Looking for some suspension bushing suggestions, Which is best? How hard to install? Any recommendations or advice |
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Looking for some suspension bushing suggestions, Which is best? How hard to install? Any recommendations or advice |
nsr-jamie |
Jan 16 2011, 09:44 PM
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914 guy in Japan Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 7-November 07 From: Nagoya, Japan Member No.: 8,305 Region Association: None |
Hi, just about to pull apart my entire suspension for the big winter project...I have all my suspensions parts ready to go (Koni shocks,Tarret 19mm front bar and 150 pound springs).... the last part I want to replace is the suspension bushings....what I am asking here is what is everybody using for their cars? My car will be a high performance weekend fun car, occasionally driven to work on nice days, mostly weekend mountain driving and occasional autocrossing...looking for a nice sporty ride.
I know Weltmeister makes a complete kit that Automotion sells for around 70 dollars for the set....than I noticed Tangerine has their sets too, and I always hear good things about the Elephant Racing bushings.....I was thinking about going with the Elephant bushings but they are expensive. Is installing the bushings a major job? I have never done this kind of work before...if any body has any advice or some suggestions or other bushings please feel free to post and thank you Cheers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
pcar916 |
Jan 19 2011, 09:48 AM
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Is that a Lola? Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Little Rock, AR Member No.: 4,188 Region Association: None |
No experience with the Rebel Racing bushings but I installed the Elephants myself. A few notes about the installation.
Prerequisite: Mark all of your suspension points for alignment so you can get it back as close as possible to where it is now, assuming it's already aligned properly. 1. The rears come with a new shaft as well so there is no preparation on the old one. A drill and a propane torch will make removing the old ones a lot easier than simply digging them out of your trailing arm bosses. 2. At least with the fronts, you will probably need access to a press (and very soapy water) to get the outer bushings into your pieces. I tried it with a small arbor press first but fell back onto my hydraulic press when that wasn't quite enough. If your vice is the size of Montana it may be enough, but don't bet on it. 3. On the fronts the grease nipples are already installed, so make sure that the side of the nipple doesn't interfere with the seating of the new bushings into your collars. You'll know what I'm saying when you get them if you go with Elephant. It's trivial to do a little light filing before you install them. If you're mechanically minded it's a great job to tackle. Then there's the alignment afterward and off to the twisties! Good luck! |
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