"jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote
> Caroline wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > Wow to all. I'll start investigating what's available in my area. At least I
> > have nearby a good junkyard with some Civics my Civic's vintage in it.
> >
>
> as far as i've been able to determine, the bushings for all civics, 88
> through 2000 & all integras, 90 through 2001 are the same. look for new
> stuff without the ageing - anything as old as your car will be shot.
> that major trailing arm assembly is the same for civics & integas as
> well. if you can find a recent one that's been crashed, those are a
> good donor. just swap out the backing plates where the brakes mount
> 'cos they'll be a different size to your 91. i posted how to do that in
> a thread titled "civic big brake upgrade - pt II". if the donor has
> disks, you can probably sell the the disk plates for what you buy the
> trailing arms for and get free bushings. and if you /really/ want to go
> nuts, swap out your old trailing arms to urethane bushings and sell them
> as an upgrade kit to a ricer for a small profit. blah.

Hi Jim,

Due to my battle with the lower shock absorber mounting bolt I started a new
thread soliciting input on 'creative bolt-busting; a second course.'

Meanwhile, I was at my favorite auto salvage yard today, preparing to just buy
two new lower mounting bolts for $4 each. The yard had a couple of
spring-over-shock-absorber assemblies (attached to the original, front-wrecked
Civic), too, 7k miles old and looked in good shape. The yard wanted $50 for the
whole spring & shock absorber assembly. Anticipating the worst with my bolt
removal efforts (e.g. bushing destruction likely), I went ahead and bought one
S&SA assembly and an accompanying control arm for another $15. I took all this
stuff off the old Civic in the yard myself within about half an hour, with the
limited tools in my car. Amazing how easy it is when the bolts aren't frozen and
are in excellent repair...

Not that I expect any of this to fix my car's tilt (per what you said). But I
thought I couldn't go wrong for this price, considering all the snow and salt my
original shocks, springs, and bushings have seen.

Thanks for the tips. Hopefully my bolt removal efforts won't lead to the need to
purchase a new trailing arm(s), but if I do reach this point, I'm keeping the
above in mind.