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    My turn now!

    After the lovely snowy weather we recently had, the steering in the VR's become very light & has developed a knock from the offside front corner. I asked my mechanic friend to have a look at it (fearing imminent ball-joint failure) & he said that there's some play in the control arm bushes, front & back. So....does anyone know where/if anyone sells polyurethane bushes for the old girl?
    I had a look on here but it sounds like I missed the boat on the group buy & can't find anyone that sells them off the shelf
    If I can't source seperate bushes, it sounds like I'll be experiencing open-wallet surgery to replace most of the suspension arms!

    Thanks in advance peeps

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    Try Swinks.

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    Cheers bud, I'll drop him a pm today

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    Mike, I did last group buy in August. Still have no feedback due to bushes quality and there was one issue, but overall, still it was pretty good deal in terms of money. Since last order in July the manufactureur got few more orders from PL chaps specifically for VR4 suspension, and I know that they made also moulds for more bushes than I placed in my order.
    Yes, I consider to launch new group buy for poly bushes in March (I'm very busy at the moment). But first I need to confirm that producent improved quality a bit.
    Ex: Galant VR4
    Running 268 HP ATW and 443 Nm torque at 0.9 bar
    Now: Lancer Evolution 8 FQ-300
    Running 325 HP ATW and 510 Nm torque at 1.6 bar

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    Quote Originally Posted by swinks View Post
    Mike, I did last group buy in August. Still have no feedback due to bushes quality and there was one issue, but overall, still it was pretty good deal in terms of money. Since last order in July the manufactureur got few more orders from PL chaps specifically for VR4 suspension, and I know that they made also moulds for more bushes than I placed in my order.
    Yes, I consider to launch new group buy for poly bushes in March (I'm very busy at the moment). But first I need to confirm that producent improved quality a bit.
    Cool beans bud. I'll keep my eyes open in the meantime for folk that are selling them but failing that, I'll definitely be up for a group buy!

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    done a bit more digging...

    ...& stumbled across these:
    http://www.priracing.com/section.php/288/1/vr4-legnum

    Has anyone ever heard of this manufacturer or better still, tried these bushes on a VR4? If they're kak then I'll give them a miss but I'm still tempted to get the front lower arm set as a trial

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    Priracing did our first lash adjuster group buy a few years back. The company were good to deal with then. I can't comment on the bushes though.

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    Cool, cheers Nick. I'll give them a bash & see how they fair then

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