tegwin
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 12:03 PM |
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Polybushes or OEM rubber?
I need to replace the floppy bushes on my tintop...
I could either replace them with standard OEM rubber items, or replace them with polybushes...
The poly kit is about £30 expensive than the OEM rubber kit....
Is there any benefit/negative effects of fitting poly bushes to a car like this?
It has lower arms like this:
[Edited on 13/8/09 by tegwin]
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 12:16 PM |
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Depends what the tintop is, and what you do with it.
If its an E class, then no. The E Class was build for comfort, and the poly bushes will make it slightly stiffer. You might get slightly better
feedback from the road mind, but to be honest, i really wouldnt bother!
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 12:18 PM |
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Personally I think I would stick with rubber; main reason is that the ploy-bushes are not as compliant and will tend to transfer vibration/shock to
the rest of the car. This can lead to metal fatigue..
Dan
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 12:22 PM |
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as above, for road use, polybushes are too hard and noisy
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tegwin
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 12:33 PM |
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Ok... that settles that little debacle...
Its a warmish hatch...... but with all the potholes around here.... .lol.
Do we recon that generic patern bushes will be as good/same as a genuine VW OEM part?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 02:39 PM |
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Probably not, my experience over the years on after market rubber bushes has been less than impressive and I find the rubber cracks and go hard far
quicker than proper factory ones. I believe it’s due to the cheap ones having a higher percentage of plastic added to the rubber mix to bulk it up and
lower the cost. You can usually see this in the bushes being very shiny compared to the original part being much duller.
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pewe
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 05:09 PM |
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Polybush offer three different stiffnesses for most applications.
Having recently chucked out the metalastik ones on the live rear end of the F27 and replaced with their intermediate grade has transformed the
handling.
There may be lots of pot-holes locally but bet there are more fast bends.
Cheers, Pewe 
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