Whiteline Performance lower, rear control arm bushings installed on 2022 Civic Si - impressions / review

[DYI01]

I Just installed a set of the Whiteline Performance lower, rear control arm bushings. The install went super smoothly, no issues. I just put the car on ramps and dropped the rear of the undertray to gain access to the bushings. The bushing inserts are a super tight press fit into the OEM bushings. Basically use the provided lube liberally and get to pushing. I got the inserts lined up by hand and was able to press them in about 1/4 of the way. I switched over to using the wooden handle of a hammer, leveraged against a part of the underbody to press about 90% of the way, and then used a 10mm socket as a shim to get it the last 10% Install took less than an hour from setting up the ramps to putting them away.

I did some searching and haven't read any reviews or much of any chatter about anyone installing these bushing inserts, even on 10th gens. I figured I would give them a try since they were pretty cheap with the Whiteline holiday sale, and looked reasonably simple to install. I was close to being a guinea pig for the 10th gen ALK, but I didn't want to spend ~$250, take apart the whole front suspension to remove the OEM bushings only to find out they might not be compatible with the 11th gen. I'll let someone else do that lol.

As for driving impressions, I immediately felt the turn in felt much more direct, not that the the Si wasn't direct to begin with. I would say I feels like about a 10% increase in sharpness of turn in. You get a lot more communication through the steering wheel of what the front tires are doing. The entire front end feels a lot stiffer over rough roads and speed bumps. There is a very slight increase of NVH at speed, but honestly I think just changing out the OEM Goodyear all season tires would make a huge difference since they are so damn noisy at speed. I would say for the ease of install, and cost of the bushing inserts, I would definitely recommend these to people that are into spirited driving on backroads, track, or autocross.

Before installing the bushing inserts

After install.

Another angle after install.

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[pinhead66]

I have the Superpro front control arms on my 10th gen Si which has poly bushings on the front and rear points. This was my favorite mod by far. Like you said steering feel was improved noticeably but for the 10th gen even more so compared to the 11th gen since the 10ths baseline is lower. The Whiteline inserts weren’t available at the time for me so it’s a nice cheap upgrade now. I would bet the 10th gen ALK or control arms fit the 11th but wouldn’t want to find out the hard way either… lol

 

[Unity Performance]

I've been looking for a thread like this!! We missed out on the opportunity to install front suspension parts as well on an 11th that came to the shop for a clutch kit recently, so I've been searching through the forum to see if anyone's done it.

Research looking at part diagrams and pn's said Yes, but this is the first evidence of it. @pinhead66 @DYI01 or anyone, if you'd like to take on some more Whiteline parts, please PM me as I can definitely work out a good price for you in exchange for the content you provide. Thanks!

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[ClarkDX]

I have the Superpro front control arms on my 10th gen Si which has poly bushings on the front and rear points. This was my favorite mod by far. Like you said steering feel was improved noticeably but for the 10th gen even more so compared to the 11th gen since the 10ths baseline is lower. The Whiteline inserts weren’t available at the time for me so it’s a nice cheap upgrade now. I would bet the 10th gen ALK or control arms fit the 11th but wouldn’t want to find out the hard way either… lol

We're looking to get Superpro as well. Highly recommended by a friend mechanic. We'll start the mod project this weekend once we mounted the rear bumper, winch, and dually wheels on the F350.

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