mk3.5 1.6si wishbone bushes?

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mk3.5 1.6si wishbone bushes?

Postby Mav Singh on Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:09 pm

ok this is getting silly now, it seems every 2-3 years im buying new wishbones because the bushes are nackered and the car is wandering all over the place.

I should have done this 15 years ago when the bushes first went, I should have gone for polyurethane bushes.

anyone know where I can get poly bushes from and whats the cost im looking at? seems to be im gonna need 4 bushes, 2 on each wishbone. anyone know what size they are too?

ebay seems to have a brand called duraflex, is this any good or is it flop?
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Re: mk3.5 1.6si wishbone bushes?

Postby Mav Singh on Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:52 pm

are these any good?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Fiesta-M ... 5664d71826

iv never heard of flo-flex personally.
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Re: mk3.5 1.6si wishbone bushes?

Postby Tweek on Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:48 pm

FloFlex/Duraflex are ok but certainly not the best quality product on the market.

I would seriously recommend Powerflex, although expensive and really awkward because they do 3 different diameter bushes for the arms, they are the best option!
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Re: mk3.5 1.6si wishbone bushes?

Postby Turboboy67 on Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:25 am

Powerflex every time, Deflex & Flo-flex are very poor in comparison,

Powerflex now do a black edition which I'll be fitting to my track car.

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Re: mk3.5 1.6si wishbone bushes?

Postby Mav Singh on Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:22 pm

Powerflex are proper expensive where is best place to get them from?
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Re: mk3.5 1.6si wishbone bushes?

Postby Tweek on Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:13 pm

You can buy them direct from Powerflex dude. As I said though, there's a few different sizes so if you want to fit them to your current arms you'll have to remove the bushes and measure them first before you can buy new ones

http://www.powerflexshop.com/car/ford/fiesta-mk3-1989-1996-xr2i-rs1800-16v/powerflex-bushes-for-road-use-fiesta-mk3-inc-rs-turbo-xr2i-rs1800-16v-1989-1996
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