UPGRADED the lower control arm bushings, the a-arm bushings Options

[Batman722]

I was going to do a how-to but was too caught up with just getting this done, I only snapped a couple of pics at the end.
Me, Manny, and Stef knocked this out pretty easy.

I ordered some front suspension bushings from Paul in Poland



here's a pic of the control arm



(taken from this post)

I went from this bushing



to this bushing



and the other



I know the pics I took kinda suck (they're a little messy from the grease too) but I was more concerned about feeling the difference driving with them and then eating.

I have to say after launching a few times on the ride home I can really feel the difference with keeping the wheels on the ground. They really help to reduce wheel hop and it feels great.
The other thing I wicked noticed was how much tighter the front end feels during turns. They keep the front end of the car much more level to the ground and cornering is so much more controled, it's amazing.

also, ride quality was not compromised at all, which I was a bit concrened about.

The entire process took a few hours and air tools made it much easier

This post has been edited by Batman722: Jun 30, 2009 - 8:22 AM

[richee3]

I'm not a huge fan of my poly bushings. I'm on my second set. I had my doubts whether the first set was worn out or not so I got new control arms and bushings and no change. I sent my old set up to bloodMoney and now he says he hears them clicking.

[jordisonjr]

I'm not a huge fan of my poly bushings. I'm on my second set. I had my doubts whether the first set was worn out or not so I got new control arms and bushings and no change. I sent my old set up to bloodMoney and now he says he hears them clicking.

Hmm Really? How long did you have your first set in for? So when the first set wore out, you bought new control arms, and new poly bushings, and there was still noise?

I liked the feel of them when originally installed, but if they're going to wear out that fast its not worth it. I'm surprised at how quick this happened, is it started out as a clunk very randomly, and got louder over about 2 - 3 weeks, and then one day I had to brake fairly hard and there was a pop, and now there's a consistent clunk upon braking/acceleration. Perhaps a bolt has broken or something, but I'm going to tear into it Wednesday and update this thread with what I find.

Perhaps we were all a little quick to give praise to these bushings, as there really had been no long term reliability demonstrated out of them when this thread was originally started.

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Aug 11, 2015 - 11:21 AM