Winter project underway, hollow torsion bars:
22 front
29 rear
bilstien sports all around

I have the elephant racing polybronze spring plate bearings and control arm bushings that I wanted to also install. Car is used 50% street,30% autox,20% de's. Does anybody have any real world feedback on ride quality with the elephant bushings installed? I don't want to kill the ride on the street.

Thanks
Tom

 

Ride quality is great. Much better than the alternatives, and comparable (in terms of comfort) to the stock pieces.

 

IN the front of my car I put elephant monoballs, bushings and even the mount set they have, (because of binding issues) sports all around, stock sway, havent done the rears yet. It was really worth it. Ride is firm, but very smooth. Some might call it harsh, I wouldn't. Hard to tell a difference really, I think it depends on how worn your stock stuff is.

 

Thanks Jack, I've followed some of your threads on pelican. You have one hell of a car

 

Hi Tom:

Jack is right. The Elephant bushings ride VERY nicely and comparable to the OEM rubber ones due to the reduction in suspension friction. Use a good synthetic grease such as Redline.

I will also mention that shock valving plays a huge role in the ride quality dept. Those Sport front shocks do feel a good deal stiffer than HD's so be forewarned. We prefer the HD front/Sport rear combo with these sizes of torsion bars.

 

Steve, thanks for the reply,I bought my combo off you a while ago, just wasn't 100% sure about installing the bushings