The Question we all Ask? And why it's Irresponsible to Answer

[@bigears4014]

What a tradesman this man is first class

[@The-State-of-it]

@@bigears4014 quality work that will pass body certification easily 👍

[@drifterdrifter9558]

Standard rubber bushes. It's not a race car.

[@The-State-of-it]

Rubber definitely sounding like the way to go.

[@paulcohen142]

Man I’m glad you ended up taking off that rear boot to window filler panel and checking under there, don’t know if you remember but I suggested it to you 👍

[@paulcohen142]

Also do you have footage of him repairing that section? Might help motivate me to repair mine

[@The-State-of-it]

Yes I recall your comment a while back, nice call, just the floor pan to go under rear seat and body done. I dont think Paul had any footage, will check 👍

[@mikeette2518]

Also don't do up the bolts that hold the suspension bushings in place until the car is on the ground. If the bolts are tightened when the suspension is hanging rude hight will have the bushes loaded and they wont last very long. Personally I run rubbers ones in street cars. Getting the alugnment right is more important, factory settings in a HQ are awful. Designed not to go round corners.

[@The-State-of-it]

Thanks mate that's a good tip about tightening on the ground I see the logic with that 👍

[@claytonpunter6555]

Hey bud, mine is still a project unfortunately so I can't tell you with any experience which way to go. I was young when I started so I went the super pro bushes way to tighten everything up. Now I would use rubber. But like I said I have no actual experience. As for pushing/ pulling the bushes I just hit things until they came out, and then a home made puller. I did note that when pulling in more so than pushing out the pressed steel arms started to bend. So as another subscriber suggested, cut up some pipe to bridge the gap between the 2 bits of the arm. My other suggestion would be to actually brace also those c sections and stiffen everything up. (Do the welding before fitting the new bushes). Or think about tubular arms. The other thing to think about is replacing the chassis with an RTS version which I am considering doing with mine. Apparently the only differences are a bit of bracing and suspension pickup points, but it makes a heap of difference apparently.

[@The-State-of-it]

Cheers mate, yeah there is a bit of work needing done where the bolts go through to the chassis, slightly bent and bit of rust. One of the things I have to consider is not modifying anything from how it was factory otherwise when I do compliance, anything not factory become a big song and dance and needs to be certified. Cheers for the info, some helpful stuff 👍

[@leonsinner7494]

Heard recently someone say that nolethane/urethane bushings are designed for rigid/race suspension setups and therefore wear out or split etc when used in factory rubber style environments due to excess movement... makes sense to me...

[@The-State-of-it]

Does make sense, sounds like rubber the way to go 👍

[@ultraforce351]

The nolathane bushes firm everything up. Rubber bushes will last a bit longer and are nice and soft. Superpro are what the Ford territory and Falcon guys prefer. If you want a firm ride the urethane bushes. Original ride then rubber. Noticed you have king springs in there. They are firmer than factory. As for the bolts and frame. Soak with degreaser from super cheap as it is cheaper than penetration oil. Does basically the same thing. Degrease the whole frame and power wash it. Then look at what you want to do. Most guys 2k them black.

[@The-State-of-it]

Thanks mate, kind of sounds like the rubber would be fine, a softer ride, I'm not really going to be pushing the old girl hard around corners.

[@ultraforce351]

@@The-State-of-it Yes. So the answer is your preference. Just make sure they are good quality ones. Plenty of grease on it all so you don't get rust and squeaking.

[@mydogzty]

Nolathane red bushes are firmer and might be the ones that go squeaky after some time, just lubricate them if this happens. SuperPro is best choice all round good replacement bushes as a mechanic its my choice for fords and commodores. Can just paint over them if you're wondering in black.

[@The-State-of-it]

Cheers mate I had not heard of Super Pro I will look them up 👍

[@GeeenJ]

i'd suggest stay with the rubber bushes better for ride and less road noise and will out last nolathane main thing to remember is when fitting the bushes is use a bar to stop the arm bending in the bottom bushes use a piece of pipe cut into a "C" to insert between the area where the bush fits to stop it crushing arm i found nolathane bushes were noisy and dont last

[@The-State-of-it]

Interesting, avoiding damage will be good, sounding like rubber the way to go 👍

[@MrSamlyle]

Mackay rubber bushes. Nolathane are too ridgid for street. They're mainly for race cars use...

[@philynuku914]

Still loving your content, keep it coming please. More footage of your pannel beater at work especially. 👍

[@The-State-of-it]

Thankyou I filmed something really different the other day for the next video, it cool the places I've ended up going to get parts for this build. Will let Paul know you want to see him in action 👍

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

Better get some pet insurance 😂 for yourself 😂 awesome stuff coming along nicely👌 Cheers 🍻 KC 🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🇳🇿🥝🤝🇳🇿🇳🇿🥝🥝

[@The-State-of-it]

@@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS that cat has racked up the vet bills, he needs his own channel making some big money to pay us back 😅 the car is close mate, going to be bolting stuff on soon!

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

@@The-State-of-it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🐈‍⬛️🐈👍 looking forward to it 🍻🇦🇺🦘

[@4ndy530]

😂 the damn cat!

[@The-State-of-it]

He actually loves hanging in the workshop that cat 😅

[@springchecking427]

I am very confused are you talking about the Statesman or some other bullshit

[@The-State-of-it]

@@springchecking427 it's a mixture of other bull shit and the Statesman, feed back always appreciated 👍