Bush upgrade/repacement?

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highway1

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Having recently bought a Z4 Coupe 3.0si SE (2007) , which has now covered 60,000, I am thinking that some of the bushes are likely to be past there best.

I am likely to replace any with Polyflex bushes although i am not 100% convinced it will give much difference to OE ( why don't they fit from the factory?)

Anyway, which would be the most likely suspects to replace- like do some areas wear more than others ?

Looking at the Polyflex site, there are something like 12 sets of bushes for different areas on the car and i am not wanting to replace everything straight away .
So maybe on the front Arb or rear of front wishbones for example?
 
ARBs will be worth doing, along with drop links.
Wishbone rears but I only wanted to do the job once so did the entire wishbones at the same time.
RTABs make a huge difference and are well worth doing.

Engine & gearbox mounts are on my to-do list.
 
Quick question on this, I am starting to notice a very slight submarining on driver side when braking at 70+, I know the brakes are all ok, is this likely to be the bushes and which ones. Car has done 20 miles short of the 100,000 mark so only just run in really but it's got an mot in 2 weeks so I need to be prepared for the pants down moment.
 
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