
Originally Posted by
StraightSix
Using the Integra arm would be fine. They *DO NOT* push the wheels out. Think about this, if that were true, would you have been able to swap the spindle over to the Civic arm? The stampings for the Integra arms have the same shape as the Civic arms with the exception of the size of the trailing arm bushing. That's the only difference.
Another way to think about it takes into account Japanese manufacturing processes. It's far cheaper to make one trailing arm with a single change (the hole for the trailing arm bushing) than to make two different arms for each model line. Any further geometry changes would then be more easily made in the smaller parts like the compensator arms, UCAs, and LCAs.