Wishbone bushes

[rickyf1]

I emailed powerflex a couple of days ago and they just said the bushes are "pending" with no date for release... hopefully they're just waiting for the valiant scotsman to give the thumbs up?

[shinjuku]

It'd be great if BR / DAE etc start offering these as an item that can be done at service.

[Phil57DBS]

I am interested with Powerflex bushes for rear lower arms too ...
which are very damaged at 80000kms ! and adds a lot of induced steering to the sporty driving !
(i think the stiffest OEM arm is DG43-5B531-AB)

my upper arms were much worse than on the picture above !!! all cut around the axis, and you can't see it from the outside...

(i already now have V12VS upper arms that are the OEM stiffest)

I am ready to test !

Edited by Phil57DBS on Monday 19th April 16:04

[cmcfirm]

Following for updates. Contemplating this upgrade on my 05 DB9.

[EXIGDA]

It seems to have been on the product list.
https://www.powerflex.co.uk/products/V8+%26+V12+Va...

[Valiant-Ecosse]

we are now starting to ship these to customers. anyone whos interested is more than welcome to email me via our website, as I dont get on here as often as I should!!

[drac]

Valiant-Ecosse said:

we are now starting to ship these to customers. anyone whos interested is more than welcome to email me via our website, as I dont get on here as often as I should!!

Hi Ali,

a bit of feedback on how you how found these compared to OEM would help.

[paulrog1]

Can you please let me know if these are the same for the DB9?

Thanks

[JonnyCJ]

EXIGDA said:

It seems to have been on the product list.
https://www.powerflex.co.uk/products/V8+%26+V12+Va...

That's pretty good pricing, especially when you look at the complexity of the lower front and rear wishbone bushes. Well done Powerflex.

The rear ARB bushes for a Sports Pack car from AM are £120 incl the VAT, Powerflex are £22.45.

[bullet7]

Listing appears to have been pulled from the Powerflex website.

[leerandle]

bullet7 said:

Listing appears to have been pulled from the Powerflex website.

Thats a bit odd, it was there yesterday as i priced up a full set, app. £808 all in for my V8.

[8Tech]

leerandle said:

bullet7 said:

Listing appears to have been pulled from the Powerflex website.

Thats a bit odd, it was there yesterday as i priced up a full set, app. £808 all in for my V8.

Also, they are not shown on the Valiant-Ecosse website. Mind you, nothing at all is on their website apart from a free vehicle check and some replica carbon splitters! Something does not seem right here?

Edited by 8Tech on Tuesday 22 June 22:11

[Cold]

DAE have announced on their Instagram page that they'll be offering an exchange wishbone service which includes the new Powerflex bushes.
You leave your car with them, they remove your old wishbones and fit replacement vapour blasted wishbones complete with this new gen of Poweflex installed. They retain your old wishbones to refurb.

[BiggaJ]

shinjuku said:

It'd be great if BR / DAE etc start offering these as an item that can be done at service.

DAE are offering this now ... just had this come through from a friend who saw it on Instagram:

[BiggaJ]

Cold said:

DAE have announced on their Instagram page that they'll be offering an exchange wishbone service which includes the new Powerflex bushes.
You leave your car with them, they remove your old wishbones and fit replacement vapour blasted wishbones complete with this new gen of Poweflex installed. They retain your old wishbones to refurb.

Beat me to it ... apologies for the double post !!

[phumy]

Powerflex have just updated their site with Aston Martin bushes and prices, here:

https://www.powerflex.co.uk/products/Aston+Martin-...

[8Tech]

Having used Powerflex products for years, I can thoroughly recommend them. I would most certainly use them for any bushes that need replacing on my car but maybe not just for the sake of it. Always replace them as axle sets, so if your rear lower nearside bush was to fail, I would do both offside and nearside lower rears to keep both sides of the car bushed the same.

I would like to know which sets, the standard purple, or the blacks are the closest to original compliance so that in a partial re-bush, I would know which to use. In most Powerflex applications, the purples are close to stock and the blacks are "uprated".

Gerry.

[dbs2000]

Damn, that's awesome! DB bushes too.
If the DBS sticks around then I'll do doing the rear on my car. It creaks like crazy when cold.

[TR-Spider]

If bushing noise is of concern, I suggest to install grease nipples together with the polyurethane bushes.
Then you can grease once a year and avoid squeeky issues.

[dbs2000]

TR-Spider said:

If bushing noise is of concern, I suggest to install grease nipples together with the polyurethane bushes.
Then you can grease once a year and avoid squeeky issues.

Thanks, I've fitted poly bushes to several of my old tracked cars and they're really one of the best things you can do. I'm just glad we don't need to go down the line of replacing entire wishbones. That's madness.