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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Andy on September 13, 2011, 07:54:55 am

Title: walk kits
Post by: Andy on September 13, 2011, 07:54:55 am

Had my car on the ramp yesterday admiring my new turbo. :signLOL: when I noticed my front bottom arm bushes are starting to crack,do i replace with the walk kit and will it make much difference or shall I put oem ones back in

Title: Re: walk kits
Post by: SteveP on September 13, 2011, 08:26:24 am

Go for a WALK Andy  :laugh: :laugh:

Title: Re: walk kits
Post by: rich83 on September 13, 2011, 08:37:09 am

Bare in mind that they are a total pain in the ass to change. I would change them for something better so either just polybush them or as the chief says.... WALK it!  :happy2:

160GBP new or about 120 second hand

Title: Re: walk kits
Post by: GLIDN on September 13, 2011, 09:41:58 am

Quote from: richwig83 on September 13, 2011, 08:37:09 am

Bare in mind that they are a total pain in the ass to change. I would change them for something better so either just polybush them or as the chief says.... WALK it!  :happy2:

160GBP new or about 120 second hand

What he said^^^^^^^^

Did not find it all that hard to swap and replace, funny enough the widow maker (aka scissors jack) came in real handy here

Title: Re: walk kits
Post by: the bruce on September 13, 2011, 12:20:21 pm

Quote from: maxitrol on September 13, 2011, 07:54:55 am

Had my car on the ramp yesterday admiring my new turbo. :signLOL: when I noticed my front bottom arm bushes are starting to crack,do i replace with the walk kit and will it make much difference or shall I put oem ones back in

NEVER replace the bushes with the rubbish OEM ones !!

If there would be OEM only you should go for S3 bushes, but in respect to the fact
the Whiteline ALK does almost everything better there's one option only:

WALK it !!

Title: Re: walk kits
Post by: h4rdy on September 13, 2011, 03:11:05 pm

Get the Anti Lift Bushes from SuperPro and save yourself some money over the Whiteline for essentially the same thing.

Have to be removed anyway and it takes 5 mins to press out and 5 mins to press in.

I think they are about £90 plus an hours labour.

Title: Re: walk kits
Post by: the bruce on September 13, 2011, 04:12:17 pm

five minutes?

I guess the labour will be more so that in the end the SuperPro bushes
aren't any cheaper than the Whiteline Kit.

The SuperPro moves the point outward and downward. But how will
it move the joint forward?

Compared to the WALK just a cheap compromise!

Title: Re: walk kits
Post by: itismebigd on September 13, 2011, 05:34:17 pm

Hi can anyone tell me what WALK stands for,probly a daft Q lol

Title: Re: walk kits
Post by: tony_danza on September 13, 2011, 05:51:28 pm

Whiteline (the maker) anti lift kit.

Buy the Superpro caster kit, it's cheaper and does the same - only requires slightly more work to press in the bushes.