Bushes advice please

[walchy01]

Evening all

If money was no object in which order would you replace all the bushes on your Golf GTI,
not yet replaced any of them and i am wanting to start working through, keep getting told how much they improve the drive

All advice greatly appreciated as i am new to this area of Bushes

Thanks

Walchy

[Lewy]

Can't beat a good bush!!

Personally I would do wishbones and anti-roll bar, then get it 4wheel aligned. Then the front crossmember and maybe the rear axle, although the latter isn't as important as the from end.

[E4EVV]

Couldn t have put it better myself, add 0.5 degree of camber to the front as well as two new Boge turbo front shockers, you will be well amazed how shagged the originals were.

[walchy01]

Would you use original or poly bushes also??

Thanks

[rob.043]

Thats for you to decide.

Good poly bushes should be stiffer than a 'standard' bush. So the car feels a little tighter and more stable in turns. The offset is a harsher ride, and more road buzz getting to the cabin (marginally). This may be compounded by any suspension lowering you have.

So if its a track car, poly is probably the way. But for road, its whatever compramise you want.

Bearing in mind that new standard bushes will be miles better than sha**ed old ones anyway, and cheaper than poly.

If I rebushed my car again, I would mix it up... Poly bushes on the steering rack mounts, front sub frame, roll bar and links (all for stiffness and durability) then standard bushes on the wishbones and rear beam (reducing the comfort reduction a bit).

New suspension top mounts would be good at the same time if you have not done them before.

It would be nice to replace them all at once, to notice the differnece!

[walchy01]

Thanks rob, sound advice there mate.....

[walchy01]

Morning all

I have been looking at doing the bushes on the old girl for a while now...
How much am i looking at to purchase the bushes (all) and pay for them to be fitted???
Fancy spending some more money on the girl now she has just turned 100k, plus it's her 21st next year so I better start saving

Thanks

[rob.043]

When I bought all the bushes as poly items, I got them from venom motorsport. Was the cheapest I could find at the time, thats for the powerflex brand ones, which are the ones to get as far as i know. I think its somewhere over £200 for them all (not quite £300 tho)

Fitting could easily be the same again, depends on many things obviously, like hourly rate and if any bolts need persuaded!

[tech1889]

Bespoke Devision on here can sort you out with a full kit for a good price  look in forum discount or such at bottom of forum

[weazgti]

Also might be worth getting mk3 top mounts and spring plates istead of new mk2 ones.
Much better set up.