Lower suspension arm bushes!!

[noone]

$16 for the full set (4 of)?

Well, if you're offering, I'm in...

[Jmac]

I can get these bushes from blighty for 7.5 pound sterling each which works out about $16 ish and im thinking of getting a few of them . You have postage on top of that of course.They are not on the shelf and need to be ordered, . I have a good contact at Seat UK.
Jmac

The word EACH being the operative word there my friend and you only have 2 on your car. Fronts are already solid mate, some may choose to go to poly.
Lets not get mixed up here, when i say fronts , thats the front of the front wishbone, and the solids i have mentioned are the rear of the front wishbone.
Hope this makes sense
Jmac

[noone]

Thanks

Ok, so goes on the front of the front wishbone.... The rear suspension is a torsion beam (can you hear the cogs of my mind trying to make sense of this?)

Still sounds like a good bit of fun... Take long to fit?

[Jmac]

You still havent got it mate. Ok front wishbones/control arms have 2 bushes PER side. Ok lets look at one wishbone say the left hand side, this will have 2 bushes, one bush is already hard rubber but can be replaced with poly, and the other remaining bush is the large one of the 2. This one has 2 kidneys allowing the wishbone to move around abit, this is where you can experience a bit of tramp. Ok this is the bush that gets replaced with the Solid Seat Cupra bush, thus no or should i say less movement.
Rear is a solid axle beam and stub axles mate.
Hope this helps, i know its easy to answer like you are talking at your toolbox, i apologise if i do that sometimes.
Cheers
Jmac

[VWindahouse]

Just looking at the poly options for the front wishbone bushes and see Superpro have a few options which I can't quite make sence of, can you shed some light on this please Jimmy?

http://203.31.191.243/fulcrumCat/

[noone]

Hey Jim, Thats great mate, the sort of info I need.

I'm great with Technology, but useless with the mechanicals.

I'm looking for solutions to stop tramping and have already done the dogbone mount and have H&R springs.

At the end of the day with APR V2 torque and stock tyres, there is only so much that can be done, but if its cheap parts and easy to fit, I'm interested...

[Jmac]

The Seat bushes are ally cased and the housing is ally as well and this is where it gets tight, and the originals are encased with plastic. Easy to remove in place, but tricky to fit in place, ive done a few now, i pulled them in with a void bush tool and geez it had to work hard. Next ones ill be pressing in, a fair bit easier pressing them in, for the DIY you i would think hard about it mate, but they do make a difference.
Cheers
Jmac

[noone]

Cool.

Nah, I wouldn't do it myself, Don't think between my screwdriver and shifter i'd get much done

Think the real mods have to be done by someone who knows what they're doing and as I didn't even know where they would go, thats not me).

Whats it worth? an hour? Think it will help with the tramping? Will the ride be any rougher?

[Jmac]

Just looking at the poly options for the front wishbone bushes and see Superpro have a few options which I can't quite make sence of, can you shed some light on this please Jimmy?

http://203.31.191.243/fulcrumCat/

Ok mate the first kit is the one most have been using with the Seat solid rubber, i see they do a rear too which comes in the form of 2 bushes. The anti lift one can be set to give more positive castor, which again is supposed to give a better steering response, i still think the solid rubbers will do the job better.
Jmac

[VWindahouse]

Ok great so its the seat solid rubber bushes for the rear and
Superpro SPF3311K Front Control Arm Lower - Inner Front Kit