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Old 03-02-2010, 05:06 AM
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SVX poly suspension bushes

Has anyone heard or used Strong-flex polyurethane bushings?

Looks like they do 2 options including 80 shore and 90+ shore for firmer ride.
Complete kit avail for SVX including control arms (which I'm in need for, esp left side) for what looks to be about $250 (aus) for 20 bush kit.




company is Polish, just wonder if anyone has heard of them before

web site http://www.strong-flex.eu/index.php
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Old 03-02-2010, 05:43 AM
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

Mods 271216 and 271217 seem interesting. But the prices are a bit steep in my opinion
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Old 03-03-2010, 06:50 AM
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

250 for those 20 bushings is a killer deal. Look at it in a breakdown:
Swaybar bushings are going to run you about $30 per end so $60
Control arm bushings for BOTH sides for any other Subaru ~ $120
Trailing arm bushings will run in the realm of $50-60
Lateral link bushings will run you about $120 or so but I have no seen a lot of people replace those. They usually get aftermarket lateral links.

So if you were to buy the above mentioned bushings for an STi you would be out about $350 or so
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Old 03-03-2010, 07:08 AM
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

Your price is a little off, for the softer ones, it would be $298US or about $330 AUS and for the "sport" kit, would be $330US or about $365 AUS. This is for the full kit for the front and rear, perhaps you looked at the price for just the rear kit

Edit: would have to add shipping fees in as well
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Product ID: 276051B

Product name: Zestaw poliuretanowy zawieszenia – kompletny

Fits Subaru:
SVX C12, r.93 > 96

KIT includes (20 elementów):
2x 271215, Anti Roll Bar Front Bush, 18mm
2x 271216, Front Wishbone Rear Bush, fi48/14x68
2x 271217, Front Wishbone Bush przednia, fi59/14x77
2x 271149, Rear Trailing Arm Bush poprzecznego przednia and tylna
2x 271210, Rear Tie Bar Front Bush
4x 271211, Rear Tie Bar Front-Rear Bush
2x 271212, Rear Trailing Arm Bush mocowanie piasty
2x 271213, Rear Trailing Arm Bush mocowanie nadwozia
2x 271220, Anti Roll Bar Front Bush 17mm
I believe you would have to call or email to order from the states as when i tried adding to cart, it just comes up with a server error.-nvm, just got it to work now

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please contact the office:
* Tel +48 71 326 00 46 or +48 71 326 00 48
* Mobile +48 606 888 487 (technical contact - only polish)
* Mobile +48 606 154 570 (technical contact - only polish)
* Mobile +48 601 855 526 (administrator of the shop - english)
* E-mail: contact@strong-flex.eu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Old 03-03-2010, 07:11 AM
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

Well, I might be interested in the control arms bushings only, front and rear.

Maybe if we can organize a group buy thing, we would drive the price further lower... so?
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

And those /\/\ numbers more closely match what I broke down in my first post. I just would be interested in the control arm bushings and the trailing arm bushings...
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Old 03-03-2010, 07:18 AM
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

I went through with registering and going just before actually ordering, and it seems there are no shipping fees
I would almost definitely thing they would charge for shipping overseas.

BTW, interesting and very cool that you found this

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Old 03-03-2010, 07:23 AM
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

Well, let us do a feeler group buy, list the part numbers that we want and the quantity each, and I will contact them asking for a new quotation/shipping details if you would like to.

EDIT: Nice you got ahold of an email Nate. I thought we can only reach them through phone.
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Well, let us do a feeler group buy, list the part numbers that we want and the quantity each, and I will contact them asking for a new quotation/shipping details if you would like to.
I would want a full kit if I were to go this route but i would not have the money for a few months yet.
So for a feeler, put in a full "sport" kit PN 276051A for me Danny.

Edit: yeah, Danny, i tried looking through their site for whatever I could find. Figured it would help

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Old 03-03-2010, 07:33 AM
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

Nate, someone else should do a group buy and not me. Most of you guys live in the US, I am solo here

But I can do the contact if you want.

I was thinking just now, just in case shipping to the US was expensive from their part, why not shipping a whole package to someone in the US and he will do the distribution from his side?

Well we need to know the total interest from now.
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

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Nate, someone else should do a group buy and not me. Most of you guys live in the US, I am solo here

But I can do the contact if you want.

I was thinking just now, just in case shipping to the US was expensive from their part, why not shipping a whole package to someone in the US and he will do the distribution from his side?

Well we need to know the total interest from now.
Haha, yeah I would suppose that would be a smarter way of doing it. I guess if you were to email them, the big question would be is if in fact there are no shipping charges to the US. Like I said, I put a kit in my cart, proceeded to create an account, entered all my shipping info and then got to where they wanted payment, and had "shipping" calculated and it said $0.00.
Just so people know, they take paypal or credit cards only for international customers it appears.

Edit: I tried just putting one bushing in the car and checking out and again, no shipping fees which would lead me to believe that you would have to order and get a shipping quote from them through email. At least, thats what I would think.

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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

Ok no prob here, these are all details.

Now we need to know who is interested and who is not.

1- 1986nate: Full Kit Sport (May 2010?)
2- SilverSpear: Control Arms Bushings Sport (Now)
3- ???

I think we need to move this thread to the Group Buy section.
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

I just got an email from Clint over at Turn in Concepts. He is getting in touch with them and is trying to bring about 5-6 full sets over.
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

And why do we need to settle on 5~6 kits only? Can't he wait a little bit and get a better quote if we can push interest further up?
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Re: SVX poly suspension bushes

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Edit: I tried just putting one bushing in the car and checking out and again, no shipping fees which would lead me to believe that you would have to order and get a shipping quote from them through email. At least, thats what I would think.
Yep. If you read their shipping information page, they are set up to calculate shipping to various European locations, plus Poland. Have to call/email for shipping quote for any other location.

A group buy might be a good thing, but using another go between US retailer/wholesaler just normally increases the price for obvious reasons.

It looks like now is the time to buy with the sale prices indicated. A group buy might not even significantly lower that sale price.

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