Which bushing kit?

spikes · Postby **spikes** » Mon May 30, 2011 3:29 am

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?

Caffeine · Postby **Caffeine** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:55 am

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...

spikes · Postby **spikes** » Mon May 30, 2011 11:27 am

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

Caffeine · Postby **Caffeine** » Mon May 30, 2011 11:32 am

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.

spikes · Postby **spikes** » Mon May 30, 2011 11:47 am

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?

Hjt · Postby **Hjt** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:07 pm

Incase your still interested, i have found this website useful.

http://www.floflex.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=24_65&products_id=648

Way less than your original quote.

spikes · Postby **spikes** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:23 pm

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

Hjt · Postby **Hjt** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:59 pm

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

gussy · Postby **gussy** » Mon May 30, 2011 9:26 pm

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.

spikes · Postby **spikes** » Tue May 31, 2011 11:57 am

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!