Subframe Bushings

[locoluna825]

For those of you who helped me a little over a month ago on my questions for my 1990 240sx sub frame, i just wanted you to see what i did. i finally finished flaming and chiseling all the old bushing out of the sub frame.



When i went to install my sub frame with the new bushing installed i noticed the washer doohickey was to small, the problem was I HAD ORDERED THE WRONG SUB FRAME Bushings they were for a 95-98. I was inpatient and did not want to return them after seeing what the real ones looked like:



kinda went eww when i found out you had to stack them like that, although the price was much cheaper.



these ones look much more presentable so i went and bought some huge 1 inch and something grade 8 washers. Used them to stack onto the stock washer doohickey: So now it smashes and holds them in there real good.i noticed a BIG difference in the rear end, from stops and some improved cornering. took on the free way 95 MpH and noticed no loud noises or vibrations coming from the rear end. very happy with this, but im still curious how those 89-93 stackable bushings would have come out compared to the 95-98 bushings

[White Comet]

thats weird i'm surprised theres a difference between s13 and s14 for the bushings you got. i have the red es bushings pictured and they are for an s13 or s14

[locoluna825]

yea when i put it all together and went to drop the jack form the differential before i got the washers in there, the sub frame just dropped and the bushing were still up in there at the top, i think it becuase the s14 polyurethane bushings bronze sleeve it not actually attached to the polyurethane itself and the there i nothing for the polyurethane to stick to on the s13 sub frame. i hop you understood what i just said lol.

i did noticed in the instructions that came with the bushing that there were some metal tabs in the holes where the bushings go of the s14 sub frames to help hold it all together. but the s13 sub frames do not have this.

[E7-S14]

ES makes poly subframe bushings for our car??!

news to me! dam!

[White Comet]

yeah those metal tabs are for s14s only but the bushings still work on s13s. i have em in my car, and i'm not entirely sure what you said

[OM3GA]

Nice! I wouldnt personally take the time to install any other bushings besides the full solid ones :P but that is awesome!