aklim

So I'd need

Front end links kit
Rear end links kit
Sway Bar Bushings kit dependent on size and it is all done?

cumbercr

It looks like these sway bar kits only include the end links. There are also bushings for the clamps that attach the bar to the chassis. I would recommend ordering directly from Prothane. They have sway bar kits that include all the bushings necessary.

GlockLT4

About to order a full bushing kit for my 1996. Noticed that the energy suspension and prothane websites are pretty much identical. Are these the same company now...?

garryowen

^^^^^
same same. good kit. mine is a 84 though. front and rear sway bars bushings only thing not in kit.

been in rear suspension for a year and no squeaks that others have mentioned

OldCorvetteFan

So here's my stupid question of the night (well, at least ONE of my stupid questions).

How do you tell which bushing goes where? I look at the picture of the full kit, and generally, these bushings all look the same! I'm sure that some of them are obvious, like the rear spring bushings, but many of them look very much alike. I'd hate to spend all kinds of time and effort to install a bushing in Part A only to find out that I was using a bushing for Part B (that was dimensionally very close).

Are they segregated in different boxes? Are the instructions clear on how to tell one from another? Or do I just buy two or three sets, secure in the knowledge that I'll muff up enough that the third time will be the charm?

Thanks,
Steven

cumbercr

For the most part they come in packages with labels. Most are pretty obvious where they go.

garryowen

once you start, they match up well to which ever one you are working on.

aklim

They did come in a pack of this, and a pack of that. Besides, when you take them out, it is pretty obvious. That is, unless you are a moron and empty every bag into a big pile. I know someone who did. It was a ROYAL PITA trying to match the numbers stamped to those on the list.

Blue Cheese

Hey guys, when they say: "Re use all metal parts". what do they mean? I'm looking to replace the rear trailing arm and rear strut rod bushings on a 1995 coupe.

Both Prothane and Energy mention this.

Thanks.

A Peter C4

Witch product did you get? Have you installed the bushings yet? Any problems?

hcbph

I think if you look over the kit you'll find the poly replacement parts along with grease and sleeve. What you won't find is the bolt that mounts it in nor the bracketry that attaches the sway bar to the suspension.

Blue Cheese

Did not buy any of them yet. Was waiting to get more info on that shell thing. Will most likely go with Energy.

I would like to find a retailer that makes delrin bushings for the rear. I have the Del-Alum in the front.

Blue Cheese

OK I went with Energy... now to install all this stuff!


Good thing I have a bud with a machine shop...