Control Arm Bushings: Stock vs TT

[coronan]

Has anyone tried the Poly bushings? Red? Black?

 

[KrashDH]

I'm currently running the red poly bushings right now. At this point in time (did them 2 years ago) I have nothing bad to say about them except they're a bit stiff. They don't make any funky noises or anything like that, although when I do have the wheels off I shoot some dry lube in there.

If/when I do these again though I'm definitely going to the TT bushings for added flexability. Makes all those other maintenance procedures that involve moving the control arm around that much easier.

There are a couple places to get LCA's preloaded with TT bushings;

Kerma is one:

http://www.kermatdi.com/control-arms-loaded-with-tt-control-arm-bushings-mk4/

Cascade German:

https://www.cascadegerman.com/product/1j0407151b-set/

I really like Cascade, have done business with them. This will be the route I go when I decide to change mine out, and I'll keep the poly ones as backups

 

[joyee]

I’m planning to replace the rear lca bushing with TT’s but noticed the original rear bushings are offset a bit and the Bentley manual shows the original bushing has a mark that needs to be indexed at a specific location on the lca. However, the replacement TT’s are concentric so no offset. Is this a problem?