New Front Bushes for my Gti - who to install them in Sydney

[Guitar Watto]

I recently bought a nice 07 GTi , my mechanic went through it and said the front bushes were all worn,

Through my research here I have now got a set of Whitelines to install , but the car is now in Sydney for 6 months. I'm working near Moore Park,

Can anyone here recommend a good reliable person to change the bushes

Much appreciated

Watto

[brad]

VW Village at Kensington or Wolfsburg Motors at St.Peters

[kaanage]

vwthunder told me that he just undid the bolt running through the bush, chopped out the old bush and pushed in the Whiteline one (possible with polyureathane bushes but not with rubber). I expect he had the front end up on stands

[Guitar Watto]

thanks guys, normally I'd give it a go myself kaanage up on the Goldy, but I don't have the means, I use to go to Andrew Dodd @ North Rocks in my Aircooled days , I guess I should offer him first go .......

I know the guys at Wolfsburg, If Andrew doesn't want the job, I'll get them to,

Thanks guys
Watto

[Guitar Watto]

Thanks guys, I ended up going to VW Village, great service, and the Whitelines are great . next suspension mod ???? sway bars front and rear ???

[brad]

You probably would have been better off to fit the alloy lower control arms with anti-lift kit.

What tyres are you running? How many km has the vehicle done.

If it's up above 60,000km then some quality dampers would be the best improvement.

If the dampers are fresh then some quality tyres.

[h100vw]

You probably would have been better off to fit the alloy lower control arms with anti-lift kit..

Not seen any for the Polo?? There is caster correcting bushes though which make a big difference to the handling.

gavin

[VWindahouse]

Yeah Superpro went cold on my request to make them for the Polo.

And front and rear sway bars FTW!

[noone]

New Front Bushes for my Gti - who to install them in Sydney

Coilovers with a rear sway IMO.

Weitec for and whiteline for a good cheap solution.

I have the stiffer front bar, does help, but comfort suffers.

More poke, better tyres for the front end and you're on the right path.

[flat6]

Got the Superpro lower control arm bushes, massive improvement in handling however higher cabin noise and vibration.. Still worth it!

Rear sway bar will probably give you the best bang for buck improvement after the control arms

[kaanage]

I have to have a serious drive of a GTi one of these days to see why they need more rear roll stiffness to balance the front and rear slip angles - the balance of my TDi was perfect with just the cup kit and when I wanted more roll stiffness to control the camber better, I went with an both a rear ANTI-ROLL bar and a stiffer front ANTI-ROLL bar to maintain the balance. Both the bars are Whiteline

[noone]

New Front Bushes for my Gti - who to install them in Sydney

The rear sway helps keen the front planted in normal driving. Most ofy experience relates to street driving, not track, so that's where the focus has been. With a good tune and some mods, there is too much torque for the stock setup, stiffening the suspension all around has helped a lot, but is a compromise.

[sambb]

I have to go down the rear LCA bush path too, as one of my stock rear LCA bushes is shot. Have read every thread on the topic and just hoping a couple of things can be cleared up. 1. Have read a lot about the polyurethane/nolathane whiteline/superpro bushes being harsh. I know they can be - I've had them in previous cars that were also lowered with lots of roll stiffness. I suspect that a lot of the people who have said that they are harsh might have other extensive suspension mods - I'm hoping to hear if the harshness is still an issue on otherwise stock front suspension though? 2. Is it also true that polyurethanes can be installed with the LCA's and subframe remaining on the car? 3. Is the installation of SEAT cupra r solid rubber bushes a straight forward job within the realms of a non-VW mech ie. I've heard mention of the need for a VW 'special tool' and gather that the subframe needs to be separated from the LCA and removed from the car for this job (versus installation of polyurethanes)? thanks very much

[kaanage]

1. Not sure - I don't think anyone, here, has installed polyureathane bushes without other suspension mods
2. Yes, vwthunder has done this by cutting out the original bushes (the polyureathane bushes will slide in)
3. No, if you have the tool, the rubber bushes can be installed without removing the console frames.

[h100vw]

Have a look through my cheapy thread for bush installs. I have the tool, you can borrow for postage and a $20. They aren't harsh just a vast improvement over shot away standard ones.

Gavin