Just Finished my last Bushings install! It was a lot of work, im gonna say about 80 man hours between my best friend and I. Here is what I put in, the order, and the difference I noticed for anyone's future reference. Everything I had on there was stock and worn out. Bought most of the parts from Driftmotion and 2 from Toyota.
1st: Megan coil overs, Top A-arm Poly bushings
- Less body roll, less squat under hard accel, mildly "stiffer" on bumps
- I am no spring/shock guru but i am very happy with the coilover and the adjustments are noticeable and effective. Currently running 7 in front and 5 in back, but i want to play around with them some more.
2nd: Bottom Poly Bushings, and 2 toyota bushings that are not included in the energy bushing set
- I was quite frustrated Energy doesn't include all of the bushings. They leave out a single bushing on each rear corner and both of mine were bad. Its an alignment bushing and both of mine had a BUNCH of play. I am also frustrated that was not caught during my last alignment.
-Regardless, this was the most noticeable change in handling as my rear end is MUCH more predictable and tight. The car is better around turns at all speeds and feels great. Both the front and rear bushings really needed replacing and it was well worth the work.
-Fixed a clunk I had on bumps from one of the bad bushings.
3rd: Steering rack bushings.
- These didn't seem to bad, but between all of my new bushings and these I no longer and steered or swayed by strong gusts of wind. Whereas before, my car could be swayed and I didn't sense it in the steering wheel.
Overall, bang for the buck is AMAZING. The job on the other hand is no walk in the park. A tool I purchased that made the job soooo much easier/possible was an attachment for my pneumatic hammer that has a "C" on the end. With that I was able to make quick work of the lower bushings which have metal sleeves.
1st: Megan coil overs, Top A-arm Poly bushings
- Less body roll, less squat under hard accel, mildly "stiffer" on bumps
- I am no spring/shock guru but i am very happy with the coilover and the adjustments are noticeable and effective. Currently running 7 in front and 5 in back, but i want to play around with them some more.
2nd: Bottom Poly Bushings, and 2 toyota bushings that are not included in the energy bushing set
- I was quite frustrated Energy doesn't include all of the bushings. They leave out a single bushing on each rear corner and both of mine were bad. Its an alignment bushing and both of mine had a BUNCH of play. I am also frustrated that was not caught during my last alignment.
-Regardless, this was the most noticeable change in handling as my rear end is MUCH more predictable and tight. The car is better around turns at all speeds and feels great. Both the front and rear bushings really needed replacing and it was well worth the work.
-Fixed a clunk I had on bumps from one of the bad bushings.
3rd: Steering rack bushings.
- These didn't seem to bad, but between all of my new bushings and these I no longer and steered or swayed by strong gusts of wind. Whereas before, my car could be swayed and I didn't sense it in the steering wheel.
Overall, bang for the buck is AMAZING. The job on the other hand is no walk in the park. A tool I purchased that made the job soooo much easier/possible was an attachment for my pneumatic hammer that has a "C" on the end. With that I was able to make quick work of the lower bushings which have metal sleeves.
