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[Michael2.6]

That is what I mean mr Geoffr70 7th post down

The comfort is not there

I think you get more road noise with the pollys and makes the rear end more rigid,

[Kevin Wood]

Cant say I noticed any difference in comfort when I polybushed either of mine. In the case of TBE, it highlighted a load of other problems though...

Me too. Can't say it's got any downsides at all and the steering is an order of magnitude more precise.

If it's affecting comfort then there's another issue it's highlighting, IMHO.

Ditto problems at the back end. How would front bushes affect the rear of the car? Except inasmuch that if the front end is now more pointy you'll be making the back end do more work and will highlight any issues there that were perhaps previously masked.

[feeutfo]

It doesn't affect the back as such, it's just an imbalance.

The back is moving just as it was, it's just that now the front isn't moving at all.

Previously the whole car moved front and back together.


Hopefully we'll get rear polly donuts made and get it sorted.

[Kevin Wood]

It doesn't affect the back as such, it's just an imbalance.

The back is moving just as it was, it's just that now the front isn't moving at all.

Previously the whole car moved front and back together.


Hopefully we'll get rear polly donuts made and get it sorted.

I think that's pretty much what I was getting at. I don't find mine poor at the back, although my rear bushes were only done in September, as you no doubt still have the scars to prove.

[feeutfo]

I would add, ALL things are relative.

Compare my omega, which possibly has one of the firmest set ups available with polly fronts and irmscher springs and b4 shocks all round, with most other cars. I've not driven every model ever made, far from it, but those I have driven, every single one has a much firmer/tighter chassis than the omegas of today.
 I get the impression they where built for comfort from the factory? Nout wrong with that, but add in degradation over time, and the omega turns into a car shaped jelly much quicker than most cars.
 What some might refer to as comfort, others might describe as a chassis completely detached from the suspension via bushes that are soft at best from new, and when old loose all controle of straight line stability.

Each to their own and all that, but I find a wandering chassis deeply unpleasant, and soft suspension which I can cope with really doesn't help progress, if progress is what's wanted.

Obviously there's a balance to be had between comfort and handling. But tbh I see NO DOWNSIDE WHAT SO EVER with polly so far. Ignorance is not bliss for me, being honest.

[feeutfo]

It doesn't affect the back as such, it's just an imbalance.

The back is moving just as it was, it's just that now the front isn't moving at all.

Previously the whole car moved front and back together.


Hopefully we'll get rear polly donuts made and get it sorted.

I think that's pretty much what I was getting at. I don't find mine poor at the back, although my rear bushes were only done in September, as you no doubt still have the scars to prove.

Yeah, was a bit knackered by that point in the day.

I had a cracking day on thursday working on the car, bumper, side skirt and wheel off in order to replace the battered wing, all re fitted no problems. Just needed to swap the other side skirt to match, but ran put of day light.
 Yesterday, it took me the same amount of time just to do the side skirt alone. I was all fingers and thumbs, I felt stiff and ached all over. I really need to sort my fitness. 

Or learn some supervisory skills.

[TheBoy]

Or learn some supervisory skills.

I can teach you how to supervise. I'll demonstrate when you stop TBE's exhaust blowing