Polybush a escos

[gizmo 5]

always thought to Polybush a car would be a great job
but have been told it leaves a escos harsh to drive for normal road use

what are your views on them?? anyone have it done and regret it or would they recomend it??

[b0bbyb0y]

Hoping to do mine this year and going for YELLOW powerflex which is for fast road or track ,RED ones are for competition and a lot harder ride
I dont think you will regret it if it makes it handle better

[Mark B]

I did mine the other year accept the rear beam and i couldn't notice that much difference to be honest

I've since done the rear beam and diff mounting but I've not driven it yet

I was advised to leave the standard rear arm bushes in and to fit standard type ( group N or something like that) uprated front strut top bushes as nothing else is up to the job & as my Poly ones only lasted 500 miles it must be true

[gordy_02]

I've fitted a full front kit to mine and didn't notice much diffrence, fitting a full rear kit in the next coming weeks, dont go for cheap ones though, stick with powerflex

[The Radman]

any poly bushes will make for a harsher ride purely because they are a lot harder than the orig ford rubber bushes,the orig ones will also have done a lot of mileage and softened up even more,mine was pretty harsh esp on poor road surfaces and i kept standard rear beam mounts too

[Dave H]

I was advised to leave the standard rear arm bushes in and to fit standard type ( group N or something like that) uprated front strut top bushes as nothing else is up to the job & as my Poly ones only lasted 500 miles it must be true

Mine is completely poly bushed except for the trailing arm ones on the beam, the ride isn't harsh.
I had an argument with woodford garage about the strut top bushes, I purchased some "group n" ones off his eBay store for £30 and when they arrived they were simply standard ford escos bushes in ford bags complete with finis codes. I double checked this with ford and they were £20 a pair!!!
Woodford garage reckon that the standard escos bushes are "group n" spec so are only an upgrade for a sierra cossie. Nowhere in their advertisement did it say escort or sierra specific, just cosworth. So my advice for them is go to a ford garage!

[Dave]

Mine is completely poly bushed except for the trailing arm ones on the beam, the ride isn't harsh.
I had an argument with woodford garage about the strut top bushes, I purchased some "group n" ones off his eBay store for £30 and when they arrived they were simply standard ford escos bushes in ford bags complete with finis codes. I double checked this with ford and they were £20 a pair!!!
Woodford garage reckon that the standard escos bushes are "group n" spec so are only an upgrade for a sierra cossie. Nowhere in their advertisement did it say escort or sierra specific, just cosworth. So my advice for them is go to a ford garage!

Makes me laugh when I see stuff advertised as group N, most things on a group N car are standard anyway, that's why it's called showroom class

[Dan Le Moignan]

I got some of those group n top mounts but when I compared them to the old ones I didn't bother to fit them!

[Mike Rainbird]

As long as you don't replace the rear trailing arm bushes, then there is hardly any noticeable difference in NVH (noise / vibration / harshness)

The Powerflex road kits are yellow and purple depending on the rigidity required (they do NOT do red ) - they are graded as follows:

Yellow = Shore A70 – This their softest material and is generally used in areas of low load or where noise/vibration absorption need to be at the maximum for example with engine / rear beam mounts.

Purple = Shore A80 – This is their most commonly used material and offers a good balance between performance and noise/vibration absorption.

Black = Shore A 95 – This is their hardest material and is used in areas of high load or for Motorsport/Track applications.

Powerflex is fit and forget - cheaper brands are available, but I wouldn't put them on my lawn-mower .

[Mike Rainbird]

i've fitted a full front kit to mine and didn't notice much diffrence, fitting a full rear kit in the next coming weeks, dont go for cheap ones though, stick with powerflex

Don't change the rear trailing arm bushes!!!!!!!

[gordy_02]

Don't change the rear trailing arm bushes!!!!!!!

How come mike?

[Dave]

If you fit some new trailing arm bushes then don't try using a vice to fit them, they don't like it

[gordy_02]

shouldve kept the Mr Muscle in the tub

[AJC]

Jesus Dave, I split my vice fitting mine too.

My rear arms with new 'proper' bushes

[mikedaf2]

I have fitted a full front kit which is fine but not done the rear as i have been told by a reliable source that the rear beam ones make the car awful on the roads.