Wishbone Bushes

I’m getting my Ohlins rebuilt over the winter while the car is off the road, wondering whether to replace the wishbone bushes at the same time.

Anyone got any thoughts on these
http://www.eliseparts.com/products/show/70/461/ertalon-wishbone-bushes/
these
http://www.eliseparts.com/products/show/70/462/polyurethane-wishbone-bushes/
remaining standard, or
http://www.nitron.co.uk/products_lotusparts_susp_wb-in-brg.htm

Don’t care about changes in ride quality on the road, just interested in a reliable high performing setup.


Cheers
Will

JSR did the original rose jointed wishbone kit. I have had them on my car for about 4 years now.

Here is the e-bay link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lotus-S1-S2-Elise-Exige-rose-joint-jointed-wishbone-kit-/290452418062?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item43a0502e0e#ht_2376wt_1026

Might be worth giving John a call as I think he loads the price a bit for e-nay due to the fees etc.

Rose jointed wishbones are deffo the way to go mate, 10000%!

And a lot better to fit than nylon or standard.

I have a JSR set in my new car.

Only slight concern (and it might be rubbish) is that if I go with full rose joined then I’m putting additional stress elsewhere on the suspension, perhaps the ball joints?

From my experience.

Nylatrons don’t fit too well, to the point of being supplied with a reamer to finish the inner diameter. Can you gaurantee you are reaming in the right plane compared to the centreline of the bush?

Powerflex, easy fitting, pretty much the same stifness as OE

Rose joints. Bit of a pain to fit, more expensive, but will last longer, with better repeatability and more reliable long term.

Will I was considering the same upgrade over the winter and rose joint are the way to go, had sets on previous cars and the change is well worth it. The JSR upgrade is one of the best I’ve seen in any car ever it is such a clever idea :wink:

Another vote for the JSR rose joints.

Had loads of issues with Nylatrons, just fitting them correctly is real PITA.

Had JSR fit a set of rose joints to the Black car and they work just perfect, cant notice any real extra harshness or road noise over the Nylatrons.

So good in fact that on my new project I took out brand new Nylatrons and fitted a set of JSR rose joints before its even moved a wheel as I want ultimate reliability …

Or try a set of our standard type replacement bushes

http://www.seriouslylotus.com/index.php/service-and-maintenance/suspension/wishbone-bush-kit.html

Cheers folks, spoke to JSR today and ordered up one of their rose joint kits. Thanks John!