Lefty nz

Massive massive thanks to you for this!! and the time you have spent collating this information to present this guide for me and others. Thanks to you I was able to negative through the replacement of near all of my rear suspension bushings with Superpro. I am new to Subaru, fixing Subaru's and signing upto forums. So, sorry in advance if am not supposed to go on as much as I have done. I was fortunate enough after prying to the car gods not to have to fight with rust. I was able to use a Universal Press and Pull Sleeve Kit Bush Bearing Removal Insertion Tool Set. Which came with its own issues. The main one being not having a 33mm diameter cup for half of the smaller bushings..... doh. But that was an easy fix. It was a great idea putting the jack under the wheel. Then winding it up to get the rear control arm to move down. I split one of my socket heads trying to get that bolt lose. Well you did warn us!, cracked me up when I did it. I did have a bit of trouble lining the bracket and the bolts back up tho. In the end I had to disconnect the rear LCA and the upper control arm outer. So I could maneuver the rear control arm bracket back up and be in line with the holes. The result of disconcerting things made it way more easier to move the arm around. Thus getting the correct aliment and not chewing the thread on the bolts going in on an angle. I encourage any one who has not done a suspension bush upgrade on a vehicle that has 90km+ to do so. Even if you use rubber bushings am sure it will be a nice change. As for my Sedan 3.0R BLE back end characteristics where noticeably improved. Being tighter and holding its form better in turns. As well as when driving over speed bumps. You can feel the resistance against it, and it settles down faster. As for the NVH it seemed to be overall minimal. I found changing the steering bushes and front strut top mounts made more of a difference to the NVH. Thank you again Covertrussian for this well laid out show and tell. Sorry again for the post take over.