suspension bushing question

yogi · 12-07-2004, 05:40 PM

I have an 87 coupe with over 100,000 miles on it. I plan on replacing the shocks with Bilstein HD and going to turbo tie rods. I also want to do the suspension bushings. From what I can find for the rear I can choose from poly-graphite, poly-bronze or neatrix. I'm going to go with the neatrix.

It's the front I'm not sure about. My choices seem to be poly-graphite (noisey and squeaky plus a hard fit) not willing to except. Or poly-bronze which are expensive. Are there any other choices out there for the front? If not I guess it will be poly-bronze. thanks

blue82coupe · 12-07-2004, 06:10 PM

Smart Racing Products can replace the rubber bushings in the front a-arms for about $ 400.00. If it were me, I would replace all my bushings with poly-bronze. Dan

Az911 · 12-07-2004, 06:24 PM

Don't be cheap buy nice parts (poly-bronze) once and be done. Also save yourself the headache of having to do the project over again when the rubber bushings start to bind and squeak.

einreb · 12-07-2004, 07:23 PM

My stuff is just arriving from different places for my winter project. I tended to also look at the ease of installation as a factor. 'turning' the bushings for fit and the potential for squeak was a big turnoff.

I put bilstien sports on last year. My recently ordered parts include... turbo tie rods, elephant front poly, rennline control arm rears, neatrix spring plate bushings, 22/29 torsions. when its apart, i'll also look at the ball joints (118k miles). I havent decided on doing the sway bar bushings yet... not a big deal, but new sways (and thus new bushings ) might be a phase 2.