bushes Install

[Fatty]

hmm i didn't know the vic club had a kit for this. i was planning on just taking my bushes to a suspension place and getting them to do it. but if i can get my hands on this kit, well maybe i'll have a crack at it myself.

[Fatty]

that sounds great steve. i am still waiting on my bushes anyway, seems mania's supplier was a bit overwhelmed by the volume of that group buy.

so yeah when i get them i'll let you know. i might need your help installing the MS too

[kula]

heres my install:

before:


after:


;)

[Mr_Q]

Nice - looks so easy with Kula's 2 step method.

Did you paint the bits Mark, or just clean them really well?

[kula]

yeah gave em a quick coat of paint when they were all out and appart..

[Fuzzlet]

I picked my car up on Thursday night after (finally) getting the bushes replaced. OMG the car is so different. I'm yet to take her for a hoon, but she is riding so much harder now. Ever small stone feels like a pothole...the old bushes were rather worn, so I guess this is how its meant to feel...

[Mr_Q]

Possibly showing up the Bilsteins a bit more too Fuzzlet.

More importantly - did the new bushes get rid of the squeak?

[manga_blue]

How do you know if the bushes are gone? I hear a "clunk" coming from the rear when I go over inperfections in the road (those black silicone strips, covered up potholes etc.)

Face slightly bumpy road, select first gear, rev to 6,000rpm, drop clutch, if wheelspin is smooth without any sign of axle tramp for next 50 meters then rear bushes are probably ok.

[Fuzzlet]

Possibly showing up the Bilsteins a bit more too Fuzzlet.

More importantly - did the new bushes get rid of the squeak?

Haha it was squeaking when I dropped it off, and it isnt any more, so I think so That and there was a bush that if sprayed with silicone spray would shut up.....eventually......i found a much easier solution was to turn the music up

[Boags]

eventually......i found a much easier solution was to turn the music up

My stereo doesn't work... No music to drown out the squeaks...

Thanks for the link guys!

Boags

[irwin83r]

wait a tick......

how many bags should a kit for an NB8A contain???

i think im short one... no wait.. i skipped the endlinks and sway bar bushes...

how many should i have then??

also is it just me or are matty's slotted rotors backwards??

[StanTheMan]

you should have pack for end links 1 pack for the fron sway & for the rear.

The NB8A's have different end links. there is only one bush per end link. Not like the NA .....which requires 2 bushes on each end link.

[irwin83r]

i got a kit without endlink or sway bar bushes as ive bought white line stuff at the same time... so didnt need them... just wondering whats in a full kit minus endlink and sway bar bushes??

[StanTheMan]

I have
28 bushes in 6 packets thats not counting the sway bar bushes I have end links installed already

I believe the NA & NB8A are identical, apart from the no of end link bushes.

[lowmiata]

heres my install:

after:


;)

whats the damage to the pocket for doing them all?

Going to go on a parts chasing war path so that when I am in the new house I got something to do!
(cause I wont be able to spend $$ on the car!!)