UBA Donating Members 212 Member For: 13y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 13/07/12 01:50 AM Share Posted 13/07/12 01:50 AM Put my xrt in for bilsteins today. The guy calls me to tell me the bushes are rooted, and need replacing, he can't do it today but tells me I'm up for a couple of grand. Is this true am I really up for a couple of grand to fix this problem?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 13y 8m 25d Gender: Male Posted 13/07/12 01:54 AM Share Posted 13/07/12 01:54 AM Depends on how many bushes you're replacing but a couple of grand seems a bit excessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Thooperrrrrrr Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: NOR, Western Australia Posted 13/07/12 02:00 AM Share Posted 13/07/12 02:00 AM Any expert opinion on this Ralphie? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBA Donating Members 212 Member For: 13y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 13/07/12 02:05 AM Author Share Posted 13/07/12 02:05 AM THE MAN said rear would be a about $1500+de bushes and front roughly $960. He can't do it until next week so I have a few days to decide what I want to do. What do you guys reckon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 13y 8m 25d Gender: Male Posted 13/07/12 02:12 AM Share Posted 13/07/12 02:12 AM Depends on how long you want to keep the car and what you want to do with it.I think that's the rough price to replace all bushes as it's fairly labour intensive.They'd want to be something decent like Super Pro for the price though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBA Donating Members 212 Member For: 13y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 13/07/12 02:24 AM Author Share Posted 13/07/12 02:24 AM I plan on keeping this car for a long time and plan to do some power work in the near future(not to drastic). Talk about bad luck... That'll teach me to get work done on fri 13 th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 13y 8m 25d Gender: Male Posted 13/07/12 02:29 AM Share Posted 13/07/12 02:29 AM Haha well in that case you're probably best to get them replaced as it does make a big difference in the way the car rides and feels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/07/12 02:32 AM Share Posted 13/07/12 02:32 AM When I replaced all the bushes in my BA sedan parts alone where up around $1100. Consider talking to P@ @ WHS, Im 99% sure they had rebushed exchange front control arms, which are a very good deal as it saves quite a bit of labour.The rear end has 3 diff bushes, 6 rose joints and 6 bushes that need to be replaced. All of this plus removing the rear end add's up to quite a bit of labour.While the front end is apart def replace the ball joints and tie rod ends at the same timeThe upside is your car will feel better than new when they are replaced. My advice would be to only use the stock rubber bushes for the front lower shock mounting as the SP items are a touch to stiff IMHO and transmit a touch to much harshness through the wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBA Donating Members 212 Member For: 13y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 13/07/12 02:53 AM Author Share Posted 13/07/12 02:53 AM It's at WHS now for the shocks and springs, so I'm sure it'll b looked after. Just a little surprised as my auto knowledge is very minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom xr6t Talks Cheap, Let's Race Member 596 Member For: 18y 3m 3d Gender: Male Location: Atherton, FNQ Posted 13/07/12 03:46 AM Share Posted 13/07/12 03:46 AM it cost a couple of grand for me to rebush my xr6t thru fulcrums, they needed 2 days to do it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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