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Hi all, i've bought a set of front polybushes for my st202 from Paul of Poland (gt4racing). I've managed to fit them properly but i didn't know that the lower control arm crush tubes were actually an OEM purchasable item, I did not have them at hand and hence did not install them. The car still feels much better and doesn't make any noises so it doesn't seem that there's any issues without the crush tubes in place. HOWEVER, i have been wondering about the possible misalignments or unintended movements that might occur under hard braking scenarios.

This is the std part 90389-21003 that is missing:



Do you think that there would be any ill consequences without these installed? Should I be worried that I might lose my front alignment or experience any noises in the future? As always, thanks for your help!

I can't see the picture cause Im at work. But you don't need these.
I have them installed, without the crush tubes, and no issues.

There's bunch of other memebers here that have them without the crush tubes to with out issue. There's a big thread on this already if you want to go read into it further, i believe its 6-8 pages or so.

Yes I saw that post already, but I'm mainly concerned about long term effects if any. I've only had them for about a week now.

Had mine in 2 years now, no issues.
Other members have had them for longer, no issues.

From what I hear its also much more difficult to install with the crush tubes.

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Oct 15, 2015 - 3:29 PM

Good that's exactly what I wanted to hear!! Thanks for your help! So from a reliability perspective these bushes are quite good I presume. Next up, maybe the engine bushes cause one of them is a bit loose upon acceleration.

I installed mine with my old crush tube. The crush tube is actually just barely small enough to fit through the hole of the subframe. If you align the lca good with the subframe hole. You can slip the crush tube in and then just use the bolt to bolt it and it'll align itself.

This makes me to believe that it'll be easiest to remove the lca if you actually get something to stick into the crush tube and grip it. So you can pull it out through the subframw hole and make it easier to remove the lca.

I put them in. They are cheap and easy to install.

The diagrams show them going in from the top but you can easily put them in from the bottom.