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Is this bush knackered?
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Is this bush knackered?
Just noticed this whilst changing a drop link, looks a bit baggy to me!
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Is this bush knackered?
You even ask? It should be tight on the ARB
If not done you'll be due for a refresh of the droplinks (which you're doing) lollipops and ideally the wishbones with 2 ball joints on them.
Do the lot and have a realignment done
If not done you'll be due for a refresh of the droplinks (which you're doing) lollipops and ideally the wishbones with 2 ball joints on them.
Do the lot and have a realignment done
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Is this bush knackered?
with that gap you should have heard some different noises going on
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Is this bush knackered?
That's with the corner jacked up so should it still be tight? Can't see a gap when on the ground...
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Is this bush knackered?
Imagine your car turning then, where the are can move up and down like that as weight transfers
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Is this bush knackered?
Right yeah I'm with you. Is poly the way to go then?
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Is this bush knackered?
I've fitted poly bushes to my Golf GTI, I wouldn't do it again, nice and tight but too harsh.
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Is this bush knackered?
Was that everywhere or just the roll bar?
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Is this bush knackered?
If it was jacked up then I'd expect that from a tired original bushing. New rubber are about £6 each from BMW, poly about £40 a pair from CarParts4Less. I swapped mine for rubber but will be changing to poly soon.
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Is this bush knackered?
I would not touch poly unlesss you are trying to make everything solid for tracknuse. It's harsh, can groan and transmits noise and vibration
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Is this bush knackered?
Go OEM. I polybushed my last car and with the state of the roads today the noise was awful and actually made me wince at times in the car.
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Is this bush knackered?
Standard it is then, thanks for the tips guys!
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Is this bush knackered?
I can't seem to find the front 25mm bushes online anywhere, is it dealer only for these?
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