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Sep 5, 2001 | 12:12 PM

roruiz

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Are the control arm bushings in a 96 se polyurethane? I did a search and found nothing. Courtesy Nissan says they are not. Does anyone here know?

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Sep 5, 2001 | 12:25 PM

SuDZ

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I dont think so

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Originally posted by roruiz
Are the control arm bushings in a 96 se polyurethane? I did a search and found nothing. Courtesy Nissan says they are not. Does anyone here know?

Thanks

I think that they are metal. Thats why people upgrade to the polyeurathane ones.

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Sep 5, 2001 | 12:31 PM

mzmtg

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They are rubber, that's why you upgrade to polyurethane.

Sep 5, 2001 | 01:07 PM

camaro1698

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I put the poly bushings from energy ssupension just on the sway bar and it made a significant change in the tightness of the steering wheel. I took one of the control arms off to see if they are poly but I really can't tell. I bought the control arm bushing set from energy and am going to put it on any way. I've heard its a pain though. Anybody change their bushings to energy suspensions????

Sep 5, 2001 | 01:20 PM

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I've got them.

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I put the poly bushings from energy ssupension just on the sway bar and it made a significant change in the tightness of the steering wheel. I took one of the control arms off to see if they are poly but I really can't tell. I bought the control arm bushing set from energy and am going to put it on any way. I've heard its a pain though. Anybody change their bushings to energy suspensions????

They aren't to hard to put on. MAKE SURE you grease the hell out of them. Otherwise they will squeak like CRAZY.
I believe you have to press out one of the factory bushings on each of the control arms. It's being a while since I did it. They're much tighter. But like all urethane bushings, more vibration/road feel tranferred to the cabin/steering wheel.