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[rodomo]

George Bush. Can't go wrong!

[355LX]

Don't use nolethane, use Noltec, or perhaps superpro. Nolethane are'nt the best, and have a habit of turning to power or just plain shagging out.

Will stiffen up the ride, but more than worth the extra few bumps, if you were 70+ driving miss daisy, then just stick with rubber, if your a man, go the urethane.......

[LS1LX]

I personally prefer rubber bushes although you may not be able to get all the ones you need from Holden still, but being a HQ I wouldnt be surprised if they still stock them.

Ride quality is nice and smooth, but some people think to modify a car is to make it bumpy, hard ride, heavy steering and a very loud exhaust.
Just a case of bad modifying.

[gtrboyy]

I used the super-pro ones in my front,noticeable difference & not too noisey or harsh ride.On the back I put nolathane which I am not to happy with as they are noisey & rock hard which isnt helped by the low profile tyres I have,down the track I will change the back to suprer-pro which are more suitable for a cruiser IMO.

[Toranamat69]

I would suggest staying away from anything but rubber for the rear upper control arms.

Superpro ones come in 3 different hardnessess and even using the softest grade, the upper rear bushes split badly on mine in a few 000km's.

The converging arm 4 link used in the rear end of these cars are designed such that the upper bushes bind when cornering - if you don't allow them to compress quite substantially (by using rubber) they will either pickup the inside wheel on a turn or split the bushing.

Steering coupling is a personal preference thing, I use 2 steel type unis and think it feels great - I used to have a superpro one which I liked too but I needed the clearance.

Again I use superpro bushes between the body and subframe and they feel good - my next set for the new front end currently under construction are going to be alloy but I am going to back off the spring rate about 25% at the same time - I just need to remove the subframe bushes from my car to copy them on the lathe.

The suspension on mine is firm but still gives a good ride - certainly not what I would classify as a harsh ride.

My main gripe with any of the poly type bushes is the bloody squeaking.
I have a pair of polygraphite bushes from a chev here I was thinking of trying as they are supposed to address the issue but this will be some way off before I actually use them on the road.
This is a problem more for moving suspension points rather than things like the subframe spacer bushings though.

M@

[gtrboyy]

I forgot to add that I have the std bushes in the diff housing & trailing arms have nolathane.If you have taller profile tyres the ride wont be as bad as mine is but I have to agree that the extra noise from nolathane is very annoying.