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Ashley Leach
Tinkerer
South Australia
V8 GT Limited
Posts: 46
Reg: 02-2006
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Got them.
All set to go, as long as the bushes show up monday or tuesday.
Looking forward to seeing a difference. Then it's the rears, a steering wheel/gear stick/handbrake re-trim for me...
I suppose I should look at that annoying tapping noise in the engine. I think shims, toyota thinks fuel injectors. Basically I don't think they want to do the shims. :-( |
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8
Posts: 4957
Reg: 11-2004
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Get Steve to check it out seeing as you are going there anyway. |
Ashley Leach
Tinkerer
South Australia
V8 GT Limited
Posts: 47
Reg: 02-2006
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You mean get steve to check that tapping noise?
Sweet... |
Ashley Leach
Tinkerer
South Australia
V8 GT Limited
Posts: 48
Reg: 02-2006
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Ok, so I got my Bushes today in the post. But there was what looked like a washer floating around in the bottom of the front uppers bag. Figured out what it is though. Do you think I'm good to just see if I can rubber mallet it back on?
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Ashley Leach
Tinkerer
South Australia
UZZ31 V8 GT Limited
Posts: 51
Reg: 02-2006
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I swapped the busted one over with Andrew (thanks again) and all was well. I just got back from picking my car up from Manta. WOW what a difference!
Apprentley my bushes were pretty bad... Like really bad. The steering rack ones had almost fallen apart.
But good prevailed in the end. Even though it ended up costing a little more than I thought. When I originally said $450 there was confusion. It actually was supposed to be $750 for the front end, but things got muddled along the phone lines. After some conversation about the confusion we agreed that $650 was more than reasonable (he did do 7 hours worth of work on it) and I was on my merry way.
The real test will be up grand junction road tonight on the way home. That road is •••• and has lots of dips and other nasty things. Really test out the bushes.
So far I conclude that Vlamos Bushes do in fact rule the bush world and all should bow before there glory!
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Murry Schulac
Newbie
SA
v8
Posts: 2
Reg: 05-2006
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tyre power did all my bushes for $460 (pedders parts as well), car was there all day lol.....but so much better now |
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8
Posts: 5067
Reg: 11-2004
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Ashley, did you get an opinion on the tapping noise? |
Ashley Leach
Tinkerer
South Australia
UZZ31 V8 GT Limited
Posts: 52
Reg: 02-2006
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Ahhh nope. I totally forgot!
Damn it.
I guess I'll just have to take it back there when I get time. Kinda hoping it can be fixed quickly. It gets very annoying. |
Ashley Leach
Goo Roo
South Australia
GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 1155
Reg: 02-2006
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Lets just say I'm unhappy now...  |
Ashley Leach
Goo Roo
South Australia
GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 1156
Reg: 02-2006
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Bottom ones have torn and the top ones are actually half screwed as well.
I have definitely noticed a decrease in ride quality... I'm about to pull the bottom one off to see how bad the damage is. |
Matt Petersen
Tinkerer
NA
V8
Posts: 74
Reg: 01-2008
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Sounds like the arms might have been tightened up without the vehicle weight on the wheels.
That causes the bushes to twist when the vehicle is let back down and it eventually tears them.
Those vlamos bushes should last a LOT longer than two years. How many km's have you done?
Matt. |
Ashley Leach
Goo Roo
South Australia
GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 1157
Reg: 02-2006
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Exactly what I was thinking.
15,000 - 20,000 in about 2 years... or there about. Not heaps. |
Chris Lock
TryHard
sa
V8 Limited
Posts: 224
Reg: 03-2008
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So what happened with this? I'm looking at getting bushes done now too.. |
Ashley Leach
Goo Roo
South Australia
Supercharged GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 1234
Reg: 02-2006
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I'm waiting to save up for new airbags then I'm going to get a whole set of new bushes done as well. Might go OEM, not sure yet, it's a about 6 months or so away. Might have been faulty bushes, or a bad install. Unfortunately I'll never know I don't think. |
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31
Posts: 10194
Reg: 11-2004
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Did you take up the offer to have the bushes checked out? |
Ashley Leach
Goo Roo
South Australia
Supercharged GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 1235
Reg: 02-2006
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Unfortunately I forgot about it, got distracted with a few Supercharger issues that I needed to iron out. It doesn't really matter, after getting so many emails about Manta I highly doubt it was a bad install. I mean come on, he's done them so many times how could he muck it up!
Maybe my stuffed airbags are the cause, tire pressures, wheels... Adelaide roads. who knows. |
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31
Posts: 10195
Reg: 11-2004
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Or maybe they aren't stuffed? Why not give him a call and make a time and find out for sure?
You still on holidays?  |
Ashley Leach
Goo Roo
South Australia
Supercharged GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 1236
Reg: 02-2006
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Or there's that...
I real do need to call him and go in. Yeah, still on holidays, hopefully going back to work next week or week after. *fingers crossed* |
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