Nolathane kit for VX

[SlvrR8]

Hey guys I'm keen on this nolathane kit for my car has anyon had it done?
Link to the site is
http://www.nolathane.com.au/product_...sans_vehicle=1
Thanks in advance for any comments

[GRPABT1]

Get yourself a superpro kit instead, better quality bushes.

[SlvrR8]

What's difference price wise?

[1SIKR8]

dunno about price difference but I know the nolathane bushes are hard as shit where as the superpro have at least a little give in them

[SlvrR8]

Sweet a good to know , do superpro hav kits like nolathane all I see is slot of individual items? Anyways I swung them an email they look the goods. Thanks for pointing me I that direction mate

[1SIKR8]

I pretty sure they would mate, when you find out can you send me a message how much, I wann go through and do the bushes on my clubby too lol

[TI3VOM]

Super pro make a much better bush. I'm pretty sure they don't make a full kit for your car, but it wouldn't be hard to get all the parts you need separately.

[SlvrR8]

Yeah too easy hopefully they reply with some prices. Hope I can buy direct to cut out the middle man.

[GRPABT1]

I've seen whole car kits on eBay for commodores, check if they have your model on there

[1SIKR8]

Yeah too easy hopefully they reply with some prices. Hope I can buy direct to cut out the middle man.

sounds like a plan mate, yea I can't see why you couldn't hey, fingers crossed

maybe a stupid question but is there any difference between the suspension set up of the clubby and the VX berlina, the model the clubsport are made on

btw I'm talking about a series 1

[Grennan]

I recently replaced pretty much every bush on my VX with Superpro.

They are a bit cheaper than Nolathane but they use the same material, except as has been noted, Superpro seem to be a tad softer.

I couldnt give you a price (staff prices) but I would expect it to be up around 700 bucks or so.

[SlvrR8]

sounds like a plan mate, yea I can't see why you couldn't hey, fingers crossed

maybe a stupid question but is there any difference between the suspension set up of the clubby and the VX berlina, the model the clubsport are made on

btw I'm talking about a series 1

Not too sure but when the pedders dude was doing one of them stupid $14 checks he said it had a factory toe adjuster or something on the rear. But don't quote me on that.

[1SIKR8]

Not too sure but when the pedders dude was doing one of them stupid $14 checks he said it had a factory toe adjuster or something on the rear. But don't quote me on that.

that's right mate the series 2 clubbies had them, us with a series 1 missed out lol

that sounds alright granan thanks for that mate

[Kernal]

I recently replaced pretty much every bush on my VX with Superpro.

They are a bit cheaper than Nolathane but they use the same material, except as has been noted, Superpro seem to be a tad softer.

I couldnt give you a price (staff prices) but I would expect it to be up around 700 bucks or so.

Im thinking about doing this too. Did the car feel different afterwards? if so, in what way?

Thanks

[GRPABT1]

If your car has good shocks, springs and sway bars then it will feel better and improve handling. If any of these are stuffed then urethane bushes will accentuate the problem. Basically they give a more solid connection point for the suspesion so the shocks and springs etc are doing all of the dampening instead of rubber bushes having a certain amount of give.

[elmaso]

i thought the nolathane kits went for $500ish?

anyhoo, my car has them, the rides nothing to harsh,sitting at stock height now but it probably due for a new set of bushing soon.

[1SIKR8]

anyhoo, my car has them, the rides nothing to harsh,sitting at stock height now but it probably due for a new set of bushing soon.

my mate has nolathane all round and on superlows, 18inch rims in his VS and it rides like a friggen shopping cart on steel wheels, absolutely no friggen give, he even says he should have got the superpro kit

maybe on standard hight they are good but I know you will have troubles if your cars lowered

[jakstas]

If you want it to drive like a race car, with no concern for comfort, get nolathane.

If you value your spine and drive it every day, get showgirl. The trade off is the harshness of the ride.

I use nolathane.

[GRPABT1]

Problem with Nolathane is that in some applications they have been known to actually cause the metal they're designed to protect to crack, like the strut towers in pre VT commodores. Also the inherent rigidity caused from the use of too much plastic (cheaper) in the urethane mixture causes them to fail prematurely. As Jackass said, for all out race cars then consider it perhaps but realistically there's barely a noticeable difference in feel when on the car between any brand of urethane bushes, it's the longevity which is the deciding factor for me. I killed a whiteline (owned by Nolathane) upper trailing arm bush in an adjustable arm in about 400km and have had the Nolathane branded strut tops fail in less than a year where as stock rubber ones lasted 6 years and I just removed them and they're still in good condition.

[Brett_jjj]

I use nolothane bushes in my VS with FE2 height springs and the ride and feel and the feedback that they give you back from the road and when braking etc is excellent. I have noticed that when a fairly low spring is used, any urethane type bush (superpro or nolothane or whatever) makes the ride too harsh for my liking , but at FE2 spring heights or at standard spring heights, nolothane are excellent,and most can be fitted by hand instead of needing to be pressed in with a press.. The only place I wount use nolothane or any urethane type bush or mount, is the upper strut mounts. I will only use the genuine holden rubber ones here as the urethane onces cause a fair bit of road noise to come back through into the cabin,and theres no real difference in how they both "feel".

[SlvrR8]

Thanks for all the input I think I'm leaning towards superpro now as I don't see a need for race like handling as we don't even have a decent track to thrash our rides on anyway damn north qld

[GRPABT1]

Enter the sprint series mate, that's what I'm building my VN for. Doesn't need to be every week or event competitive, just have fun. On top of that is the hill climb but that is somewhat more dangerous and involving.

[Brett_jjj]

Pff,I wouldnt say that they give racecar handling, no bush is gonna make that much difference, as I said , it mostly comes down to what springs and which swaybars are fitted as to how rigid the car is, handling wise, the bushes will just tighten things up a bit from standard, which is good if you actually like to "drive" your car now and then and want it to handle and feel a bit better than the standard setup. I stuck with the FE2 spring heights,so I still got a bit of comfort with good handling also.You have to compromise pretty much between handling or comfort.I dont really care how low my car sits either, which is another thing you have to take into consideration if thats your "thing". Most of the commys Ive driven that are dumped on their gut dont handle very good at all.

[SlvrR8]

Haha I didn't even notice u were from here. The sprint series is something I would look into. But this is all very useful info for me to decide . Thanks

[Grennan]

Im thinking about doing this too. Did the car feel different afterwards? if so, in what way?

Thanks

As had been noted, if everything is in good nick it will feel pretty good.

My front strut is ####ed (hopefully getting fixed this weekend if the bags go in) so I really cant give you a proper answer as it still felt meh.

I merely did it because the car was on the hoist and seeing as I work at Burson and the staff prices are insanely good id just do the whole thing at once All it actually needed were swaylinks