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Thought that may have been the case. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by SASLS1
Nice. Do you know which shop you went through for all that?Quote:
Originally Posted by SASLS1
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Originally Posted by SASLS1
Similar to the set up I did put in my VZ Thunder, except I went woth Lovells springs. Also for the front LCA's I had rubber inner, poly outer.
But have now gone back to OEM/GM rubber only on the front LCA's and currently have the KYB rubber strut tops after trying a couple of different ones after the Superpros.
Rear is still the Superpro cradle mount bushes and adjustable camber/caster bushes, with the Whiteline insert. Needed to stop the diff tramp!
But have been considering going for the OEM (HSV?) rubber cradle mounts and using the poly inserts that slot into them.
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Originally Posted by korrupt
I sourced all the Superpro bushes, Whiteline diff insert, and King Springs myself from my own research, then just rung around finding the best prices at the time.
The Koni Shocks I ordered over the phone from Wholesale Suspension in Sydney ( Luke was the guy's name from memory ), then they just mailed them to me and I installed everything myself.
The front Yellow Koni's are the Sport Short versions, and the rears are "Wholesale Suspension" custom oversized larger body shortened reds for lowered Commodores for reduced axle tramp. ( I still get a liitle bit of axle tramp, but its a vast improvement over stock. ) The Whiteline Diff bush reduced it the most, removing all the freeplay from the factory aft bush.
There is still around 1mm of freeplay in the rear subframe forward bushes, even after installing the Superpro mounts.
If i make up 2 large diameter 1mm washer from a steel plate I could eliminate all movement, I'll do it one day.
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Originally Posted by VLSteve
Here's the OEM rubber mount next to the Superpro solid race mount I installed.
The Superpro mount is taller than the OEM rubber mount, but once fitted I found it didn't take up all the freeplay in the rear subframe, and the subframe can still float up and down around 1mm. ( axle tramp noise )
You can easily see this freeplay by jacking the car up and putting the body on jack stands, let the rear subframe hang down, then jack up on the rear subframe till it starts to lift the body off the jack stand.
Then lower the subframe back down till the body is held by the jack stand again, and the vertical freeplay between the subframe / mount / body is clearly evident. Same thing would happen while accelerating and de-accelerating on and off load.
As I mentioned in my previous post "If I make up 2 large diameter 1mm washers from a steel plate I could eliminate all movement, I'll do it one day."
I also fitted Superpro front inner control arm bushes myself, and Centerline Suspension installed 4 Pedders single bolt 5401 adjustable rear control arm bushes ( There the only one's they recommend to install as they never loosen off. )
With the Pedders 5401's installed, Cemterline Suspension aligned the rear so no more crazy negative 2.5 + degrees of static camber, and nice even tyre wear even with my lowered ride height.
https://i.imgur.com/CSvR6Sr.jpg
Yes I have seen the Superpro supplemental washers that fit in the OEM Rubber mount (pic below), but I don't know if you'll have the same problem with them not taking up all the free play 100%, like the race mount that I installed.
It says on the Superpro web site for the Supplemental washers, and I quote " To suit OE Bush, HSV series use lower bushing only as factory is solid top "
So HSV's must have a solid Aluminium top mount.
https://imageapi.partsdb.com.au/api/...mC8YNU3onK4fQg
I'm just going to make up a 2 large diameter washer shims one day with a bolt hole in the center (cost me next to nothing to fabricate 2 of them from scrap steel), and I'll be freeplay free.
I've seen pics in the past of the Harrop aftermarket rear diff mount with 2 red poly bushes, and the exhaust melted both the two red poly bushes, so I've steered well clear of that Harrop diff mount design.
The whiteline diff insert bush is cheap and works perfectly.
That my 10 cents...
Cheers, good info there.
With the "HSV are solid" quote, I was led to believe they were solid rubber with no voids in them, hence the Superpro inserts are unnecessary