I'm wanting to replace my trailing arm bushings with spherical bushing. I've tried searching but couldn't really find a good answer, which should i buy, are blox spherical's worth anything, or should i go with the passwordjdm ones?
anyone have experience with any of these?

 

Blox is great if you want worthless paper weights. If it is a DD, I would avoid the sperical bushing and stick to OEM.

 

No you didn't.
http://www.kingmotorsports.com/p-106...aring-kit.aspx

 

PCI. We carry the PCI Sphericals. Brian@PCI is the original designer of this part, support the innovator! We have the latest design as well.

Many of these spherical trailing arm bushings are pretty much copies of the older PCI design. So anyone looking to buy any brand spherical trailing arm bushing is very likely purchasing something that was based on an older design as Brian is the originator of this particular part. I'd do some serious research if your purchasing any other brand other than PCI.

 

Marc, we need to get you setup with a fan club theead!! I always enjoy reading your post!!!

 

how does spherical stand up in a DD car?
And when i said i searched i meant it, i just didn't find the answer i was looking for, but its been answered now.
Blox as i suspected is crap and in the other direction PCI is the best.

 

What? Why TF do you want spherical bushings in a daily if you have no clue how they are going to "stand up", perform, or anything? So you have no idea why you need spherical bushings then.

And no you didn't search. If you did you didn't do it well. This conversation has been had plenty and many times in these forums. Also when I was investigating spherical bushings I came across all of these so I don't know how you did not.

 

I suppose you right sir but isnt the idea behind a forum is people helping people. i dont know and you do you could help me? yes? but i will keep searching. ill find what im looking for eventually.

 

I thought I did help you?

And you failed to answer the questions put to you.
Why do you want spherical bushings if you have no idea how they will perform on your car?

 

To replace my old stock pieces for one, also because im trying to upgrade in preparation of getting coilovers, and its not that i don't understand how they perform, its how do they last. isn't the idea with them is to solidify you handling characteristics, to get your suspension to be more predictable in corners, and to free up any binding that may occur from having a rubber bushing that really wasn't ever designed to be used in a lowered car and in autoX.
please correct me if im wrong but thats just my thought on them.

 

First time you mentioned AutoX. So what is it. Daily? AutoX?

And your definition/descriptoin can apply to any suspension modification.

You could get an OEM bushing and have it clocked to your ride height. You can get a hardened rubber bushings like Hardrace and do the same. You could go with Poly bushing that don't need clocking at all.

Haven't seen anything in your usage that requires them but it's your car.

 

I am building my car for a track car and I stuck with the OEM bushings until it will only be a track car because of the short life span of spherical bushing have. I doubt they would last more than 5,000 miles of DD and that is being optimistic.

 

It is my DD, but i do autox solo on the weekends so that is what im building towards.
And i understand that clocking the rubber bushings helps but my concern is more with camber torquing the bushing sideways in a manner it isnt designed to deal with, and reading other post this is even more of a problem when you switch to running poly bushings.

 

Ya will have much more flex with the rubber bushing that in my opinion is better for the flex of the camber you mentioned. I was at -2 degrees of camber before I just recently installed new coilovers and raised the car a inch.

 

Im probably gonna go with the PIC hard rubber bushings.

 

PCI for spherical, or PIC/Hardrace for rubber.