Fitting Defender Poly Bushes - Are Britpart Bushes any Good?

Should you change your Land Rover Defender’s Metalastik rubber suspension bushes for polyurethane replacements?
Is the Britpart Polybush kit any good? Will Polybushes ruin your Defender’s ride quality?
In today’s episode of MOTORHAUS we change the tired, worn-out suspension bushes on our 1988 Land Rover Defender 110 V8 Hi-Cap with a polyurethane bush kit from Britpart. Is it the right kit for you? Stay tuned to find out!
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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
00:27 - Metalastik vs Polybushes
01:59 - Britpart Polyurethane Bushes
04:18 - Front End Stripdown
05:28 - Removing Metalastik Bushes
08:28 - Fitting Polybushes
10:36 - Refitting Front Suspension
12:55 - ARB mounts
13:55 - Rear End Tear Down
16:39 - Fitting Verdict
18:21 - Road Test
21:39 - Outro
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[@jamestrott1934]

This episode has everything I've always felt Motorhaus needed. #MoreRatchet, and Franc from Father of the Bride.

[@matthewwhitney8103]

Great vid looking forward to part 2 👍

[@Vooness]

Glad to see Lara on the move! Also, I have no idea how you keep making each video better and better, keep it up! 💖

[@stephaniestrahan9643]

Orange = Wolfie approved!

[@theoriginalracingsnake]

I'd imagine that setting fire to your bush can be a risky business. Good to see that no bush trimming was required, and that it slid in nicely without the use of force. I was surprised you didn't lube at all? Perhaps in this case a dry bush is better than a wet or lubed one? Looing forward to seeing the Brecon report.

[@Motorhaus]

Ratchet’s very talented, and can usually ram things home, dry, without lube.

[@BigArch6564]

Cracking vlog and thanks for sharing buddy!

[@Motorhaus]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Scrubworks]

I used to work for a firm where we would build upgraded brand new Defenders (back when the original was still in production). We used a lot of Britpart, and I found the quality to be very hit and miss. Good parts in theory, but sometimes you'd get a bad set. The peak fuckup was when I opened a full set of new Britpart wheelnuts, and found that three of them didn't have threads cut in them.

[@geordimaul5380]

More fire 🔥

[@MrPlanetman]

Missing your content. Hope you guys are well.

[@markkiely8326]

well I fitted supergaz (britpart) shocks for my disco 2. it must have done a mile at the most in and out of a barn in about two years. and yep the front lower bushes fell apart. the chunks of bush on the floor had the same mechanical properties of stale cheese I cpuld literally bite them in half (I wanted to see if it tasted like cheese)

[@mafffmafff2354]

10 years later i'm going back to rubber as they just disappear to dust. 8 years sat unused.

[@CianHa]

Mmm, pineapple!

[@alexwade9797]

You got lucky then, I bought britpart bushes and they were awful!!

[@jrgjurgenson3540]

Why don't you press it out with a hydraulic jack??? It worked without problems and MUCH faster. BTW: ARB heavy duty Polybushes are also crap. Try it out on hardcore corrogated roads in Patagonie or Iceland. Brand new ARB HD Bushess under my rear and front shocks where completely EVAPORATED after 30 Minutes driving... My bush repair with a cut in half rubberer hammer head worked MUCH better and lastet the next 5 YEARS!!!

[@Harry-ll2xm]

Turn off the music silence is better