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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 04:01 AM
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Spherical or Poly Bushings For LCA'S

I'm looking to upgrade my LCA'S when i get home just alittle stomped on which Bushing i should go with. My Car is not a daily driver but i do take her out on road trips and trips around town. It's been lowered 1.7 in the front and 2" in the rear i'm just looking to elimanate the wheel hop. I don't track it can you guys help me out with my lack of knowledge between the two and which one i should go with..
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 05:17 PM
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From what I have heard/read unless you going to make a dedicated track/strip car you will probably want poly bushings. I believe spherical bushings can be very harsh/noisy, though poly bushings do tend to squeak.
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Old Oct 11, 2012 | 09:18 PM
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Check out Whiteline's stuff...best bushings in the biz and **** nice LCA's/Brackets...amongst other things (love their whole line of suspension stuff).
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Old Oct 11, 2012 | 09:41 PM
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I like the spherical poly ball bushings. Best of both worlds and not expensive. J&M sells them.
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 12:25 PM
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Poly bushings. They won't squeak very much if you lube them correctly on install, and they are way more practical for the street. Less noise, better ride, and they last a whole lot longer. Spherical bearings are made for track cars, not street cars. If you want to be a boy racer you can go for it, but there's no sense in paying more money for a worse ride, noisy suspension, and then having to replace the spherical bearings every year or two.
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by zbrewha863
Poly bushings. They won't squeak very much if you lube them correctly on install, and they are way more practical for the street. Less noise, better ride, and they last a whole lot longer. Spherical bearings are made for track cars, not street cars. If you want to be a boy racer you can go for it, but there's no sense in paying more money for a worse ride, noisy suspension, and then having to replace the spherical bearings every year or two.
Thanks for the info. I think I'm gonna go withe the BMR seeing how I'm already running their pan hard bar.
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Kript2night
I'm looking to upgrade my LCA'S when i get home just alittle stomped on which Bushing i should go with. My Car is not a daily driver but i do take her out on road trips and trips around town. It's been lowered 1.7 in the front and 2" in the rear i'm just looking to elimanate the wheel hop. I don't track it can you guys help me out with my lack of knowledge between the two and which one i should go with..
The sphericals are going to add NVH, which you may or may not find acceptable for a street car. We have a unique 3-piece polyurethane bushing setup on our LCAs and they reduce deflection while keeping NVH to a minimum for those street-driven cars.

Check our our LCAs and let me know if I can help you with anything: http://www.steeda.com/store/ford-mus...trol-arms.html
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