mk3 8v handling problem....

[Len]

Poly bushes should only be used to upgrade your suspension not cure something! They are ususally first added to the anti-roll bar and will make the ride very harsh!

By the sound of the problem with your car its probably age and tired components! Springs/shocks and maybe the rear suspension bushes which are located at the pivot point of the rear arms and are totally different from the poly bushes others are talking about.

Check your shocks first by bouncing each corner of the car in turn and see if the movement continues. If it continues to bounce up and down a little after you have stopped pushing it down then the shocks are gone.

[neil_1821]

Well the plastic bits are to enable a better fit between the alloys and the bit they go on, if the alloys are standard i dont think you have to worry, mine arn't standard and they never came with it so i had to buy some more but without them on it happened all the time so i'm sure that isnt the problem on yours.

[mattosmoknd]

cheers guys....
i think i will get some new bushes then to see if that helps for the mean time.... but it is not in my good books at the moment at all and the more i think about it the more i want to sell her and get a corrado!

[Len]

If the handling is a bad as you say its more likely to be shocks or perhaps a broken spring. Jack it up and have a good look around and bounce the car to test the shocks before you spend any money!

[neil_1821]

hmmmmm corrado

[boneybradley]

My mk3 handled like the rear wheel's wern't quite attathed somehow, and after relacing the rear shocker's all is now ok and this did pass the m.o.t and passed the bump test described earlier....just make sure you go for a decent quality shocker (like boge or bilstein) as cheaper so called sports one's make the rear stiff unless you like a bumpy ride!!!

[mattosmoknd]

so is the best bet, to replace the rear bushes first and then see or to just get new shocks? 
cheers,
matt

[nitro]

firstly Len, with all due respect, if its the bushes- wherever they are - that are faulty, replacing them with poly ones will cure and upgrade. why fit any non-standard part if that was the case, you surely would not advocate fitting a standard replacement part to cure then take it out again to upgrade with a better one 

Matt, you need to decide if the main problem is the bounce or the wandering, they sound like two different things to me. then go for the shocks if its bounce and the bushes if its wandering.
get a second opinion from a garage, even if it costs you 1/2 hr labour, it may help your decision.

a final point with the suspension.. i have a sierra 4x4, with avo coil overs, full poly bushes, uprated roll bars. it is hard but only really harsh  when you swap the 60 series tyres for 17" 40 series. but its fun....

[rubjonny]

have you checked the tire pressures yet?

[Len]

^^^^^^ Yea it probably is something as silly as that!


nitro - as far as I know Powerflex dont make the bearing bush I am on about! But of course I stand to be corrected.