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Old 2011-08-25, 03:25 PM   #40
sperry
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Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey View Post
Just grow some chest hair and install spherical bearings everywhere, it'll handle great.
I actually don't care about how great it handles. If it handles a little better than stock, that's good enough! I just want it quiet and not prone to falling apart.

The whole reason I installed those LCA bushings is because the stock ones tend to fail like every 30,000 miles on a stock, street-driven car. Since mine is lowered and going to the track a few times a year, I figured I should get something that will hold up in there, and since I could get a caster advantage at the same time, why not. Well, the "why not" is because it's too damn noisy!

I wonder if I could get some rubber bushings for the top and bottom of that pressed-in poly offset bushings. It probably would really quiet things down, while still giving me the better caster without the shearing issue of the stock bushings.

For reference, here's what happens to the OEM bushings:



Here's the STi version... note the filled-in holes on the sides:


Here's the AVO polyurethane bushing that I diagrammed earlier:




What do you think about trying to source some rubber replacements for the top/bottom poly bushings on that AVO setup?
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