997 GT3 Poly Bushes

[V8KSN]

Morning all

Thinking of giving my car a poly bush refresh for two reasons.

1) Old ones are probably tired now as they are squeaking
2) Tighten up the steering and front and rear ends

I am thinking of buying the Powerflex bush kits from here - http://www.powerflex.co.uk/road-series/products/99...

Any advice you can give me or pointers to look out for would be greatly appreciated.

Also, can anyone recommend a place that can do this work in the South?

Thanks
Kul

[Magic919]

The South is a big area...

How about Peter Tognola as you can't be far away?

[V8KSN]

Magic919 said:

The South is a big area...

How about Peter Tognola as you can't be far away?

Sorry, I should have said in or around Berkshire.

Tognola is a good shout, he's in Datchet. I'll give him a ring cheers.

[Kidhaa]

Have the same issues on my gen1 gt3

But Im thinking the amount of labour time to remove lower arms and replacing etc - i then went towards replacing the lower arms with either rss or cup Motorsport by porsche

I spoke to porsche and obviously my warranty will be void with the rss's on, but putting the cup Motorsport links on will still keep my warranty in check - plus its better over standard

Hope that helps?

[PorscheGT4]

no refresh needed if you are a Piston heads member ;-)

[IknowJoseph]

V8KSN said:

Sorry, I should have said in or around Berkshire.

Tognola is a good shout, he's in Datchet. I'll give him a ring cheers.

Some southern Porsche specialists on a map: http://porsche.osmroulette.org/

[V8KSN]

Thanks everyone, new bushes will be ordered today and hopefully fitted next week sometime.

[keep it lit]

Kidhaa said:

Have the same issues on my gen1 gt3

But Im thinking the amount of labour time to remove lower arms and replacing etc - i then went towards replacing the lower arms with either rss or cup Motorsport by porsche

I spoke to porsche and obviously my warranty will be void with the rss's on, but putting the cup Motorsport links on will still keep my warranty in check - plus its better over standard

Hope that helps?

I'd do similar too Neil ^^^ whilst your in there go for the mono-balls... forget the poly bushes on a GT3 they don't last five minutes !

[V8KSN]

keep it lit said:

I'd do similar too Neil ^^^ whilst your in there go for the mono-balls... forget the poly bushes on a GT3 they don't last five minutes !

Ooh OK, I'll look into the RSS stuff.... I feel its going to be an expensive month!

[keep it lit]

£100 each plus shipping

http://www.tarett.com/items/996-997-products/996-9...

[V8KSN]

keep it lit said:

£100 each plus shipping

http://www.tarett.com/items/996-997-products/996-9...

Nice one Ade, cheers.

[Cheburator mk2]

Polybushes are the work of the devil... Just get monoballs...

[Kidhaa]

keep it lit said:

I'd do similar too Neil ^^^ whilst your in there go for the mono-balls... forget the poly bushes on a GT3 they don't last five minutes !

Im doing that, and the rears - cup style

[jackwood]

I concur with Ade. Had two sets of poly bushes on my front LCA's. Both sets got chewed up in a few thousand miles.

I've got RSS ones all round now as well as RSS caster pucks.

[jackwood]

I concur with Ade. Had two sets of poly bushes on my front LCA's. Both sets got chewed up in a few thousand miles.

I've got RSS ones all round now as well as RSS caster pucks.

[keep it lit]

jackwood said:

I concur with Ade. Had two sets of poly bushes on my front LCA's. Both sets got chewed up in a few thousand miles.

I've got RSS ones all round now as well as RSS caster pucks.

Kul this is the way to go ^^^ mono's & castor pucks all round from RSS / Tarett / Elephant etc.

[jackwood]

And while it is all in pieces it would be stupid not to add adjustable RSS/Motorsport/Tarret rear toe links and lockout plates. Think mine were about £350?

[HokumPokum]

wait til we get gt4 ones............

[V8KSN]

Thanks for your replies guys.

Is there any major quality difference between the tarret stuff and the RSS stuff in your experience?

[keep it lit]

V8KSN said:

Thanks for your replies guys.

Is there any major quality difference between the tarret stuff and the RSS stuff in your experience?

Never really noticed any difference in quality to be honest, I run a mixture of both RSS & Tarett parts too.

I'd probably go for price & availability mate.