Delrin or Poly bushings? Worth it?

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:16 AM -0400 8/18/04, David wrote:
>OK, I'm getting to redo the front suspension on my car. I'm 
>considering either Blau's Delrin Kit or QuattroSpeed's Powerflex 
>polyurethane bushings. Both are about the same price. The Blau kit 
>only comes with 4 control arm bearings and new hardware. The 
>Powerflex polyurethane bushings/bearing kit does NOT come with 
>hardware but comes with 4 control arm bearings, plus rear beam 
>mounts and panhard mounts.
>
>But my question is...on a car like mine with a somewhat stock 
>suspension, will it make any noticable difference over new rubber 
>Bushings?? My only suspension mods now are Boge TurboGas struts and 
>a 4Kq sway bar. I'm considering putting on a set of early typ89 
>Eibach springs up front (should keep stock ride height but be a bit 
>stiffer). So, what do you think?  Please discuss...

There will be a significant change if your current bushings are shot- 
people have found enormous improvement simply from installing new 
bushings and I'd suggest you do that instead.

After you replace the bushings with stock ones, spend the leftover 
money on a q-club event (or any other club DE event, but you'll find 
instructors who know AWD at a qclub event ;).  Much better fun for 
the buck, and you'll be a better, safer driver afterwards.

Brett
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