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Postby power » Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:31 pm

how do you know when these need to be replaced? i have a squeeking coming from front passenger wheel driving, replaced shocks, still squeeking! have it lowered on whiteline flat out springs, cv joint seems grand!
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Postby CJ » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:31 pm

Get the car up on a ramp and inspect all bushes. Suggest you replace the antiroll bar sushes and droplinks front and rear if you already haven't done so, needs to be done on every FTO at some point.

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Postby power » Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:34 pm

cheers cj, think i'll drop it into paul nolan, find out exactly what i need :wink: . Is it a big job to replace bushes and drop links?
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Postby optical illusion » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:22 pm

You'll have to leave the car with him for a couple of hours, sometimes it goes fine, sometimes it can go against the mechanic. May I suggest poly ARB's bushes from Camskill? Getting mine fitted tomorrow, and they are so worth it and cheap too at the moment they are doing an offer.
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Postby power » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:59 pm

thanks optical, are you replacing all bushes? there's so many different ones on camskill i don't know where to start!
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Postby optical illusion » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:41 am

No just the rear, the front are fine. What kind of model have you?
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Postby power » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:42 pm

GX, you gettin droplinks and bushes? was lookin at the uprated droplinks on camskill, nearly triple the price of the stock ones! they worth the extra cash?
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Postby optical illusion » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:20 am

Just asking to make sure you get the right ones for your model on Camskill. Car feels so much better now that they are replaced. NOt getting my droplinks replaced, no. I'm of the opinion because they are one of the things that go the most in fto's then you're probably better off paying that bit more, it will save you in the long run...
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