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In message <Pine.SUN.3.90.960823144849.18329A-100000@mamie.snet.com> Bob D'Amato writes:

> I need honest opinions here ...

Oh boy ...

> preferrably by someone who has used them..

Can't manage that, but I can get close.

> I need Lower control arm bushings, and am torn between stock rubber and 
> urethane. They are the same price so that isnt a factor...Ive used 
> urethane on other cars and didnt like them much due to noise transmission 
> from the road. Neil Swanson recomended hard rubber..anyone know where to 
> get those? Will I be sorry going to urethane? Do I have to lubricate them 
> often like delrin?

We have one member in the southern Midlands area of the UK club on urethrane.  
He hates them - not just road noise, but also an intermittent squeak he can't 
get rid of.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club