So I Got Quoted $280 For Two Upper Control Arm Bushes Wtf?

[Rolls]

brand new bushes tend to sometimes squeak for a while... give it a couple weeks

its been 4 months and they are just getting worse, its weird some days they are much worse than others, more of a metal creaking noise others its just squeeking.

[Race__24]

Hit it with some WD40 or Inox at all the joints, that should quieten it down.

[ECR-033]

i love finding out i got sh!t product after i just broke my back fitting them

[Ripp3r]

Just thought I'd let everyone know, nolathane are f**king terrible.

Clapped out rubber ones full of play would be less annoying than the horrible squeeking noise they make. The whole front end just does squeeke seequeekekekekkqqqyqyqyqyyqyyyy squeeek over every single tiny bump in the road, even the smoothest roads with zero bumps squeek NON STOP.

As soon as I can be f**ked changing them I will be throwing them in the bin, absolute shit I have no idea how anyone can put up with the HORRIBLE NON STOP NOISE

haha reading this was f**king hilarious

[Rolls]

haha reading this was f**king hilarious

heh forums are my light entertainment when Im stressed at work, I often let rip randomly in posts to vent

Hit it with some WD40 or Inox at all the joints, that should quieten it down.

I will try this

Edited October 6, 2010 by Rolls

[THENIG]

I put adjustable nolathane ones in my car two weeks ago, i'm glad i lined them up pretty close before i hammered in the steel sleeve with the offset hole, i can't see how anyone could adjust camber after they are fitted. Wheel alignment said one side had 0.5degree more camber left to right, meh...

Mine squeaked also before I found a shop with a high pressure grease gun (air) to grease them up through the grease nipples. The grease in the kit won't do the job. I think I paid $160 trade from repco. Not sure bout bout non adjustable ones but adjustable came with the kit that you have to drill & tap a hole for to fit. A few suspension places I asked said that its a rubbish idea to have them designed like this, and that they shouldn't need greasing to stop them from squeaking, if they start squeaking again I will pull them out, I have enough rattles & noises coming from my car as it is.

[Rolls]

Might drop in to the local suspension place and see if they can lube it up good as the noise is completely f**ked, the left one only squeaks over bumps, the right one makes this incessant non stop squeaking noise that drives you up the f**king wall, I can't drive without the stereo on, the odd thing is sometimes it fixes it self and goes away, then a week later it will be back squeaking non stop, tbh I don't know how I've lasted this long, even just leaning on the wheel arch or doing engine work you can hear it f**king squeak.

[maklaw]

ok guys listen to this stupid story of mine,i hope you gona think what a sh8...hahaha i bought a car from car yard..dont ask me which car yard bcoz he ripped me off.

anyways,i bought the car and few days i found very crank crank noises coming from driver side of the car.

i checked but could not found the sourse of the bloody noise,anyways went to the pedders and they suggested its upper control arm of the driver side,which worn and need replacement...asked me to pay $450.

i bought upper control arm bushes from motor trader torrence road $100 and went to the my mechnic and he changed them cost me $160...

i drove the car and noises still as it is...went back to the mechnic and we checked front bumper(after market) dont ask what kind of bcoz i dont know...but as i checked so many thread in forum i think its GTR bumper on r33 gts-t.which is my car...

anyways found that front bumper bar rubbing against the reo bar coz bloody poor fitting...we fixed that and i drove car half the noises gone,next day i went to the panal beater lovely guy near holden hill name fred....he cut the bumper bar a bit so its not going to touch reo bar and noises gone 100%...so my friend before changed upper control arm...

check ur front bumper if ur bumper not fitted properly and rubbing against the reo bar,going to make some noises....on every hump and bump...so i lost my original upper control arm +$260+half my day to fix the problem...all because of illdigonose by pedders and my mechnic and myself....i blame myself coz i am new in skyline scene.....

[Rolls]

Bushes are a consumable item that need to be replaced, putting new ones in a skyline whether they are the problem or not is a good idea regardless, just providing they aren't shit squeaky nolathane ones lol.

[Damo_R34]

Have you ever gone to turn on to Torrence Road and thought, "hmm, thats not how i spell it!, They should change that sign."

[Rolls]

wut

[maklaw]

i think message reached to people,who cares about spelling....u care i dont..