Thread: Suspension bushing kits

Im looking at the same kit for my 110 Defender and new springs and shocks too

SuperPro (Australian Made!) are the ONLY poly bushes I would fit to a coil or air suspended landy. IME they are well designed, and sufficiently soft/flexible, unlike all the others I ahve tried.

After failures of OEM and "OEM quality" rubber bushes, I now have SuperPro poly bushes replacing everything except the a-frame chassis bushes (only because they are still in good condition) on my 110.

Hi Glen,

Both myself and a mate with a P38 are currently looking at bush kits too. He is of a similar opinion to IsuzoRover in that he wants to buy a QUALITY poly kit so they arent so unforgiving.... How about we work out who wants in, whats best, and try to do a group buy?

As an aside, I thought bushes were my only problem with rough/clunky ride, however, when under the Pig last night I noticed that just about every boot on every steering component is split and/or crushed... Gonna get my usual repairer to check it all out and advise, but me thinks I may be up for a bit more than bushes. BUGGER.

HooRoo, Dave.

Am in the same "boat"! I have collected various (OEM) bushes from British Parts UK when on special over the past 2 yrs with a view to doing the lot in one go... However, I have seen several posts on various sites recommending that for bushes, one should stick with the genuine part

I'm still not sure about the hysterisis characteristics of poly bushes. Some clever chemists have supposedly been able to manipulate the compression/squeeze properties of these polymer materials so that they exhibit different elasticity depending on the direction of distortion

e.g. a graded spring rate when compressed vertically to deal with bumps, but harden when twisted etc thereby maintaining/improving steering response.

Further, I've read that the two part (poly) bushes are easier to fit, but (some brands) have been reported as "gouging out" because they are not properly secured in an outer casing. The vulcanising adhesive connecting the bush to the outer casing in the standard rubber bushes is deemed critical to its overall structural integrity.

I've driven a V8 Commodore with polybushes (supposedly 'comfort' soft ) and every tiny imperfection in the road surface was transmitted through the car...although that may have also been related to the (very) low profile tyres the owner had fitted ...but it did corner like a Mini

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x2 for Super Pro

Freaky, I've just been reading about polybush kits and then this post!

What sort of ballpark cost are we looking at for the existing kits? I've stretched the budget a bit with the arnotts (and I'm not talking biscuits)!

order them from th UK, its much cheaper, which is funny as they are an Australian product. Cost me around $250 shipped

I am keen to join in for the group buy. The britpart kit listed in the original post was only $100, but perhaps you get what you pay for. I would be able to pay more if it was going to be good kit and was indeed the full set of bushes.