Time to do the dreaded Rear Axle beam bushings

I'm getting ready to do my rear bushings - bought the Cupra bushings from IDParts but I was surprised to find their outer shell is plastic. Is this normal?

Also FWIW, my OEM ones are metal.

Read the thread bucko.
Plastic seems to be preferred. What I'd like to know is what's the proper tool's part number, and what's an example of a cheapie stand-in.

On the Cupra R bushing as likely acquired from IDParts, is there a particular clocking required of the bushing to the arm? Going to do them on my son's '02 Golf, and likely my '04 Jetta after the practice. Arm will be coming out... and there had better be a second set of hands helping...LOL
cheers,
Douglas

Recently had a mishap on a rainy day that ended with me sliding sideways (facing bass-ackwards) into a curb at a decent clip on a highway interchange; bent the passenger control arm, folded the ball joint over, and... bent my rear axle. Got a used axle from a salvage lot, cut out the old bushings (metal casings), primed & painted the axle, pressed new bushings, and reinstalled. Such a headache...by the time I pieced together parts for a DIY press (and eventually borrowed a press tool from Autozone to finish the job) and bought some dry-ice to ultrachill the bushings prior to installation, I wasn't too far from the cost of just purchasing the correct tool. Even w/ the press, I ended up smacking one of the new bushings (plastic casing btw) w/ a 3 or 4lb hammer to get it just right.

BTW, I did knick one of the axle sleeves w/ the recip saw while cutting the old bushings out. I applied some QuikSteel into the gouge and smoothed it all out w/ a dremel.

Certainly wouldn't wish that job -- or replacing the rear wheel bearing -- on (most of) my worst enemies.

Question on the orientation of the new bushing... do I press them in from the inside out? The Bentley isn't quite clear. I found a youtube video and it seems to inside to outside. But the old bushings in the old axle beam appear to be the opposite.

I added some videos to Youtube to possibly help others:
Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ--bRy4hOo
Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmTsHGZad0
Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ByoRvAy4s8

Part 3 shows you how to set up the idparts axle bushing tool. It took me more time to figure out how to use the tool than I actually spent using it. So it might help you to look at video 3 first.