Eternal's Straight 6 Build Thread

[aerosam]

Fair play, that's gonna be awesome when it's done. can't wait to see that going.

[Eternal]

Right after getting the chassis suspension brackets sorted with a fair amount of help from Talon its now time to paint the wishbones with epoxy mastic 121. After that i will try and find some bushes. So far i belive i have two options:

1) Saturn bushes at around £98+pp (stainless steel CNC'd crush tubes)
2) GTS Haynes roadster £60+pp (stainless crush tubes)

Anyone know if its honestly worth the extra £38 for the saturn ones? Or if there are any other options.

[Tilly819]

i dont want this to turn into a riot but dont buy them from GTS chances are IF they turn up they will be s**t anyway

tilly

[Bonzo]

Great to hear that you are now ready for the chassis painting stage

Once that job is done you'll be able to start the great job of fitting everything & seeing your build come to life.

Please do a search on here & locost builders before you part with any cash in the direction of GTS Tuning ( Darren George ) !!??

In brief, he has a bad reputation of taking your money & not sending your goods !!

At one point, he was using stock pictures of the suspension bushes & if you were lucky enough to even get them, folk found that the crush tubes were mild steel ones that had been cut roughly to length with a chop saw, rendering them net to useless ( No idea if this is still the case !!?? )

Have a look at the rear camber adjusters on his web site .... The crap quality speaks for itself ??

Darren George has had a large number of seller accounts suspended by ebay, he has tried to trade directly on this forum, often via an agent or using an assumed identity.

My advice is: Buy your bushes from Saturn, at least you'll know that you will definately get them & if you run into any problems, Saturn will bend over backwards to help you

[Eternal]

Yeah I guess its best to pay a little extra to make sure you have the quality and the product its self!

[mark]

When i ordered my bushes i looked all over the place for them and you just cant get them cheap

Get them from saturn you know they will be of good quality and will definately turn up!

[Bonzo]

Don't want to sound patronising here

This was my take on the Poly bushes.

After the shock of buying my shocks ( No pun intended ), I must admit, it bought a tear to my eye when it came to paying out a wedge of wonga for my Poly bushes

Then I got to thinking .... Try not to do that too often as it tends to land me in trouble

Why do Poly bushes seem expensive ??, I guess the answer lies with the sheer number needed.
22 of the little beggars, that's 44 Injection moulded bush halves & 22 CNC machined, stainless steel crush tubes .... Sort of puts things into prospective, £4.50 per bush kit !!

Let's say, a few years down the road & your pride & joy fails its MOT on the nearside front, lower wishbone bushes !!??

£10 - £15 for a new pair of bushes begins to seem like a bargain to me.

Just the thoughts of this old duffer

[mark]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

Don't want to sound patronising here

This was my take on the Poly bushes.

After the shock of buying my shocks ( No pun intended ), I must admit, it bought a tear to my eye when it came to paying out a wedge of wonga for my Poly bushes

Then I got to thinking .... Try not to do that too often as it tends to land me in trouble

Why do Poly bushes seem expensive ??, I guess the answer lies with the sheer number needed.
22 of the little beggars, that's 44 Injection moulded bush halves & 22 CNC machined, stainless steel crush tubes .... Sort of puts things into prospective, £4.50 per bush kit !!

Let's say, a few years down the road & your pride & joy fails its MOT on the nearside front, lower wishbone bushes !!??

£10 - £15 for a new pair of bushes begins to seem like a bargain to me.

Just the thoughts of this old duffer

I was going to state a similar point in my post but it turned into a short story so i didnt bother!

But you have hit the nail on the head there Ronnie, when you think about what you are actually getting (ie bushes for an entire car) and how important they are, its not alot to pay really

[gaz05]

Another vote for the Saturn bushes here. Got mine very quick and a perfect fit.

[Eternal]

True true. I guess it just seems alot after the cost of the wishbones ect. Tho it does mean i have to find a little extra cash from somewhere...... humm maby i can sell my cat