Type R Club of America

00DC2R wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 6:02 pm Exactly. The Spoon & Mugen bushings look just like OEM units and probably come from the same source supplier, just with harder rubber compounds. I don't want a harsh ride so that's why I chose these and only chose the Mugens because they cost less than the Spoons but I believe they are very comparable, if not identical. The Gunmetal Hasports are very attractive but I've read too many complaints that even the "Street" compound is to harsh.

That makes more sense. I was confused by the production race car reference.

00DC2R wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 6:02 pm Exactly. The Spoon & Mugen bushings look just like OEM units and probably come from the same source supplier, just with harder rubber compounds. I don't want a harsh ride so that's why I chose these and only chose the Mugens because they cost less than the Spoons but I believe they are very comparable, if not identical. The Gunmetal Hasports are very attractive but I've read too many complaints that even the "Street" compound is to harsh.

The only exception seems to be the trailing arm bushing from Spoon, which looks like it has far less voids than the Mugen/OEM unit. Seems like the price fluctuation between the Mugen and Spoon, when I got mine, the Spoons were cheaper so I went that route.

Production-class race car refers to the Honda Verno and Primo cups (and other spec classes of that vintage) where teams bought spec cars that were base prepped by Honda/Mugen. Nothing crazy as it was meant to give privateer racers a chance to compete on a more even playing ground. These bushings and some of the other parts in the catalogue are the last real "racing" parts as Mugen seems to have shifted to gross looking body kits and over-sized heavy wheels instead of staying true to it's roots. It seems like they market more merch and stickers than hard parts these days. Honda still offers spec packages of race parts like the Fit Rally and Roadcourse packages for their respective SCCA classes.

There’s a tsb on 92 or 96-00 civics for a clunk related to the rear trailing arm bushings. The tsb has a different part number than the part you would get ordering under the actual car. There’s a old ht thread saying it had the same rubber as the mugen or spoon rta.

Neat info. That would make sense if they were all (Honda, Mugen and Spoon) manufactured by the same supplier but to their individual specifications for hardness. Honda may have just "borrowed" the Mugen bushing because it was already available and fixed the clunk.

00DC2R wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 7:12 pm These bushings and some of the other parts in the catalogue are the last real "racing" parts as Mugen seems to have shifted to gross looking body kits and over-sized heavy wheels instead of staying true to it's roots. It seems like they market more merch and stickers than hard parts these days.

Yes, what's up with this? Mugen used to be so awesome.

I received bride rails today that were ordered from rhdjapan.

My package accepted on 4-1 arrived in the states today. It has not been delivered or cleared customs yet .

Dave7CDMTYPER wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 11:19 am

00DC2R wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 7:12 pm These bushings and some of the other parts in the catalogue are the last real "racing" parts as Mugen seems to have shifted to gross looking body kits and over-sized heavy wheels instead of staying true to it's roots. It seems like they market more merch and stickers than hard parts these days.

Yes, what's up with this? Mugen used to be so awesome.

When do you think that change happened? Sorry not sure which catalogue you're referring too.

Got my Mugen bushings the other day. took about 5 business days to get here from Japan. Sat at customs for a couple of days it looks like. ended up being something like $180 CAD for them after all the fees, conversion, and duty.