I hope some of your luck comes my way! 
I am just about to look at last years advisories before this years MOT in September. I have various split bushes to attack inc. rear beam.
btw, I have just fitted brembo grooved discs and EBC greenstuff pads from GSF and was surprised how well the brakes performed from the start.
A bit off topic but how does everyone find greenstuffs compared to Pagid Fast Road's on mk2's?
I had some pagid's on my mk3 16v and they were superb, generated a lot of brake dust though which was the only downside.
Any comments would be welcome.
Stomper