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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 08:30 AM
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input appreciated!!
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If you're talking about "street usage", I would think that anything beyond the Energy Suspension bushings would be overkill.....
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If you're talking about "street usage", I would think that anything beyond the Energy Suspension bushings would be overkill.....
I'm surprised there's only bushings available for one end of a shock - not a complete set. This will leave a bunch of gooey rubber on the other ends of shocks
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I'm surprised there's only bushings available for one end of a shock - not a complete set. This will leave a bunch of gooey rubber on the other ends of shocks
Have you checked the Energy Suspension catalog? At one time, they used to have several "universal" bushings for the ends of the shocks where the cross shaft went through.
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Originally Posted by leadfoot4
Have you checked the Energy Suspension catalog? At one time, they used to have several "universal" bushings for the ends of the shocks where the cross shaft went through.
Yes but for C5 specific parts - will look for some generic parts
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Not sure if anything here, but another possible option.

https://polybushings.com/

Prothane has C5 components
https://www.prothanesuspensionparts.com/


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OP, look up the following Energy Suspension parts:
9.8111
9.8116
9.8117

They're all for shock absorbers.
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