Opinions on this RSB 'fix'?

[Den]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EASY-BMW-e30-REAR-SUBFRAME-BUSHING-FIX-UPGRADE_W0QQitemZ8006187346QQcategoryZ42609QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks pretty easy to replicate.
Anyone got a bushing available to measure?

[nando]

that looks extremely cheesy.

[permit]

I want to see someone build a car completely out of ebay parts.

[erik325i]

I want to see someone build a car completely out of ebay parts.

That's being done. Look up posts from the username "budget beater"

[Den]

Gee, that was productive.

Let's try again.

Does anyone think this would work?

I've seen references to filling the bushing gaps with 'resin,' presumably while in liquid form. How about solid PVC?

[RobertK]

I want to see someone build a car completely out of ebay parts.

Same here.. ;)

[Digitalwave]

Gee, that was productive.

Let's try again.

Does anyone think this would work?

I've seen references to filling the bushing gaps with 'resin,' presumably while in liquid form. How about solid PVC?

Or you could not be ghetto and you could buy urethane or delrin bushings...

[Den]

If this fix works, I don't care how ghetto it is.

Buying fancy new bushings is not the problem; removing the old bushings is.

I'll buy any bushings you suggest if you'll remove my old bushings.
If you could manage to get vaporized rubber all over my car, that'd be great too.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=49944&page=2

Torching the subframe bushings certainly was fun, except I did it too close to my car and got "negro" ghosts all over my car from the burning rubber.

Dude that shit got EVERYWHERE. Never again.

[Dave]

If this fix works, I don't care how ghetto it is.

Buying fancy new bushings is not the problem; removing the old bushings is.

I'll buy any bushings you suggest if you'll remove my old bushings.
If you could manage to get vaporized rubber all over my car, that'd be great too.


http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...t=49944&page=2

Buy them, do a write up and let us know how they go.

[Digitalwave]

If this fix works, I don't care how ghetto it is.

Buying fancy new bushings is not the problem; removing the old bushings is.

I'll buy any bushings you suggest if you'll remove my old bushings.
If you could manage to get vaporized rubber all over my car, that'd be great too.


http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...t=49944&page=2

Who gives a shit about the mess it makes? Do it away from your car and there won't be a problem. It was easy to do, and only took about 3 hours total.

[Den]

Who gives a shit about the mess it makes? Do it away from your car and there won't be a problem. It was easy to do, and only took about 3 hours total.

The rear subframe job is pretty much universally considered to be a pain in the ass.
Doing it "away from the car" is only possible if you first remove the subframe, to which the trailing arms and differential are attached. I have better ways to spend my time than wrestling with the 90-lb diff in my gravel driveway so that I can change a couple of bushings. Popping off the bushing cover and sliding in a few shims sounds "easy." What you did does not.

[Den]

Buy them, do a write up and let us know how they go.

We already have a guinea pig.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=58128

After I get some measurements, I'll do a Lowe's / Home Depot DIY write up.

[Digitalwave]

Well I guess to some of us a couple hours of a pain in the ass is worth it to do something right.

[Den]

Well I guess to some of us a couple hours of a pain in the ass is worth it to do something right.

There's a joke there somewhere. . .

Anyhow, I think a better example of "doing something right" would be replacing the water pump while doing the t-belt because it's there and it saves you labor in the long run. If this bushing fix works, there's nothing any more "wrong" with it than there is with any other suspension mod. If the fix doesn't work or doesn't last long, BFD. I'm going to make my own for ~$2, and the install might take all of 30 minutes.