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Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 3:29 am
by spikes
The bushings in my MX5 are shot, mainly the control arm ones both front and rear.. I was thinking of replacing them with Nolathane ones, but I don't want to regrease them every few thousand ks. I heard that Superpro makes bushings that are maintenance free.. but a whole set of bushes is up around the $850 mark!!
Anybody have any recommendations?
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:55 am
by Caffeine
I have the superpro ones. I find they made a huge improvement to the control and precision of the suspension, but also a large detriment to the NVH.
I also didn't put enough grease on the rear ones, so they are quite noisy...
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:27 am
by spikes
Caffeine wrote:I have the superpro ones. I find they made a huge improvement to the control and precision of the suspension, but also a large detriment to the NVH.
I also didn't put enough grease on the rear ones, so they are quite noisy...
How is your front end? in terms of maintenance and noise? One thing I hate about poly bushings the squeaking noises that it makes when the grease dries out
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:32 am
by Caffeine
spikes wrote:Caffeine wrote:I have the superpro ones. I find they made a huge improvement to the control and precision of the suspension, but also a large detriment to the NVH.
I also didn't put enough grease on the rear ones, so they are quite noisy...
How is your front end? in terms of maintenance and noise? One thing I hate about poly bushings the squeaking noises that it makes when the grease dries out
As quiet as the stock rubber bushes, we put a lot more grease on them though.
No maintenance so far on either end.
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:47 am
by spikes
Caffeine wrote:
As quiet as the stock rubber bushes, we put a lot more grease on them though.
No maintenance so far on either end.
sweet, exactly what I wanted to hear
does anybody else have any experience with different brands?
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:07 pm
by Hjt
Incase your still interested, i have found this website useful.
http://www.floflex.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=24_65&products_id=648Way less than your original quote.
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:23 pm
by spikes
Phooaaarrr thats ridicously cheap compared to everything else I've seen, but what research is telling me is you get what you pay for and that apparently Flo-flex are just sh*t
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:59 pm
by Hjt
I plan to buy off them shortly, i found some decent reviews and a thread on club roadster referring to them etc.
I mean you could spend $600 but you could spend $200 and have $400 for other mods.. etc. Good luck anyways
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:26 pm
by gussy
I have read quite a few reviews regarding poor quality on the Flo Flex. Haven't used them myself but as changing the bushes is such a costly / time consuming job it's not a job you want to be doing again in a years time.
Re: Which bushing kit?
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:57 am
by spikes
I had a set of Energy Suspension bushings installed in my old Honda Civic, greased them up properly with the provided lube and it still squeaked like a bitch!