29-10-2012, 08:37 PM | #1 |
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Poly bushing question....
I was intending on replacing the front rollbar bushes and the rear arm mounting bushes. The rear subframe front and rear bushes, diff mounts, rollbar and rear trailing arm bushes...
Now the only reason I was going to do this is the fact the rear end will be off the car and after 67,000 miles I "thought" the bushes would be worn and the front end as there isn't much too it. I will be using the car as a weekend toy, 2 to 4 track days a year plus a yearly Ring trip.. As a CSL newbie I'd like some advice from the long standing owners.. Thanks Steve
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29-10-2012, 08:50 PM | #2 |
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Mine is 96k miles with some hard wear.
I have had two wishbone pairs (which can't be polybushed, lower rear arms around 70k miles, and RTAB about 20k miles (changed to Turner limiter kit and OeM bushes)
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29-10-2012, 08:53 PM | #3 |
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As Shimmy says,the Turner limiter kit with oem bushes works well for the RTABs and I know there are quite a few on here who have had this done.
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29-10-2012, 08:56 PM | #4 |
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And cheaper lol
How about front end??
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29-10-2012, 10:41 PM | #6 |
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as far as i can make out only weak spot on front end is wishbones (bushes encapsulated) so no choice but OEM or similar. rest dont seem to fail as quickly
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29-10-2012, 10:47 PM | #7 |
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Sounds like polying is a waste of time then..... This car is seriously hard to modify lol...
I'll just do that rear thingy and leave it be then
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there are lots of things to muck around with but i think most here will confirm you end up thinking that for road car all you need to do is
Bits to watch out for but by no means likely are failing RTAB, alternator, head gasket (cylinder to cylinder), front wishbones bushes, vanos, rear cracks, sticky aribox flap
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