E30 Zone

im soon to replace my steel arms with some alloy ones, and the bushes on my steel ones are completely fubar

obviously i want some new CA bushes, preferably eccentric ones to increase castor as my car is slightly lowered, but there are not many options that seem to be around from what iv seen

i know m3 eccentric OEM ones are up to the job but i would really polyurethene ones

powerflex are out the question with all that stuff going around about them failing etc

i found these on BMP design: http://www.bmpdesign.com/category-exec/ ... h_model/31 but shipping etc and tax could cause added hastle, but they look ok

do i really need poly ones? u just wont them for piece of mind to be honest, but would like some other opinions. i did find these eyeball ones on bimmerworld (well, tim did) but they are about 190 dollars.

thoughts/ideas? what are other people running?

I'm running powerflex... what is this about them failing

charlie

I've never ever had a problem with powerflex

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... =powerflex

apparently its only on e30 control arms, the latest lot im told

ask demlot about an M3 that came in the other week at birds with cracked to pieces poly bushes on the control arm.

The rubber bmw M3 ones won't fail like normal e30 ones

Yes but they aint poly!

are they harder than standard e30 ones?

why go after market when bmw is best?

Dan don't do it

i want poly

why?

i dont no

il jsut get m3 eccentric ones shall i

Simon13 wrote:ask demlot about an M3 that came in the other week at birds with cracked to pieces poly bushes on the control arm.

The rubber bmw M3 ones won't fail like normal e30 ones

Yup this is true and i can get pics of them.

Andrew

This is the BMW eccentric M3 ones i'm using, about 45 quid for the pair

look at them babies, will last longer won't ever squeek and will help give a better quality ride.

where can u go wrong?!

they do look sexy

Andy335Touring wrote:This is the BMW eccentric M3 ones i'm using, about 45 quid for the pair

Dude i think they are £45 each not for the pair.

Im sure I got a set for Sir B and they were like £76 inc discount.

Andrew

where do they go?!

stuartgallafant wrote:where do they go?!

Are you really a BMW apprentice

stuartgallafant wrote:where do they go?!

they join onto to the woggle sprocket

Demlotcrew wrote:

Simon13 wrote:ask demlot about an M3 that came in the other week at birds with cracked to pieces poly bushes on the control arm.

The rubber bmw M3 ones won't fail like normal e30 ones

Yup this is true and i can get pics of them.

Andrew

I dont know if Andrew is talking about me, as I also saw an E36 with the same problem.
Anyway, I decided to go with the Powerfelx bushes after hearing good things about them. This is what one of them looked like after it "FELL" off my car whilst I was on the slip road going onto the M3!!!




I have more pics if anybody wants them. After this happened I contacted Sal @ XSPerformance who is in the process of refunding me and was very helpfull about the whole thing. I then took the F**ked bushes to Powerflex in Uxbridge and after meeting them I dont think I will be using any of their products!!
Anyway I fitted the BMW M3 bushes and there is no difference and I have had no problems.

So please everyone with the two part Powerfelx bushes check them.

Luke

BMW_YARD wrote:

stuartgallafant wrote:where do they go?!

Are you really a BMW apprentice

picture wouldnt load up on the computer i was on....

hmm.. concerned about fitting mine now

they're bolloxed!!!

that picture is slightly concerning

think il use m3 ones!

i dont blame you!

SMEG ! just fitted a set of these last week and paid for a 4 wheel alignment as well

Will be keeping my beady eye on these

Cheers,

Iain T

Like people have said, it might jsut be a bad batch. Arent you going to the ring though ian?

hope they hold out for you mate

I am off to the ring for the 12/13th august weekend

Fingers crossed that these hold out

I wonder if the failure is down to the way they're fitted to the lollipop ?. The instructions say no special tools required, I used my hydraulic press to push them in evenly but I imagine if they've been battered in with a hammer you could damage them

I'm worried now

Cheers,

Iain T

Demlotcrew wrote:

Andy335Touring wrote:This is the BMW eccentric M3 ones i'm using, about 45 quid for the pair

Dude i think they are £45 each not for the pair.

Im sure I got a set for Sir B and they were like £76 inc discount.

Andrew

My bad, must have been thinking of some thing else i got from Sytners

stuartgallafant wrote:

BMW_YARD wrote:

stuartgallafant wrote:where do they go?!

Are you really a BMW apprentice

picture wouldnt load up on the computer i was on....

Excuses!!

not being funny but a few of us on here have said they are crap and no one seems to listen shocking

Simon13 wrote:not being funny but a few of us on here have said they are crap and no one seems to listen shocking

I hadn't seen or heard anything bad about the bushes before I fitted mine 18 months ago If I had I wouldn't have fitted them

Charlie