bushing kit questions....
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2002
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From: Las Cruces NM
Re: bushing kit questions.... (brookman)
Energy makes a set. It inlcudes everything except the swaybar bushings, being how there's so many diff sizes. The black set is poly-graphite and the red is regular polyurethane. I'd get the black, they don't sqeak unless you're going over speed bumps or really rough pavement.
http://www.energysuspension.com/corv1.html It's the first Hyperflex kit in blue down the page a little ways.
Summit and Jegs both carry the kit, both around 180 or so. It's an excellent kit and they're customer service was excellent as well. They shipped me a new bushing free of charge when I split it accidentally installing it. Had it in my hands 3 days later.
Chris
http://www.energysuspension.com/corv1.html It's the first Hyperflex kit in blue down the page a little ways.
Summit and Jegs both carry the kit, both around 180 or so. It's an excellent kit and they're customer service was excellent as well. They shipped me a new bushing free of charge when I split it accidentally installing it. Had it in my hands 3 days later.
Chris
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2002
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From: Cleveland OH
Re: bushing kit questions.... (brookman)
How long does it take to change to the poly bushings assuming that you bought a set like the one indicated in this thread from Energy?
(I have access to a lift and tools).
Thanks,
Ron
(I have access to a lift and tools).
Thanks,
Ron
Drifting
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From: Lakeport CA
Re: bushing kit questions.... (RonRed89)
Doesn't take all that long. A press is a must though for some of the bushings. The batwings are at PITA. I took the time to file off all the casting marks & polish up most of my parts though & that took the most time... Don't know what I was thinking :crazy: ... 
Burning Brakes
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From: Cleveland OH
Re: bushing kit questions.... (Trog)
Doesn't take all that long. A press is a must though for some of the bushings. The batwings are at PITA. I took the time to file off all the casting marks & polish up most of my parts though & that took the most time... Don't know what I was thinking :crazy: ...
How did your XtraGrip install go? Is the relocation of the mounting holes for the coil overs really that bad?
Ron
Drifting
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From: Lakeport CA
Re: bushing kit questions.... (RonRed89)
Thanks! :cool:
No, it wasn't really that bad. Might have spent at most 2 hours per side with fabrication. But I admit to being a nitpicker & welded in some 1/2 moons of steel when I moved the large hole forward where the shock tower fits up into the frame. An air die grinder w/ a cutoff wheel (worn down to size) made short work of grinding the hole forward. Someday I'll break down & buy a plasma cutter.
:cheers:
No, it wasn't really that bad. Might have spent at most 2 hours per side with fabrication. But I admit to being a nitpicker & welded in some 1/2 moons of steel when I moved the large hole forward where the shock tower fits up into the frame. An air die grinder w/ a cutoff wheel (worn down to size) made short work of grinding the hole forward. Someday I'll break down & buy a plasma cutter.
:cheers:
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