Jun 28, 2009 - 9:31 PM
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I was going to do a how-to but was too caught up with just getting this done, I only snapped a couple of pics at the end.
Me, Manny, and Stef knocked this out pretty easy. I ordered some front suspension bushings from Paul in Poland here's a pic of the control arm ![]() (taken from this post) I went from this bushing ![]() to this bushing ![]() and the other ![]() I know the pics I took kinda suck (they're a little messy from the grease too) but I was more concerned about feeling the difference driving with them and then eating. I have to say after launching a few times on the ride home I can really feel the difference with keeping the wheels on the ground. They really help to reduce wheel hop and it feels great. The other thing I wicked noticed was how much tighter the front end feels during turns. They keep the front end of the car much more level to the ground and cornering is so much more controled, it's amazing. also, ride quality was not compromised at all, which I was a bit concrened about. The entire process took a few hours and air tools made it much easier This post has been edited by Batman722: Jun 30, 2009 - 8:22 AM -------------------- |
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Jul 30, 2012 - 9:13 PM
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broken nut in the subframe?
I had the nut inside the car's frame rail (that holds the subframe on) break off. Had to cut my floor pan open |
Batman722 UPGRADED the lower control arm bushings Jun 28, 2009 - 9:31 PM
playr158 Thats awesome Dustin. I was very much considering ... Jun 29, 2009 - 6:19 AM
presure2 good stuff D.
these bushings are awesome.
i would ... Jun 29, 2009 - 7:21 AM
RUNNIN-LOW nice!!! glad to see you guys did it..i... Jun 29, 2009 - 8:35 AM
DEATH Awesome D. Since all next year I will be working o... Jun 29, 2009 - 8:42 AM
pipes available for superstrut? Jun 29, 2009 - 8:50 AM
Batman722 QUOTE (pipes @ Jun 29, 2009 - 9:50 A... Jun 29, 2009 - 3:58 PM
BonzaiCelica did those things actually cost $140 for the f... Jul 1, 2009 - 12:49 AM
illneversellmycelli so you burn the old ones out? ..then just pop the... Jul 1, 2009 - 12:53 AM
malpaso wow... looks really interesting... could you make ... Jul 1, 2009 - 3:28 AM
presure2 yup, the fronts are ~ 140$. gotta pay to play... Jul 1, 2009 - 6:55 AM
richee3 QUOTE (presure2 @ Jul 1, 2009 - 6:55... Jul 28, 2012 - 10:39 AM
Defgeph awesome stuff guys. Jul 1, 2009 - 10:44 AM
BonzaiCelica hmm sounds good. About the installation, seems a l... Jul 1, 2009 - 4:05 PM
njccmd2002 are these the difficult things that we could not g... Jul 1, 2009 - 6:22 PM
3WayStunna This thread came up in good time!! lol, w... Jul 2, 2009 - 9:29 AM
RedRkt01 I sell these here in the States for Paul.......com... Jul 7, 2009 - 2:47 PM
3WayStunna QUOTE (RedRkt01 @ Jul 7, 2009 - 2:47... Jul 9, 2009 - 8:09 AM
DEATH QUOTE (RedRkt01 @ Jul 7, 2009 - 2:47... Jul 9, 2009 - 10:10 AM
Batman722 Glad to see you made it over, these are awesome pr... Jul 7, 2009 - 2:57 PM
presure2 he's a vendor on celicatech.com
his pricing is... Jul 9, 2009 - 10:25 AM
easternpiro1 QUOTE (samir0189 @ Jun 28, 2009 - 9... Jul 12, 2009 - 8:58 PM
BonzaiCelica since you have to use grease on the sway bar bushi... May 30, 2012 - 10:06 PM
Batman722 not if you use the right kind of grease. May 31, 2012 - 6:46 AM
Batman722 don't bother replacing the sleeve (or crash tu... Jul 28, 2012 - 11:10 AM
richee3 Good deal. I saw Manny's post and started wond... Jul 28, 2012 - 4:15 PM
BonzaiCelica the oem crash tubes are about 2mm thick if that. D... Jul 29, 2012 - 2:55 PM
richee3 QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Jul 29, 2012 - 2... Jul 30, 2012 - 9:03 PM
richee3 I phrased that poorly. I had a nut inside the subf... Jul 30, 2012 - 10:38 PM
ricochet1490 you should just bring these things to ohio.... LOL... Aug 1, 2012 - 10:12 PM
richee3 I got started on my bushings Monday afternoon. Wit... Aug 4, 2012 - 9:44 PM
Batman722 twosrus are fine for the front, usually a quick sh... Aug 4, 2012 - 9:53 PM
richee3 QUOTE (Batman722 @ Aug 4, 2012 - 9:5... Aug 4, 2012 - 9:59 PM
playr158 Oh dang look at that hole! What a bummer, but ... Aug 5, 2012 - 9:45 AM
jordisonjr It seems like lots of people had problems changing... Aug 5, 2012 - 1:43 PM
njccmd2002 nothing like a good hole, where did u get the part... Aug 7, 2012 - 11:44 PM
richee3 I got mine from Paul in Poland, the GT4 Racing bus... Aug 8, 2012 - 9:03 AM
BonzaiCelica QUOTE (richee3 @ Aug 8, 2012 - 9:03 ... Aug 8, 2012 - 11:25 AM
richee3 Yeah, I gave up on RdRkt. Same story for me, simpl... Aug 8, 2012 - 11:30 AM
njccmd2002 wow the rears are pretty expensive. Aug 8, 2012 - 10:28 PM
playr158 I contacted Paul through his website. He promptly ... Aug 10, 2012 - 6:33 PM
njccmd2002 is there a price difference? or the same> Aug 10, 2012 - 6:43 PM
BonzaiCelica like we were discussing the other day richee3
htt... Aug 14, 2012 - 11:08 PM
Batman722 crash tubes are useless. Everyway imaginable, don... Aug 14, 2012 - 11:10 PM
Tigawoods I am concerned that there will be slight play in t... Nov 26, 2012 - 10:51 AM
richee3 Oh wow. When you said it wasn't a tight fit ar... Nov 26, 2012 - 11:24 AM
Tigawoods Yeah I contacted Paul through ebay and through his... Nov 26, 2012 - 11:58 AM
garin QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Nov 26, 2012 - 11... Dec 13, 2012 - 10:09 AM
BonzaiCelica There is a guy in europe who makes crush tubes tha... Nov 26, 2012 - 2:28 PM
Tigawoods here is what Paul from GT4-Racing said.
"Hel... Nov 27, 2012 - 7:40 AM
czwalga Has anyone managed to smash the crush tube? I... Nov 27, 2012 - 12:27 PM
Tigawoods QUOTE (czwalga @ Nov 27, 2012 - 12:2... Nov 27, 2012 - 12:43 PM
playr158 So you need crush tubes inside the bushings that c... Nov 27, 2012 - 3:47 PM
Tigawoods I ordered the OEM toyota ones. Ill post pics when ... Nov 27, 2012 - 7:49 PM
richee3 Mine didn't need them. There was a slight gap ... Nov 27, 2012 - 7:53 PM
Tigawoods There is truth to Dustin saying the tubes are not ... Dec 12, 2012 - 3:47 PM
Batman722 I always try to speak the truth Glad you got them... Dec 12, 2012 - 5:39 PM
Tigawoods QUOTE (Batman722 @ Dec 12, 2012 - 5... Dec 12, 2012 - 5:50 PM
Tigawoods yeah theyve been in for a few weeks now Dec 13, 2012 - 11:30 AM
garin you like? lol i dig mine... gotta hit me up when y... Dec 13, 2012 - 6:08 PM
Tigawoods well they LOOK good haha
car isnt back down yet.
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garin ok you have my number lol. hope to cya then. Dec 13, 2012 - 10:17 PM
njccmd2002 another option, but higher price???
http://www.po... Jan 20, 2014 - 9:43 PM
jordisonjr Has anyone had issues with these wearing out fairl... Aug 11, 2015 - 9:33 AM
richee3 I'm not a huge fan of my poly bushings. I... Aug 11, 2015 - 11:04 AM
jordisonjr QUOTE (richee3 @ Aug 11, 2015 - 12:0... Aug 11, 2015 - 11:19 AM
jordisonjr Well, I'm still driving the car normally, and ... Aug 20, 2015 - 2:20 PM
njccmd2002 I did use the crash tubes. Twice. Silver and bla... Aug 20, 2015 - 5:26 PM![]() ![]() |
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