CrunchyDaddy

Hey guys,


I'm thinking about lowering my car about 1 inch just to close the gap between the wheel arch and tire. Nothing crazy but love the look.


I've searched for bushing threads but nobody really asked or answered what I was looking for.


Question: Does the compliance bushings wear out faster with a lowering kit?


I am planning to replace struts on all four corners and getting lowering springs. I haven't looked at the bushings yet but will replace them if they are bad or have premature signs just in case.


I know some of you guys would recommend coil overs and such, but I'm not a big modder. Just big into maintaining the car. I mainly just go for the nice, sleek, and subtle look. Who knows, maybe your tips will even just keep my car stock too....


Thanks for the help!

TacoBello

I can't give you a conclusive answer, one way or another, but I believe it should not lower their lifespan. My car has been riding on the A-spec struts since day 1 and that lowers the car about 3/4-1" from stock. Soon after, the previous owner of my car kept the a-Spec struts on and installed lowering springs on them to drop the car a little more.

I recently replaced my compliance bushings- the car has 120k kilometres on it ( 75k miles). There was some wear on them but I have seen much worse and after changing them out I noticed no improvement in handling, so I likely could have kept driving on them for some time.

I don't think dropping the car will result in a shorter lifespan. The bushings, however, are notorious for premature wear.

polobunny

I don't believe it would change much if anything to the life expectancy of the compliance bushings.
1 inch doesn't not completely disturb the geometry of the suspension anyway as opposed to very aggressive drops.

t-rd

NO, I've been lowered 1" on HFP suspension on my Accord V6 and I'm still on my original compliance bushings, 205000 miles later.

CrunchyDaddy

Thanks for the help! I didn't know about the A-spec struts being lower already. I will have to look into that too.