Poly-bush v Genuine Part

[spikenipple]

Not if it was to be a daily, no.

[stow1985]

Not if it was to be a daily, no.

Thank you! 

[VW BUSH]

Poly bushes will increase the wear on things like drop links etc, dont skimp do the whole set of suspension rubbers if you are going to do it.
You might find tyre wear increases with polybushed suspension and top mounts if you dont uprate them.
The Mk3 benefits from uprated damping and springs over cheap coillies and polybushes

[tweed]

The best thing for a mk3 is uprated anti roll bars. 

[VW BUSH]

The best thing for a mk3 is uprated anti roll bars. 

Very true 

[stow1985]

Thanks guys,

it wasn't for the purpose of 'improving' the ride just a matter of it needs replacing so what's best to replace it with...

is there any difference between Golf GTI 8V, GTI 16V and VR6? and are they interchangeable?

[danny_p]

what i've found is.

there are poly bushes and poly bushes.     and most of the advertiseing is bollox.

i like polybushes cos theere easy  .   duff them in job one  no takeing subframes off and trying to get them in the press.    what i no likey is that there performance claims arent exactly true dought meany people have gone from new std bushes to new polybushes once you have you'll realise they arn't all that.   

for balls out performance use spherical bearings.   for performance and a littel comfort use rubber based bushes ( not nessaserly std ) you can get some with thicker steel inserts and less rubber, these are awsome.

for the fast road / track car or fast road daily   its a minefield.  take your best guess and change it if it's not right

for the old shed of a  daily driver you just want to bang through a mot and have to fix on your driveway,  polybushes every time

[rob.043]

good for exhaust rubbers?

[jmsheahan]

good for exhaust rubbers?

No, the ones I had lasted 1 outing before snapping. The second set melted.

Stuck with rubber ones after that.

[stow1985]

Turning into a very interesting subject!!

The fact that the car is a 'daily' and when I say that I mean all day every day 'daily' and I'm not going to do it myself so I think I will go with what VW intended...

for balls out performance use spherical bearings.   for performance and a littel comfort use rubber based bushes ( not nessaserly std ) you can get some with thicker steel inserts and less rubber, these are awsome.

You lost me on this bit tho  ...what's spherical bearing?