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I have spent quite a bit of money on my Jim Jam this month! I have after over 3 years of ownership of a 3" lifted Jimny invested in some ORA castor correction radius arms and have fitted them with Superpro Poly bushes and put Superpro panhard rod bushes on it also, also from ORA - cheers RB!
Aside from the obvious better steering feel from the castor correction arms, the bushes have made such an improvement to the ride of my Jimny on and off road it is unbelievable!
It used to feel like it was leaning like a boat. That was on it's old worn out KAP springs that served it well from before I owned it and then for most of three years of my ownership. It continued to feel like it on Big Jimny springs and Rancho shocks from the BJ shop also. I did not expect these bushes to stop that feeling but they have stopped lean or the feeling of lean tremendously on road.
I feared that they would not flex as much as rubber bushes but having seen several Jimny's on here flexed up with them on, that fear has been quashed.
I'll have to see how long they last for but it has to be longer than the Blueprint rubber bushes I've been fitting and the better feel and ease of fitting and removal in the future is a winner in my mind, despite their slight extra cost. If they last longer, they may not actually be more expensive!
A top tip to fitting them though is to grease them very thoroughly and use a threaded bar or some studding and blocks of wood with holes for the studding to pass through but not the nuts to draw them through, rather than messing about with presses. I tried both methods.
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
I think the super pro bushes are great, flex is just as good, and on road ride is great considering the cage weigh.
Flexing to the degree some of us do off road is asking to kill the blueprint type bushes as these are designed for standard normal road use cars.
When fitting, I just pop them in the vice, with the supplied grease, with a little bit of cloth to stop them getting marked.
I did some with the vice but then just found using one half of a pair of spring compressors as a threaded bar gave me more control, but a vice does work. Presses are OTT and the Panhard Rod bushes needed centralising via the threaded bar or they wouldn't go in and wanted to slip away or just compress and not slip in. Sounds rude now I've read that back!
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
Yep, a press is OTT, I just used the vice for them all. Never thought of using spring compressors.
Thats also another reason I prefer the polybush as they are so much easier to fit.
