Upgrading rear axle bushes

[gdjohny]

Hi everybody
I want to upgrade my rear axke bushes. Whats the good cheap options?
My budget is low so need it cheap as chips

 

[MPJ88]

http://www.gnjmotorsport.com/produc...i,-1.9TDi,-2.0,-2.3-V5-FWD-(07{47}97%2d).html

 

[Slimy]

If your car is a decent age (which it probably will be if its a mark 1) then new OEM bushes will be an upgrade and not very expensive.

You should bear in mind that rear axle bushes are cheap compared to the labour costs involved. Its the reason why I still have a pair of Powerflex bushes that have never been fitted, and probably never will!

 

[gdjohny]

I can do all the work myself with no Problem but i need te parts cheap .

 

[gdjohny]

http://www.gnjmotorsport.com/produc...i,-1.9TDi,-2.0,-2.3-V5-FWD-(07{47}97%2d).html

Is that the price for a set of two bushes?

 

[Slimy]

Is that the price for a set of two bushes?

The powerflex kit is both bushes.

 

[csd_19]

Have powerflex changed the compound in the poly to allow the passive rear beam steering?

I know when the first load of polys came out for the back of the mk4 chassis it made it ridiculously harsh because the beam was restricted in its motion.

I did my rear beam bushes last summer and changed to Ibiza Cupra/Fabia VRS ones

http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1339

These have the more solid design like the LCR ones but without the wallet smashing price of LCR rear bushes Can feel a definite upgrade over the old ones.

 

[gdjohny]

Cool
How the car feels after you changed them?

 

[csd_19]

Back end is firmer, although the originals had done 100k+ miles

 

[chrisp10001]

Take SuperPro bushes, best on the market. My LCR is fully equipped with it, also rear beam. May be a bit more expensive but it's absolutely worth.

 

[gdjohny]

Can you send me the link to them?

 

[MPJ88]

A bit more! They're at least twice the price!

http://www.superpro.eu.com/catalogue/11/seat-leon-mki-2wd-1999-_to-2005/#top

 

[chrisp10001]

You should read this: http://www.superpro.eu.com/Content/Documents/053_PMM_OCT11.pdf

 

[csd_19]

You should read this: http://www.superpro.eu.com/Content/Documents/053_PMM_OCT11.pdf

That is a very good bit of news

Covers my question earlier around the design/compound in poly bushes for the rear of the mk4 chassis. Glad to see SuperPro taking their customers and products seriously

 

[chrisp10001]

Yes, and this is why the price is not the same as for Powerflex.

 

[gdjohny]

I think i will go with powerlex . I used them on my e46 bmw

 

[csd_19]

If you do, ask them about the vag mk4 chassis specifically, and ensure they have taken the passive rear steer into account.

The rear beam pivots on the Leon are NOT perpendicular to the arms of the beam, they are angled - this is what caused the first poly rear bushes to bind.

 

[gdjohny]

I have ordered the bushes from the gnjmotorsport few days ago but the price is per one bush they send me email saying that today . I need to find some cheaper website

 

[chrisp10001]

So you must have ordered Powerflex? SuperPro only quotes prices for a set of bushes for one axle.

 

[Slimy]

Even the powerflex are sold as a pair in one kit, they don't sell one bush. There'd be no sense in replacing one bush anyway.