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Old 05-16-2016, 02:31 PM
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Default Elephant Racing control arm bushings installed

I've installed a few dozen sets of Chris Walrod's polyurethane bushings over the last 7 or 8 years and have a full compliment of shop tools to make it a smooth process. Every so often I receive a request to install OE-style rubber bushings (either factory or Elephant Racing). To date, I've respectfully declined as I was worried about distorting the new bushing shells in some fashion.

I finally threw caustion to the wind and rebuilt a set of arms for a fellow Rennlister using Elephant Racing's 'Sport Hardness' bushings. End result - the new bushings went in without a hitch. So, if you'd like to have a set of arms rebuilt with Walrod, Porsche, or Elephant bushings, send a PM. I can take care of it for you.


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Beautiful work!
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i cant wait for us to put NYC's car up on the lift and .... oh, wait a minute....
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Originally Posted by P-daddy
Beautiful work!
Thank you.

Originally Posted by EMBPilot
i cant wait for us to put NYC's car up on the lift and .... oh, wait a minute....
He wanted the arms extra clean to blend well with the rest of his suspension.




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Hi Andreas,

What is your personal bush of choice ?

.....and please no wise remarks, this is not a male only forum....is it ?
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clean!!!
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Originally Posted by C2sideways
Hi Andreas,
What is your personal bush of choice ?

.....and please no wise remarks, this is not a male only forum....is it ?
I walk the straight & narrow, so I shall keep my response utterly professional.

I do not have a preference, other than to say that I installed the Walrod bushings shortly after Chris developed them. The bushings took care of a front-end wiggle and have shown no degradation in the years since. I'm a happy customer.

The Elephant bushings went in as designed and I wasn't left covered head to toe in polyurethane bushing grease.

So it's really what you feel comfortable with, after researching the various options.



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Originally Posted by AOW162435
He wanted the arms extra clean to blend well with the rest of his suspension.

Andreas
Haha. The only thing they'll match are new front ball joints. These arms look cleaner than my exterior after wash and detail.

If you are up for it, we can tackle rear links in winter. Is there a way to update the ball joints in the rear A-arm?
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Hi again and thanks for your 'professional' input.

When I'm ready for them I will do my final homework.

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Andreas, If I ship, not just the A-arms, but my entire car to you, will it come back as clean as those arms? If so, might be worth the round trip cost....
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Originally Posted by kjr914
Andreas, If I ship, not just the A-arms, but my entire car to you, will it come back as clean as those arms? If so, might be worth the round trip cost....

Hmm. Could you pay in magnesium?




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Originally Posted by kjr914
Andreas, If I ship, not just the A-arms, but my entire car to you, will it come back as clean as those arms? If so, might be worth the round trip cost....
I did just that
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I did just that

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Duplicate post.

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