Energy Suspension Sway Bar End Links for Civic/Integra

Energy Suspension Front Sway Bar End Links for Integra and Civic

If your DC2 Integra or EG Civic clunks over bumps or leans more in corners than it used to, the front sway bar end links are a prime suspect. The end links connect the sway bar to the suspension, and the factory rubber bushings inside them crack and disintegrate with age, which lets the sway bar flop around instead of doing its job. Once that happens you get more body roll and a knock over rough pavement. This Energy Suspension set rebuilds the front end links with polyurethane bushings and fresh hardware, so the sway bar stays connected and the car corners flat again.

This fits a huge swath of the B-series Honda world: the 90-01 Integra (DC2, DB8) including the Type R, the 88-00 Civic and CRX, and the 93-97 Del Sol including the VTEC. On a light Honda that lives on its handling, worn end links are one of the most common reasons a car feels vague and rolly, and a fresh polyurethane set is one of the cheapest ways to fix it. Pair it with polyurethane sway bar bushings and you get close to the same effect as a larger sway bar, for a fraction of the cost. Polyurethane also shrugs off the oil, salt, and grime that rot rubber, so unlike the factory bushings these are not going to crumble on you again in a few years.

What you get

This is a complete front end link set, not just loose bushings. Each set comes with the polyurethane end link bushings, metal sleeves, dished washers, new bolts, and nylock nuts, everything needed to rebuild both front end links with fresh hardware. You are replacing the entire wear assembly, not just pressing new bushings into tired old links. The polyurethane is firmer and far more durable than the OE rubber, which is what takes the slop out of the sway bar connection.

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, so pick whichever you want.

Fitment

This is the front end link set for the B-series chassis listed above, and it covers the Integra Type R, which a lot of master kits exclude. These connect to the front sway bar, so if you have swapped to an aftermarket sway bar with its own end links, confirm your setup is the factory style before ordering.

What to know before you buy

First, the honest tradeoff. Polyurethane is firmer than the factory rubber, but on end links specifically the NVH change is minor, since these are a small connecting piece rather than a major mounting point. Owners consistently describe these as quiet and solid once installed. The main thing is to grease the bushings well on assembly, a dry poly bushing is what squeaks, so coat the contact surfaces and you will not have an issue.

Second, install is straightforward. This is a hand-tool job with no press required, you are unbolting the old end links and bolting up the new assembly. The set comes with new bolts and nylock nuts, so you are not reusing tired hardware. Tighten the nut until the bushings are snug and just lightly compressed, not crushed flat, and you are done.

Third, do the sway bar bushings at the same time. Energy themselves make the point: replace your end links and your sway bar frame bushings together, because they wear together and doing only one leaves half the slop in the system. If you are chasing flatter cornering on a DC2 or EG, fresh end links plus fresh polyurethane sway bar bushings is the combination that actually transforms turn-in. This end link set is also one of the components in Energy's Integra and Civic master kits, so if you are refreshing the whole car, the master kit covers this position along with the rest.