Bushings Archives

We freshened up our FD’s30-year old, worn out suspension bushings with SuperPro USA polyurethane bushings and replaced the clunking old pillow ball bushings in the rear suspension. We also vapor…

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Fixing Rapid Front Tire Wear on the Lexus IS with Figs Engineering

Posted on January 14, 2024January 16, 2024
byMike Kojima

If you own a second or third-generation Lexus IS, RC, RC-F, or the IS-F, you are probably familiar with their problem of severe front tire wear. It is especially bad…

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The Most Advanced 240SX/ Nissan S Chassis, Z32/300ZX, R32/GT-R Rear Suspension Ever From GKTech!

Posted on July 24, 2022November 23, 2022
byMike Kojima

In our last story about Suspension for our upcoming S13 Project car, we went over what we feel is the ultimate front suspension/angle kit for the S Chassis from GKTech. …

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The Most Advanced 240SX/ Nissan S Chassis Front Suspension Ever From GKTech!

Posted on July 10, 2022November 23, 2022
byMike Kojima

We will soon be starting work on a new MotoIQ project car, we have obtained A Nissan S13 240SX hatchback with a totally stock SR20DET swap. This car is going…

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Project FD RX7 Restomod: Part 3 – SuperPro Front Swaybar and Steering Rack Bushings

Posted on March 27, 2022March 29, 2022
byBilly Johnson

We fix a bad clunk and steering issue with a stiffer SuperPro front swaybar and steering rack bushings. When Project FD RX7 Restomod was purchased, it had a pretty bad…

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The Best of 2021, #3: Resurrecting Project FR-S: Wisefab Track Suspension

Posted on December 30, 2021December 30, 2021
byMike Kojima

Our Project FR-S was already a really good handling car with the stuff we had done to it with parts from KW Suspension, Whiteline and Cusco but we wanted to…

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Project Viper: Part 14 – Maintenance: Swaybar Bushings, Ball Joints and Boots

Posted on October 26, 2021
byBilly Johnson

Time takes its toll on rubber. We replace the old and hardened swaybar bushings, ball joints, and boots on our low-mileage 1997 Viper. As we mentioned in Part 12, it’s…

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Project Tundra: Dirt King Lower Control Arms

Posted on May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
byMike Kojima

As we continue to upgrade the front suspension of our Tundra to make it more durable in off-road use, we focused on a set of improved front coilovers, new tie…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 30 – Sometimes You Finish Where You Should’ve Started

Posted on June 24, 2020October 29, 2020
byErik Jacobs

When we left Project SC300, we had gotten the suspension all back together, but that annoying caged nut had thrown us for a loop. Properly getting to it involves getting…

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Project Acura RSX Sleeper, Buttoning Up the Project With Suspension!

Posted on March 29, 2020
byMike Kojima

We left off in our last edition of Project DC5 RSX with some killer brakes by Stoptech that brought our cars stopping power in line with our fantastic 300 whp…

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SuperPro Suspension Parts joins the Devine Force Racing STi and is put to work at COTA

Posted on March 8, 2020March 9, 2020
byDevin Hofmann

Subarus are known for their competitive advantage of AWD and the ability to always have traction pulling you through the corners. It’s important to note the use of pulling, and…

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Project Porsche 987.2 Cayman S: Getting the Suspension Together! Part 2

Posted on September 2, 2019September 5, 2019
byMike Kojima

In our last article, we got most of of the suspension for Project 987.2 Porsche Cayman in place. Now we have to finish the job installing the parts from KW…

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Project Porsche 987.2 Cayman S: Getting the Suspension Together! Part 1

Posted on August 21, 2019August 30, 2019
byMike Kojima

In our last edition of Project 987 Cayman, we discussed some of the parts we would be installing on our street going track car project. Now it is time to…

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Project 987.2 Cayman S, Cup Car Suspension for the Street!

Posted on May 22, 2019August 20, 2019
byMike Kojima

The Porsche Cayman has always had a dear spot in our hearts. In another life, I was an engineer at a large OEM and we were doing benchmarking testing for…

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The Best of 2018- Project EP3 Civic Si: Why the Suspension Sucks and How to Fix It!

Posted on December 27, 2018December 27, 2018
byMotoIQ Staff

The Best of 2018- Project EP3 Civic Si: Why the Suspension Sucks and How to Fix It! For the Holidays, we take a look back at some of our most…

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Tech

How to Make Crappy Cars Handle Well!

Posted on November 7, 2018
byMike Kojima

Handling is a difficult subject for many people to wrap their heads around. Many cars, especially lower end sport compacts have a reputation for awful handling that can’t be fixed or for…

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WATCH: ST Suspensions Coilovers and Whiteline Upgrades for Subaru WRX

Posted on October 5, 2018October 5, 2018
byJeff Naeyaert

Our latest project car, a 2002 Subaru WRX gets upgraded ST Suspensions coilovers and Whiteline swaybars, bushings and other chassis components. Hopefully you read the separate ST Suspension and Whiteline…

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Bushings Upgrade For WRX

Posted on September 27, 2018October 9, 2018
byMike Kojima

Every Subaru suspension bushings of our Subaru WRX had two lifetimes of wear and needed replacing, but we don’t just replace parts here at MotoIQ. We will be completing our…

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WATCH: Project DC2 Integra Goes Faster at Buttonwillow Raceway!

Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018
byJeff Naeyaert

We’re back at Buttonwillow Raceway with our 1996 Acura Integra GSR and even with the hotter temps that were holding Project C7 Corvette from going faster our…

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WATCH: Project C7 Corvette RETURNS to Buttonwillow Raceway!

Posted on August 6, 2018August 6, 2018
byJeff Naeyaert

WATCH: Project C7 Corvette RETURNS to Buttonwillow Raceway! We’re back at Buttonwillow Raceway with our Project C7 Corvette Stingray and a bunch of new upgrade parts from Chevrolet…

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Project DBA R35 GT-R, Putting the Suspension All Together With SPL Parts and Whiteline

Posted on January 29, 2018March 4, 2023
byMike Kojima

Project DBA R35 GT-R: Putting the Suspension All Together With SPL Parts and Whiteline by Mike Kojima Now we are in the home stretch for upgrading our GT-R’s underpinnings with our…

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Project DC2 Integra: Truing up the Suspension with Whiteline

Posted on September 5, 2017May 28, 2019
byMike Kojima

In the last edition of Project DC2, we greatly improved our car’s suspension by replacing the ancient worn out Koni Yellow shocks with some state of the art street KW Suspension Double…

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Project EP3 Civic Si: Fixing the @$#%! Steering for Good with SHG Motor Works!

Posted on August 14, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project EP3 Civic Si: Fixing the @$#%! Steering for Good with SHG Motor Works! by Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project EP3 Civic Si, we thought we had…

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WATCH: MotoIQ Project V8 RX7 Suspension Update

Posted on July 31, 2017June 12, 2018
byMotoIQ Staff

WATCH: MotoIQ Project V8 RX7 Suspension Update From custom fabricated control arms to revalved KW V3 coilovers with HLS, Mike Kojima goes under Project V8 RX7 to explain everything we did…

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Tech

TESTED: Steeda Anti Wheel-Hop Package

Posted on July 18, 2017May 21, 2019
byBilly Johnson

First iterations of new technologies are rarely flawless. When the Mustang ditched the solid axle in 2015 in favor of a 21st century Independent Rear Suspension, it transformed into a…

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Project EP3 Civic Si: Suspension Upgrades with Whiteline!

Posted on May 23, 2017January 3, 2019
byMike Kojima

So everyone into Hondas just about universally ignores or even hates the dumpy EP3 Civic. The EP3 represents, to most Honda fans, the generation of Civic where Honda lost their…

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Project Evo X GSR, Completing the Suspension with Whiteline

Posted on April 11, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Evo X GSR, Completing the Suspension with Whiteline by Mike Kojima It's been a long time between updates on Project Evo X GSR. It hasn't been for lack of…

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Project VA WRX: Finishing the Suspension With Superpro

Posted on December 20, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project VA WRX: Finishing the Suspension With Superpro by Mike Kojima We have been putting together the Suspension on Project VA WRX over the last few months with some top…

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Project Mustang 5.0 (White)-Reducing Understeer with Ford Racing

Posted on July 2, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Mustang 5.0 (White)- Reducing Understeer with Ford Racing by Mike Kojima The McPherson strut suspension found in our Mustang has some good and bad points. The good points are…

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Project VA WRX: Upgrading the bushings and swaybars with Superpro Part 1

Posted on March 16, 2015July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project VA WRX, Upgrading the Bushings and Swaybars with Superpro Part 1 by Mike Kojima We decided to be different and tackle the Subaru WRX as our latest Project Car because it's…

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Project S2000: Part 21 – Getting Rid of Squish

Posted on December 14, 2014February 26, 2019
byKhiem Dinh

Project S2000: Part 21 – Getting Rid of Squish by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…

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Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S

Posted on September 23, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S by Mike Kojima MotoIQ is teaming up with the good folks at The GTChannel to produce a Scion FR-S for the SEMA Scion FR-S…