I am torn between rubber suspension bushings and polyurethane. My concern is noise. I do not want squeaky bushings and suspension noises. Do you have problems with the bushings being squeaky , is there a surefire way to prevent this or should I just get rubber bushings and be done with it.
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34I have polyurethane bushings, no squeaks whatsoever50.00%17I have polyurethane bushings and they squeak17.65%6I have polyurethane bushings, they squeak but I keep them quiet with some sort of lube5.88%2JUST GET THE RUBBER BUSHINGS YOU SISSY!26.47%9 -
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Get poly if you need it. If the car doesn't see the track that often, you're fine with rubber. 75D poly is good for trailing arms. Less deflection.
Btw "Self lubricating" is a physical impossibility. It's just a low friction surface.
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Mine squeak, but not that much. Either way, I love them.
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Great suspension upgrade, really tighten up the responsiveness of the suspension. I love all my poly bushings! :-DCheck out Undr8d Empire on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Undr8dEmpireLlc
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I have poly control arm bushings and they do not squeak, but I put anti-seize on them when I installed them-Andy
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I'm looking into gettin poly sub frame and trailing arm bushings anyone have some and what's to be expected is it worth the money? For spirited street and light track use"God created turbo lag to give V8's a chance" Taylor D.
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Through my experience with poly unless its a race car go rubber.
Poly makes the ride much more rough. If you put a good set of shocks/springs and sway bars the car is plenty of fun and its still very streetable.
I have a car with all poly and just about everything in the catalog on it. Its not any fun to drive as a daily.
Just my opinion.Randall Racing and Engineering
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just lube them up right and you will have no problems at all.sigpic
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I've had poly bushings for almost 8 years and I've never heard a squeak from any of them.
I don't know how they'd squeak, none of them have moving parts. the TABs rotate around a steel tube, the bushings themselves don't move anywhere.
I also noticed virtually zero increase in NVH.Comment
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i have poly rear subframes, and lubed the living shit out of them, ive never heard anything88 325ic ~~~> Rusty and ugly
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Good to hear. Just ordered powerflex bushings. Going to start with rear. Get the PITA over firstNASA
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