ShadowImg Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Oh, and maybe more likely to be possible. Slow down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipdrummer Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 @ ShadowImg. I get what your saying about the energy and stress just being transfered to the next weakest part... makes sense. oh and fast driving is never fun on shitty roads. with the info you just passed on to me, Id like to do the upgrades for the improvement in handling still. I was just curious if doing the upgrades would possibly do me any harm... OH and tires Ive been running Nexen N 3000... tep A trac AA. we dont get much weather out here so i can get away with them all year round... i also have a new set to throw on... the ones on the car have about 40K on em (looking a bit scary at this point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowImg Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yeah, but remember that a stiff high performance low profile tire is going to make things worse. The tire is a very significant portion of your impact absorption in your suspension. It'll do good things for your handling, but if anything stuff is probably going to wear out/break faster, not slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZP Installs Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I have a fully stock suspension on my wagon with 82k on it... I've had the LCA rear location bushings replaced 3 time in the life of the car... at the moment i am needing to do them again in combination with ball joints. looking at my options, I wanted to go with both the KCA313 Roll centre/bump steer - correction and KCA334 Anti-lift/caster - control arm lower inner rear I was also looking at the PSRS / Anti-Lift Kit (ALK) Zero Offset as an other option. can anybody give me some suggestions on the most durable fix... I drive the worst roads i have ever seen. its like rally driving without the drifting. I like the fact that im going to improve the handling of the car as a result of better parts but its not my concern as much as durability. Doing the work myself, I don't want to have to do it again in 20K. We have installed the Whiteline stuff on a ton of NYC/NNJ driven cars and had great success with them. Everything from race cars to Soccer Mom Cars! We also sell both of those on our website. http://azpinstalls.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=89&Itemid=197 -mike http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/91072632.jpg http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/133406601.jpg AIM: AZP Installs | E-mail: paisan@azpinstalls.com | 725 Fairfield Ave | Kenilworth, NJ 07033 | T-1 Certified Amsoil Direct Dealer "Race Tested, Enthusiast Approved!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05COLEGGT Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 My LGT has almost 100k on it and I'm going to install the whiteline LCA's on it soon. Anyone know a kit for the other bushing in the LCA or do I not need to replace that one as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I'm in the same boat, please let us know what your opinion is of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloz2 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Whiteline makes a front bushing too. Current: 16 Crosstrek Premium w/ Eyesight & 05 Outback XT 5MT Past Subies: 14 FXT Premium, 14 WRX hatch, 06 Legacy 2.5i SE 5MT, 98 Outback wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05COLEGGT Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I can't find the front ones anywhere. Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowImg Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 http://www.infamousperformance.net/servlet/the-257/Whiteline-Front-Inner-Control/Detail That one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZP Installs Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 We stock and sell both the inner and rear lower control arm bushings. It's a good idea to do them together. Here are our white line suggestions. We are also a white line dealer. http://azpinstalls.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=151&category_id=118&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=200 And http://azpinstalls.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=152&category_id=118&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=200 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05COLEGGT Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm talking about the long cylindrical bushing towards the front of the LCA, not the round main bushing towards the rear. I don't see that in those links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZP Installs Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 http://azpinstalls.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=118&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=200 The inner control arm bushings. $29. second link in the post before this. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05COLEGGT Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Oh ok, thanks. Sometimes its hard to tell what is what just buy the pics. I looked up the AVO bushings and they actually show samples of the bushings installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbt299 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I just got a 99 SUS, are the bushings hard to replace? and expensive? The body has over 250K on it so i'm sure they need to be checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 So what sort of NVH do stiffer than OEM bushings introduce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZP Installs Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 So what sort of NVH do stiffer than OEM bushings introduce? So far not enough to annoy soccer moms that we've installed them on yet. -mike http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/91072632.jpg http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/133406601.jpg AIM: AZP Installs | E-mail: paisan@azpinstalls.com | 725 Fairfield Ave | Kenilworth, NJ 07033 | 908.248.AZP1 (2971) | T-1 Certified Amsoil Dealer "Race Tested, Enthusiast Approved!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSpeed Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 ^^ It's not that bad, but you do feel the road more, like feeling the individual rocks in asphault is a good way to describe it. My car also feels more "fidgety" probably from the ridgidness of the bushings vs the old lax OEM bushings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 That's what I was looking to find out, what kind not what amount So from what I understand it's mostly in the steering wheel itself as far as feeling every imperfection? I'm just trying to decide for myself if I should replace my worn OEMs with OEMs or aftermarket I can't say I've identified a problem I want to correct so I want to see what I'm missing out on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSpeed Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Steering wheel mostly, but even in the body of the car, sort of like when you have snow tires on.... it's not really that bad, the fidgety feeling is what I dislike more.... but it seems to be much tighter on quick corners... having to do it again it would be a wash whether I go OEM or upgraded, OEM is way cheaper and mine weren't that bad even when torn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloz2 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 It's not that bad. I actually think the wheel feels better now and more responsive. I had Whiteline front and rear lower LCA bushings installed with Whiteline steering rack bushings a couple months ago. The feel was fantastic, but has slowly gotten worse. Not like it was before, but enough to notice. I'm hoping new struts will solve the issue. I have some new Eibach springs and slightly used Konis waiting to be installed. Current: 16 Crosstrek Premium w/ Eyesight & 05 Outback XT 5MT Past Subies: 14 FXT Premium, 14 WRX hatch, 06 Legacy 2.5i SE 5MT, 98 Outback wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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