V8S bush upgrade

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Hi, I'm Contemplating having the local garage swap front and rear suspension bushes to polyflex. Any idea how long such a task might take?

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v8s4me said:

Are you getting them to remove the trailing arms or doing that bit yourself. Removing the trailing arms can be a right sod of a job if all the bolts are seized. In a fully equipped garage with a ramp etc, maybe five hours all in for both sides? You might want to get a fixed price off them just in case. You'll also need to be sure the mechanic understands how the shims go back in or it will upset your geometry. Squeezing old bushes out and new ones in should be straight forward enough if they have a big enough press. It might be a good idea to give the garage a full set of new bolts. Some are UNF some are metric. Good luck

I stuck with a rubber bush when I did mine.

Is that 5 hours just for trailing arms or the whole job?

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Ok so my guesstimate of half a day to strip and half a day to rebuild front and rear is OK. I'm planning to send front components for clean and powder coat if I go ahead.

And maybe disc and calipers upgrade?

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Ok I'll gamble on a day and a half...call it 2 days with new calipers discs and pads up front. Ouch, I must check the divorce fund!