Black or purple??

[Pazman182]

Hi peeps,

Just after a few opinions on the powerflex bushes, do i go black or purple? I know the black are mainly for track. Im doing wishbones,ARB and dogbone? Anybody had the black just for road use and are they a lot more harsher?

Many thanks?

Chris

 

[sam JFM]

Apparently they are very hard indeed, depends on what you are using it for

 

[FLOBALOB]

Just fitted the black on my dogbone mount. There is a lot more vibration especially around the 1.5-2000 revs mark, but it settles down once you are driving it. The whole dash seems to vibrate. Seems to make the gearchange a little more precise,which is part of the reason for fitting it anyway. I prefer it but I would imagine some wouldnt. My other mounts havent been done yet though ( seem ok at moment ) so that may have bearing on the amount of vibration I'm getting.

 

[Nyall]

I've purchased the Black Series inner and outer ARB bushes, along with new wishbones that come pre-fitted with the OE bushes and balljoints.

Should hopefully have it all fitted by next weekend. So will report back if you're still looking for opinions.

 

[Pazman182]

Thanks guys, i may just settle for purple otherwise the mrs wont want to get in it!! Bonus i guess!!

 

[Chip-mk1]

New standard wishbones get my vote for a road car, they are very good anyway in terms of controlling movement and they will last 100K miles unlike the powerflex ones.

 

[Pazman182]

Ah right so how long will the powerflex last on a daily basis run?

 

[Chip-mk1]

Ah right so how long will the powerflex last on a daily basis run?

Depends how many bumps you go over daily and how often you accelerate and break etc TBH mate so I wouldnt want to put a figure on it.

3K of mainly road miles were enough to introduce play into a set on my turbo though, but thats a bit of an extreme application, but standard wishbones cope with it just fine so it shows the quality difference IMHO

 

[Pazman182]

My current wishbones have done 53k as im guessing they havent been replaced from new, i have replaced both ball joints, so do youy think they will be ok?

 

[Chip-mk1]

My current wishbones have done 53k as im guessing they havent been replaced from new, i have replaced both ball joints, so do youy think they will be ok?

Best part of 10 years is a long time for the rubbers, I dare say a new set would give a slight improvement, but personally Id sooner leave years old 53K ones on a road car than use the powerflex, I just dont rate the wishbone bushes at all for high mileage, they dont last well enough, they end up with play in them.

 

[Pazman182]

Okey doke, thanks for the input, i may leave them as they are and just do the ARB and dogbone!