Energy Suspension Master Bushing Kit for 84-87 Civic CRX

Energy Suspension Master Bushing Kit for 84-87 Civic and CRX

If your third-gen Civic or first-gen CRX is still riding on its original rubber, the suspension is held together by 40-year-old bushings that cracked and went soft a long time ago. That is why the car feels vague turning in, clunks over bumps, and wanders where it used to track straight. This Energy Suspension master kit replaces the bushings across the entire suspension and steering with polyurethane, so the chassis feels tight and predictable again. On a light, simple car like an 84-87 CRX, a full bushing refresh is one of the biggest handling improvements you can make for the money, and these old Hondas respond to it dramatically.

This is the complete master set, not a single position. It does the front and rear control arms, the front and rear sway bar and end link bushings, the manual shifter linkage, plus the ball joint and tie rod boots, all in one box. That is why people refreshing one of these cars buy the master kit instead of chasing one worn bushing at a time. Energy's polyurethane also shrugs off the oil, road salt, and grime that rot rubber, so once the car is buttoned up it stays tight for the long haul. Owners running these on autocross and swapped CRX builds report them holding up for years.

Specs

Color options

Red and black are the same polyurethane at the same hardness. The black is graphite-impregnated so it is slightly more self-lubricating, the red is just the color. There is no performance difference. One real-world note from owners: people running these hard tend to favor the black for the graphite, but either color is fine as long as you grease them on install.

Fitment

This kit covers the 84-87 Civic and CRX across the trims listed. The shifter stabilizer bushings only apply if you have a manual transmission. If you have done a B-series swap into one of these chassis, note that the shifter linkage at the transmission end differs on a B-series motor, so the included shifter bushing is for the original setup.

What to know before you buy

First, the honest tradeoff, and a full poly kit makes it loud. Going to polyurethane across the entire suspension firms the car up noticeably. You will feel and hear more of the road than you did on fresh rubber, because poly transmits more than the soft factory bushings were designed to. Owners of these cars are blunt about it: a full poly setup is excellent for autocross and spirited street driving, but if you want a plush, isolated ride, this is not the move. For a driver's CRX, the tighter, more connected feel is exactly the point.

Second, plan for a real job and grease everything. People have installed this kit at home without exotic tools, but it is a lot of bushings across the whole car, so it is a project, not an afternoon. The single most important step is grease: coat every bushing with the included Formula 5 on install, because a dry poly bushing is what squeaks later. Owners who greased properly report no squeaks years down the road; the ones who skipped it are the squeak complaints you read about.

Third, do it while you are in there. Since you are dropping most of the suspension to install these, it is the right time to handle any other tired parts, ball joints, worn shocks, or steering components, rather than pulling it all apart again. On a 40-year-old car that almost always needs more than just bushings, doing it all in one pass saves you repeating the labor. Do it thoroughly once and the chassis stays tight for years.