Rubber or Polyurethane
Le Mans Master
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Drifting
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Richardson Tx.
During the restoration of my '79 the last 6 years I decided to use Rubber for everything. Big mistake. The rubber that the vendors sell is not as strong as the rubber when new. I don't know why but its true. All of my new body mounts have big fissure cracks in them - rear spring cups, rear end mount, front sway bar...the list goes on...I spent a lot of time/money on replacing some of these - only for them to look like crap shortly afterward. I would go poly the next time.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Regina Saskatchewan
During the restoration of my '79 the last 6 years I decided to use Rubber for everything. Big mistake. The rubber that the vendors sell is not as strong as the rubber when new. I don't know why but its true. All of my new body mounts have big fissure cracks in them - rear spring cups, rear end mount, front sway bar...the list goes on...I spent a lot of time/money on replacing some of these - only for them to look like crap shortly afterward. I would go poly the next time.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 9,272
Likes: 17
During the restoration of my '79 the last 6 years I decided to use Rubber for everything. Big mistake. The rubber that the vendors sell is not as strong as the rubber when new. I don't know why but its true. All of my new body mounts have big fissure cracks in them - rear spring cups, rear end mount, front sway bar...the list goes on...I spent a lot of time/money on replacing some of these - only for them to look like crap shortly afterward. I would go poly the next time.
Last edited by oldalaskaman; Sep 25, 2012 at 09:04 AM.
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Richardson Tx.
I honestly don't remember the vendor(s) but just like a lot of parts in the corvette business- there are gotchas everywhere. Its very possible that I bought it from vendor X but they came in vendor Y's packaging.
These were sealed rubber parts that looked great when new.
These were sealed rubber parts that looked great when new.
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