Condor or oem

[kronus]

OEM style is best style. Bushings are a maintenance item, comparing what your experience was with 25 year old stock bushings to new OEM-style bushings is pointless.

[IronFreak]

Next time I'm doing this. It's probably just as stiff (or nearly so,) but I feel like most of the squeaking in the rear of my car is from poly RTABs, whereas new rubber would be quiet.

Poly squeak, especially if you have toe/camber adjustment and have them torqued out quite a bit.

#racecur

[Merlin8]

old thread but any update? Im in your same 95% DD 5% AX.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Ordered oem rtabs and am going to order revshift subframe mounts. If I don't like the rubber in the rtabs then I will get poly and switch them out sometime

[HennaE30]

Go condor or Powerflex. Beware, Powerflex are a TIGHT fit, Atleast their sway bar bushings... It took me and my dad, a C clamp, vise grips, a center punch, a hammer, And a lot of cursing to get them in. But they feel the best. Really either of them, they are both good.


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[mr.vang]

If it is your daily, poly gets old really quick. I suggest poly motor mount, oem e21 tranny mount and oem rubbers all around.

[THEhomelessONE]

I love my condor bushings. There is more road noise, no squeaks, worth it IMO.

[Northern]

The OEM TAB's are very stiff rubber, I don't see a huge benefit to going poly there.

Next time I'm doing this. It's probably just as stiff (or nearly so,) but I feel like most of the squeaking in the rear of my car is from poly RTABs, whereas new rubber would be quiet.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

So what if the car was gonna get driven on the street and autoX from time to time. But more just track days. I already have poly motor mounts and CAB's.

[Cabriolet]

I'm also in for this. I saw a set of poly bushings on Craigslist, USED! They where IE, he used them for under 1000 miles, said he didn't like the ride. Does it really make that big of a difference in ride quality?

i've had both. i will only run rubber now. my car is a street car poly is a waste and the ride is noticably different. if i actually autoX/tracked my car, you better believe id be running poly TABs/CABs/subframe.

OEM bushes are good for the street.

i agree

[digger]

OEM bushes are good for the street.

[jalopi]

I personally won't buy or recommend anything from Condor after one of their reps came off as a massive douche in one of the "which bushings should I buy" war threads. I mean, they have a site with a "swag" section... insta no on principal alone.

I had to shave the r3vshift TA bushings I got by a mm or so to get them to fit in the trailing arm tabs on the subframe. Took a little over a month to get delivered, didn't want more downtime to get the right bushing.

The guys at IE are nice, but IMO the quality of their bushings seems cheap. I'm no expert with bushings or plastics or anything, but I'm pretty sure there aren't supposed to be air bubbles in the material. There were a few bubbles near the surface for my diff bushing. Pretty sure there aren't supposed to be air bubbles period, who knows if there's any inside the material.

From what I've heard, AKG is the shit and there's a reason they sell stuff that's more expensive than the competition. Look into it.

[BLACKCHARM88]

Weld them, brah...

[SkiFree]

We warranty our parts for life. We make all of our parts ourselves from the best materials available. We offer three hardnesses of polyurethane.

As does IE (except its typically two durometers). I'd rather not get in a pissing match though.

KIRIEIW - Its best to find someone local and get a ride along to get an actual reference. One persons stiff is another's soft. Typically 80a is regarded as a good street performance option.

[KIRIEIW]

I'm also in for this. I saw a set of poly bushings on Craigslist, USED! They where IE, he used them for under 1000 miles, said he didn't like the ride. Does it really make that big of a difference in ride quality?