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if u are going to do extreme off road get poly bushes in steed of blue print ones as i learnt my lesson spent all day yesterday with pete burning and cutting old ones out and fitting poly bushes
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
One thing I do know about Polybushes, they are a much stiffer ride.
Martin
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
With my soft springs I'm not sure anything will be a hard ride! I was gonna change them but I like they're softness off road as it keeps the car level by allowing the flex. I think spring spacers to give back what they have sagged may be the answer.
I have good Blueprint bushes at present and they have given 18 months good service with some hardcore offroading once a month since fitting with no signs of degradation. I have spare arms so wondered about fitting poly bushes to them for when the Blueprint ones do give up the ghost.
I kind of want a report from someone who has run poly bushes long term. They do wear too but are a million times easier to change but it's whether their higher price v longevity is the right ratio.
Blueprint ones are about £13 each so about £160 for the car. A lot cheaper than poly and I have free access to a press and spare arms so I never have to be without the car. Cutting the old ones out I don't enjoy though!
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
My genuine suzuki ones failed exactly like that: I got a pair of 2nd hand arms when I found out how much each tiny little piece of rubber is and I needed 4.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
I have a mix of Blueprint and genuine Suzuki. All are replacements for the original Suzuki bushes which had tiny splits in after 6 years of off-roading. Current ones have been on approx. 3 years without problems. Mine has spent its life off-roading (its an 03 plate with 23,000 miles on the clock, most of them in the mud)
Martin
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
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