Hello everyone,
As you all surely know by now I have sped up my restoration project and 6149 will be on the road pretty soon. I had to drop my stainless frame project (the frame is for sale again) and will be using the original steel frame. Since I don't want to reuse my old bushings I have two choices now:
1. Get replacements (regular rubber ones) but I've heard that the ones available now are not the best quality and they don't last very long
2. Get polyurethane replacements that will improve the ride and will last the life of the car
I can have the new bushings made but I need to pay for molds in which they will be formed. Those are fairly expensive and it wouldn't be cost effective if I was to make a single set. So, I need to ask if anyone is interested in getting a set of poly bushings.
One size will fit both (four for both sides) rear links and lower front. Each car uses 10 that are the same size. If there is enough interest I might make some molds for the upper front as well but they will be more expensive and installation will be more difficult as there are no sleeves mounted in the control arms. For the rear links you just need to take them off the car, have a shop remove the old bushings (a press is required) and that's it. New polyurethane bushings can be installed by hand without any special tools.
The hardness of the material can be made to order. We can have them made exactly as the OEM rubber, softer or harder. It all depends on what you're looking for - OEM ride quality, softer ride or a more sporty one with better handling.
Polyurethane bushings can be any color we want but they are usually color coded based on their hardness. Black is OEM, green/blue is soft, red/orange is hard (sport), yellow is very hard (race). This is what my manufacturer uses and in our case OEM equals to red/orange.
The price for a single bushing would be about $40 or a full set of 10 for $400.
Please post in this thread is you are interested. If we go ahead with this project I should start shipping them out at the end of January or so... if everything goes to plan (it never does) .
Other bushings can be made as well. The ones that we can't do are engine and transmission mounts.