suspension kit for daily driving their S-chassis, and how does it feel, especially if you've swapped the Subframe Bushings compared to stock?
I decided thanks to Project Car magazine to give the Energy Suspension Hyper Flex Master Bushing Kit installed in my S14. Been doing the work myself for a while now, and so far I think I've managed to save about 700 dollars on labor. I owned most of the tools to do this work since I was working on a set to disassemble a KA and stroke it out... But that fell by the wayside. About all I needed was a torch ($30) and a press ($60), a small 6-ton.
So far, I've completed the front bushings. The car handles much tighter especially with the new ball joints in my LCAs and the new tie rod ends. I barely feel any deterioration in ride quality, but now I have to do the rears...
What I've read so far, is that the rear bushings will have a marked impact on ride comfort. Not only that, because the car is 15 years old, I was planning to replace the subframe and differential bushings, but the few reviews I've read said that they were terrible for Dailying.
I daily drive my car and since Nismo discontinued the Subframe Bushings I can't find them anywhere, and that's why I wanted to do the ES kit, but I wanted some opinions from people who have been dailying these suckers.
TL;DR - Anyone using the Energy Suspension kit for daily driving their S-chassis, and how does it feel, especially if you've swapped the Subframe Bushings compared to stock?