45 replies to this topic

[hawk]

As far as i have read for general road use its preffered to use as many rubber bushes as possible and nolathane is better for the track. I personally prefer rubber as i had nolathane one crumble after a year. I bought a kit off ebay that was all rubber and also had the castelated ball joints in the kit.

[S pack]

G/day Yaz and welcome aboard the good ship Lollipop.

My personal preference is rubber bushes, these cars chassis and suspension components weren't engineered around stiff urethane bushes.

As Hawk said though if you intend to use the car for track work then urethane bushes may be better.
If you want urethane bushes get the SuperPro brand, don't touch the nolathane, too many forum members have had them crumble at a young age.

Also if you are in the market for new ball joints and tie rod ends don't bother taking a second look at the ones with the nylock nuts. Only ever use ball joints that have the castellated nuts and split pins.

Just my humble opinion.

Cheers
Dave.

[76lxhatch]

As above the general consensus seems to be rubber for road use, Superpro brand if you go polyurethane.

I'd agree with the second part, mine has mostly Superpro bushes and they are definitely better quality bushes than some others (I'm pretty happy with using it on the road too, but opinions vary).

The question of whether to use rubber or poly is mostly a matter of harshness in both personal comfort and wear and tear on the vehicle. You will note that Superpro supplies different stiffness bushes and correctly supplies them in kits - for example, there are two different ones for front and rear pivots on the front lower control arm.

[hawk]

When i purchased the front end kit i had the choice of the 2 for the lower arms as well
The kit i got came with:
Upper and lower arm bushes
Upper and lower ball joints
Tie rod ends
You can get the full kit through there too though
http://item.mobilewe...nid=82458169380

[hawk]

As far as i know they are only black and the kit they have hasnt caused any problems in my car. I am very happy with it. The reason for the mixure of genuine and non genuine is because as far as i know they cant get certain ones that are genuine anymore, therefore have to be reproduced

[S pack]

Holden never made most or any of those parts themselves anyway.
AFAIK Mackay rubber products made suspension bushes (amongst many other parts) with the 'Holden' wording and part number on the bush for GMH.

[hawk]

If your after looks go superpro or nolathene but be prepared for the possibility they will crumble within a yeR or 2

[A9X]

Nothing wrong with superpro.

As for Nolathane, whiole i accept a number of people have had some issues, the product has a wide range of supporters. Besides, for me, the hatch has run them for 6 years, no sign of failure.

as usual, its all about matching the product to application

[hanra]

I found the Kingo country kit good. All rubber. Some NOS stuff. All ball joints use castleated nuts. All fitted fine.

[hanra]

I went hamburger with the lot. They are great guys to deal with. Bought a shit load of parts through them.

[UCgazman]

+1 for Kingswood country, my front end is full of their stuff.