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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:49 pm
by rat
i see
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:43 pm
by Sokar
if your 17 year old sports car with 200000 kms plus on the clock feels like a wobbly fish mid corner or wonders like a hobo on the highway at 120km/h then its time for new bushes.
But the benefits of the poly bushes arent just in replacement, a stock car will feel much tighter even if the old bushes arent warn. Its a very good upgrade.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:06 pm
by Riekert
Sokar wrote:if your 17 year old sports car with 200000 kms plus on the clock feels like a wobbly fish mid corner or wonders like a hobo on the highway at 120km/h then its time for new bushes.
But the benefits of the poly bushes arent just in replacement, a stock car will feel much tighter even if the old bushes arent warn. Its a very good upgrade.
ok that hit the nail on the head! my car does exactly that!! shit! so thats R1900 for a whole kit?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:15 pm
by mario_200sx
Thats a very good price, cheapest I could find in CPT was R2500-00.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:54 pm
by veecee
bank on at least 2500-00 for fitment.
basically your cars entire suspension (front and back) has to be removed, fitted with the bushes, and then refitted.
you will also HAVE to go for alignment afterwards.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:15 pm
by mario_200sx
R2500-00 for fitment, Ill just go in leave and bring the car to you VC...
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:20 pm
by rat
same will bring both of mine for you to do
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:29 pm
by veecee
LOL - the last time i did a car i vowed never to do it again!!!
but then again - i find it very difficult to say NO to fellow sx owners. ask my closest friends - they'll tell you the same!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:18 pm
by Riekert
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:21 pm
by veecee
its actually quite likely that my car will out-handle yours!!! sorry to say!
the best G-force i measured was on 205/40/17 inch tires, before i made the car as low as it is now, and the reading was 1.03G lateral acceleration.
i now ride lower, and on 225/45/17's!!!
hehe!!! internet racers hey!!! go figure!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:24 pm
by Riekert
veecee wrote:its actually quite likely that my car will out-handle yours!!! sorry to say!
It will. My SX handles shit. think my shocks is getting tired and my bushes is also shot i think...
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:29 pm
by veecee
Riekert wrote:veecee wrote:its actually quite likely that my car will out-handle yours!!! sorry to say!
It will. My SX handles shit. think my shocks is getting tired and my bushes is also shot i think...
LOL - i must've misread your sentence!
i thought you'd already installed the bushes.
NEwwwaaayyyy...
on my Gmeter - the lateral acceleration went from .76 G's on stock bushes and stock everything, to 0.91 G's on poly bushes with stock everything else!!!
a very very good mod for the money IMO!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:30 pm
by Riekert
veecee wrote:bank on at least 2500-00 for fitment.
But if you have the time and patience and a little help you'll be able to fit it yourself right??
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:32 pm
by veecee
Riekert wrote:veecee wrote:bank on at least 2500-00 for fitment.
But if you have the time and patience and a little help you'll be able to fit it yourself right??
of course - it also helps if you have a hydraulic press!!! and a torque wrench.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:37 pm
by Riekert
the torque wrench i do have... just not the press. where do you get one of these?
