Thread: Discovery 4 bush replacement

Originally Posted by Tombie

No. Never tried them and never will. I consider the Hydro bushes consumables and for the tracks I drive, at pace, I want the original ride quality.

I hear good reports for those looking for a slightly longer lifespan and Justin Cooper has fitted them with no issues.

First set of bushes went around 70k on mine and took 2 hours to replace. I’ll happily do that every 70k for the ride.

I have an interesting "situation" with my MY13 TDV6.

Purchased it Oct 18 with 101,000 klms and was (supposedly) given all the service and Repair invoices for the life of the car. I was assured they were complete and looking at them i have no reason to think otherwise as the previous owner (I bought it from a car yard) had stayed with the same Indie in Sydney for virtually the car's life and all the klm records are consistent.
There is no record of lower control arm bush replacement on any of the invoices.

Car has now done 133,000 k and a coupla weeks ago Justin had it to replace the cam belts and a general check over.
He pronounced the bushes to be fine, but commented that they must surely have been replaced at some time, but it begs the question as to whether they are in fact original and if so it must be some sort of a record!

It appears the car spent its life in and around Sydney suburbs as no evidence of off road or stone damage etc.

Given that most people commenting on this subject say that they'll only last max 80,000 odd klms, I can only assume they must have been replaced at some time prior my purchase but I didn't get the repair invoice.

I guess I'll die wondering........

The ones in my vehicle last 168,000km on the first set

It really can depend on how and where you use it.
Mine did thousands of corrugated kilometres at elevated speeds and it taxes the suspension.

Originally Posted by Discodicky

I have an interesting "situation" with my MY13 TDV6.

Purchased it Oct 18 with 101,000 klms and was (supposedly) given all the service and Repair invoices for the life of the car. I was assured they were complete and looking at them i have no reason to think otherwise as the previous owner (I bought it from a car yard) had stayed with the same Indie in Sydney for virtually the car's life and all the klm records are consistent.
There is no record of lower control arm bush replacement on any of the invoices.

Car has now done 133,000 k and a coupla weeks ago Justin had it to replace the cam belts and a general check over.
He pronounced the bushes to be fine, but commented that they must surely have been replaced at some time, but it begs the question as to whether they are in fact original and if so it must be some sort of a record!

It appears the car spent its life in and around Sydney suburbs as no evidence of off road or stone damage etc.

Given that most people commenting on this subject say that they'll only last max 80,000 odd klms, I can only assume they must have been replaced at some time prior my purchase but I didn't get the repair invoice.

I guess I'll die wondering........

1st set (complete LCA's) from new replaced at 120,000km, now at 200,000km, so i reckon another 40,000km should be ok. Mixed bag of touring, towing and offroading, bush beach and everywhere in between. Only 1 wheel alignment ever after the LCA's were done.

The Meyle HD bushes will almost give you poly lifespan but with no adverse handling affects, you wont feel any difference to the hydro's.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

The Meyle HD bushes will almost give you poly lifespan but with no adverse handling affects, you wont feel any difference to the hydro's.

Agreed, we both fitted ours at the same time and they've been great. I replaced the complete arms sourced from Advanced Factors.