Not exact matches
It is a pain in the neck to
replace the
bushings, since you need to bring the whole arm to the
rubber workshop.
Taking even more of the compliance out, by
replacing soft
rubber bushes with harder polyurethane or metal spherical joints, will control the wheels more accurately maximising the surface area in contact with the tarmac.
Polyurethane
bushes on the much harder STi suspension last less time than
rubber - it seems they are so hard the impact transferred to them is higher (have to
replace every 25k or so - but this one is set up for track, despite being my commute vehicle)
Polyurethane
bushes on the stock suspension last longer than
rubber (never
replaced a polyurethane one yet once they are in)
Up front we
replaced the wimpy
rubber with tough poly
bushings.
What we've learned is that when using tough poly
bushings throughout to
replace the wimpy
rubber, there is much less deflection amongst all of the suspension components.
They
replace the soft
rubber OE
bushing with a rigid spherical bearing for increased handling and performance, but sacrifice noise and comfort.
To tighten up the steering, Energy Suspension polyurethane
bushings were used to
replace the stock
rubber units.
Energy's Hyper - Flex master set
replaces compliant OE
rubber bushings and mounts to reduce wheel - hop and improve handling and traction.
A: Components damaged during the repair process should be covered by the manufacturer, but items that would inevitably have to be
replaced due to normal wear and tear (like
rubber suspension
bushings or shock absorbers) may require that you contribute to the cost under the principle of «betterment.»