Nolathane vs Rubber

[madsav]

Just wondering what everyone would prefure to go with when it comes to front and rear control arms sway bars etc
My local parts supplyer says screw nolathane stay with rubber but i thought id ask people here that have had experiance with both

[soop]

Nolathane lasts longer and is more rigid, but transfers a small amount of vibration/road noise to the cabin. And you have to squirt it with a lubricant every few months to stop it squeaking.

Rubber is softer, doesn't last as long (will perish in a couple of years) but is quiet and doesn't need any maintenance.

[wortus]

It also comes down to how you drive the car, what your expectations are from it and how much you want to spend. I replaced rear upper arms on my VN with standard items. It was far cheaper to go and buy the complete arms with bushes from Holden than either having the original arms rebushed with rubber or going don the track of changing the car to Nolathane. I sold that car after nearly 10 years and the rubber bushes were still servicable.
As far as a VT-VZ Commodore goes I'd probably only consider Nolathane for the castor rod bushes as they are under a lot of load especially whilst braking. Many people say these crap out after a short time however on my VY which is nearly 7 years old and 148,000km they are still OK.
On a VT-VX series 1 the Nolathane kits are also useful for the front sway bar links however better options with bal joints at either end are available now. That said I replaced the same links on my VN with genuine parts which are rubber once in nearly 10 years they did squash down a bit but never split.

[glenn l]

are we talking about a vn?, if so in mine i used pedders h/d rubber every where except sway bar bushes (d's and links) and panhard rod bushes.
i aslo had adjustable castor rods which pulled the lwr control arm bushes and castor bushes out of alignment a bit and they were in there for over 7 years of daily driving and still as good as they were when fitted. thats just my opinion.