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Rear Bushings, Lexus IS200

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  • 29-10-2007 3:55pm
    #1
    Jimbo
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    Hello,
    Both my rear bushing apartently need changing. The garage tells me it will cost close to €1k to fix as they have to replace the entire suspension arm along with the bushings as you cant get the bushing on its own. It seems a bit ridiculous to me. Are they taking the p**s?


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    Cyrus
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    yep, i got the same job done on my 5 series for around 500 quid, same thing whole new front control arms

    try a decent independent


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    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Check if there aftermarket bushings available, as quite often these are just the rubber (well, usually polyurethene) bit. Fitting them can be fun.. I quite enjoyed replacing them in my DA6 Integra:D
    bushremove.jpg


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    JohnCleary
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    Don't know about rear bushings, but shop around...

    My 3 series front bushings were on their way out. So I would have had to buy new bushings, then a ball-joint puller etc. etc. and basicly was gonna cost a pretty penny

    Went onto eBay and bought brand new wishbones, WITH BUSHINGS etc. for 50 sterling each... so it was just a bolt off, bolt on job. Hapy days


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    alias no.9
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    Similar to John Clearys experience, I had to do some rear bushings on my 156. At first I was a little aghast at the fact that the entire arms had to be replaced rather than just the bushings. When I got to doing it, it was only marginally more difficult than changing a wheel. It would have been a bitch to press out the old bushings and put new ones in.


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    JohnCleary
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    alias no.9 wrote: »
    Similar to John Clearys experience, I had to do some rear bushings on my 156. At first I was a little aghast at the fact that the entire arms had to be replaced rather than just the bushings. When I got to doing it, it was only marginally more difficult than changing a wheel. It would have been a bitch to press out the old bushings and put new ones in.

    Plus you have to make sure you have the bushings in the right place etc... basicly a pig of a job

    I personally think it'd be cheaper to buy the whole arm rather than pay the labour of fitting new bushings


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    Jimbo
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    Thanks for the help people.
    Ill try to find them online I suppose


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