Prothane front control arm bushing , 53$
i purchased a daizen lower bushing kit from a member on here a while ago but never installed it. then i came across a hell of a deal, which was till a bit more then jegs, on the front bushing kit.
i compared the daizen and prothane kits. guess what. they are identical. even the part numbers stamped into the two bushings are same.
i have been saying for a very long time already to people that daizen is an upmarked version of prothane.
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there is a reason fro poly sway bar bushings over rubber. if you want an easier solution get some energy bushings along with their brackets. they have an option that includes a grease fitting. the only service is occasionally taking the grease gun out.
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I changed just the lowers so far and they're silent. Cleaned the shiiiiiiiit out of everything when I put it together. You gotta cut remove the rubber from the original bushing, but leave the metal shell in. I removed every last little piece of rubber, using a wire wheel that fit snugly in the shell. Also have to clean the inner sleeves of the original bushings. I cleaned the hell out of them, then polished them with autosol metal polish till they were mirror smooth. I didn't lube the outside of the bushings to get them into the arms, instead I put the bushings in the freezer to shrink them, and pushed them into the arms. Lubed the inner sleeves w/ the supplied grease as well as the faces where it rubs on the car. No noise issues at all.
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I changed just the lowers so far and they're silent. Cleaned the shiiiiiiiit out of everything when I put it together. You gotta cut remove the rubber from the original bushing, but leave the metal shell in. I removed every last little piece of rubber, using a wire wheel that fit snugly in the shell. Also have to clean the inner sleeves of the original bushings. I cleaned the hell out of them, then polished them with autosol metal polish till they were mirror smooth. I didn't lube the outside of the bushings to get them into the arms, instead I put the bushings in the freezer to shrink them, and pushed them into the arms. Lubed the inner sleeves w/ the supplied grease as well as the faces where it rubs on the car. No noise issues at all.
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Yeah I did the same. It said they would ship out the next business day on May 18. Then I get an email that it is on backorder for 3 to 9 weeks. But it is ok since i've been working in Paris for 3 weeks already.
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I just threw them in the freezer before i started working on the car, and by the time the old bushings were out, they'd been in the freezer plenty long enough. The instructions say to grease the outside and push them in by hand...that might be a little tough, but I don't think they'd actually need to be pressed in with a press. Mine slipped in easy, and I have them a couple taps with a rubber hammer for good measure.
Also, for those who don't know, the prothane bushings replace just the rubber in the stock bushings, not the inner sleeve and outer shell, like some other brands
Also, for those who don't know, the prothane bushings replace just the rubber in the stock bushings, not the inner sleeve and outer shell, like some other brands
Last edited by LEXpert; Jun 15, 2009 at 11:21 AM.