yorkies2k

Im in the process of polybushing my car with the polybush kit. This comes with replacement compliance bushes but reading through the forum there are a few mentions of this bush been too stiff and restricting the wishbones movement and also making the front end very hard. So, can anyone who's got the polybush compliance ones fitted give me some feedback on how they've found found them. Much as im reluctant to buy spoon/mugan ones to replace the new ones ive already got in the kit id rather do it at this stage than get them fitted, geo done and then find i need to swop them a few months down the road.

WinFreak

I've had the whole set fitted to mine for a month or so and can't say I notice much difference to how it was before, yes it's all a bit stiffer but I've also fitted a coilover set.. I wouldn't call it hard in any way

yorkies2k

How free did the movement on the lower wishbone seem before you put it all back together??

mr-pitts

It doesn't, when I fitted mine I had a he'll of a job moving the bottom wishbone down to fit the coilovers. Once fitted and the car is on the floor under it's own weight if you look at the compliance bush it's in it's natural stance. When the car is jacked up it looks completely wrong but under the weight of the car it is right, the idea is to allow the wishbone to go up and down but with no sideway slop which is exactly what it does.

Just fit them you will be fine, they are a Pig to press in, and get some copaslip on the sleeves/bolts. When I first fitted mine I made a balls up,on one I put the 2 cam adjusters 180 degrees from each other...because you can't really see the top cam adjuster, so just be aware of that.

yorkies2k

It doesn't, when I fitted mine I had a he'll of a job moving the bottom wishbone down to fit the coilovers. Once fitted and the car is on the floor under it's own weight if you look at the compliance bush it's in it's natural stance. When the car is jacked up it looks completely wrong but under the weight of the car it is right, the idea is to allow the wishbone to go up and down but with no sideway slop which is exactly what it does.

Just fit them you will be fine, they are a Pig to press in, and get some copaslip on the sleeves/bolts. When I first fitted mine I made a balls up,on one I put the 2 cam adjusters 180 degrees from each other...because you can't really see the top cam adjuster, so just be aware of that.
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Si2k

Did you torque up the bush bolts with the car at ride height?

mr-pitts

Who me??

Yes I did,I found the best way to do this is to jack the car upby the wishbone so that corner is under load, otherwise you struggle for room to torque the bolts up.

Si2k

Sounds good, its a thing some people miss. Just wondered why you struggled moving the wishbone - but makes sense now.