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I Like Old Skool



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United Kingdom 1994 Defender 110 300 Tdi ST Coniston Green
I have toyed with the genuine polybush blue range in the past and also the Scorpion Racing orange range (made by polybush and supposed to be in between red/hard and the blue/OEM). The blue ones were too soft for hard off-roading, the rear trailing arm to chassis bushes would split and fall out and the A-frame bushes also became misformed and squeezed out of shape/location. The front of radius arm bushes also polished the hole in the radius arm casting until it became enlarged and then wouldn't securely hold either OEM metalastik bushes or the polybushes. The Orange Scorpion bushes were marginally better except I apparently got a dodgy batch of radius arm bushes and the 4 front bushes hardened after allowing the centre pin/sleeve to enlarge the middle of the bush so I got a pronounced clunk/thud everytime I braked or accelerated. These were replaced under warranty (they had failed within 12 months using only 235/85R16 MT tyres so not massively overloaded) and the replacements appeared to be doing ok when I sold the vehicle a year or two later.

All in all not a great experience and I now use OEM bushes (was disappointed to receive these in a Britpart bag!) and if these don't last well will get genuine next time.
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Pickles



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Australia 2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Keswick Green
I Like Old School,...Good & detailed summation, with first hand experience detailed.
Thaank You, Pickles.
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Many thanks for your reply Screbble, does'nt matter which Lotus, it's still a lotus and they are all good cars Thumbs Up
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