Just fitted a set of cupra console bushes to my Fab Vrs, fitted by a Skoda Tech. I now find that when I drive the car around the city I live in in heavy traffic I now get a harsh vibration through the cars cabin when the engine is under load say under 1300/1400 rpm.

I never had this unpleasant problem before fitting the cupra bushes. So its out with the cupra bushes and in with a standard set of skoda bushes and a waste of £80.

Why did you want to fit them in the first place? The whole idea and purpose of fitting them is to solidify the front end somewhat.

So you fitted harder/tighter bushes and are now unhappy that the front end has been tightened up causing extra vibration? Okay....

Devonutopia

Thats a very good question "why did I fit them", on this very helpfull and informative web site you get to know what other owners are up to with their cars and get to know about any helpfull modifications. I did trawl the site for a downside to fitting the cupra bushes before fitting the bushes and found only one negative opinion from another owner about slightly more road noise but nothing about an unpleasent vibration. Anyhow it was a minor experiment on my behalf. I supose its a downside of me having to spend my working day driving around the city in heavy traffic in my much loved Skoda.

Sorry to here your not happy mate.

Any uprated mount on a car will produce more vibrations, some bigger than others.

There are always down sides to modifying a car, but usually the positive is greater than the negative.

Think of all the performance cars, the vRS's have harder suspension, GTi's have harder suspension. The Audi RS models have uprated bushes and tighter suspension.

But its that that makes them the superior "drivers" car.

Dave

Could be worse.. you could of attached an aftermarket induction kit to your existing airbox.

Or indeed done the dogbone mount

Very helpful information for those who need to weigh the pros and cons. Standard console bushes tend to last about 30,000 miles. My local dealer replaces these for £94 inclusive, and that will be about every 4 years for my annual mileage.

One thing I love about the VRS is how smooth it is across the rev range. So I will be sticking to standard bushes for sure.

Very helpful information for those who need to weigh the pros and cons. Standard console bushes tend to last about 30,000 miles. My local dealer replaces these for £94 inclusive, and that will be about every 4 years for my annual mileage.

One thing I love about the VRS is how smooth it is across the rev range. So I will be sticking to standard bushes for sure.

Mine managed nearer 14,000 miles

Mine managed nearer 14,000 miles

Must be a very fat cat you have then Postman Pat

I chose to fit cupra + powerflex bushes to my vrs for longevity and cost-saving reasons. My front nearside tyre was wearing unevenly and there was a bit of forwards/backwards play in the wheel due to the n/s bush being absolutely shot.

Although the standard bush may dampen vibration more, it's poor quality imo and will wear much sooner. And, having fitted uprated bushes myself, I can say that it's a job i really do not want to do again any time soon.

Bearing in mind the ride quality of the vrs isn't particularly great to start off with, I'm hardly losing anything by having to deal with a little more vibration.

For me, fitment of the cupra bushes means they should last a lot longer and should save me money in the long-run:thumbup:

Must be a very fat cat you have then Postman Pat

Maybe a fat ****, or maybe the car gets driven a tiny bit hard:rolleyes:, or maybe the roads round here hare **** Or a combination of all 3

Kinda stands to reason that a solid bush will transmit more vibrations than a voided one. I always inform my customers of this one small downside, some have commented some havent yet all agree the benifits far out weigh a bit of vibration.

Iv heard of alot of people putting cupra bushes in, could someone tell me where I can get them from ?

Demon tweeks etc etc ??

SEAT Cupra bushes oddly enough come from SEAT

SEAT Cupra bushes oddly enough come from SEAT

LOL :rofl:

Just standard cupra bushes is all thats needed ? I thought they were some upgrade ones from standard like powerflex or something ?

Thanks anyways

Could be worse.. you could of attached an aftermarket induction kit to your existing airbox.

i seen that thread aswell :rofl:

Perhaps once they have settled in after a few hundred miles, they will give less vibration?

Just fitted a set of cupra console bushes to my Fab Vrs, fitted by a Skoda Tech. I now find that when I drive the car around the city I live in in heavy traffic I now get a harsh vibration through the cars cabin when the engine is under load say under 1300/1400 rpm.

I never had this unpleasant problem before fitting the cupra bushes. So its out with the cupra bushes and in with a standard set of skoda bushes and a waste of £80.

Maybe a stupid question, but are you sure that this job has been done correctly? I got a local indep VAG specialist to replace these bushes on my wife's Polo 9N 1.4SE (torn voided bushes) with solid Cupra ones a couple of years ago, had be warned by postings (Lummox?) that some extra road noise might be evident, but as it turned out there was none - just a sorted car!

One point I'd make, just check that the Cupra bushes are fitted in the correct way round (front to back) and are fitted in to the correct "depth" in the consoles!

Just re-read your posting - vibration in the cabin at certain engine revs - I'd be surprised if that was due to changing the type of TCA rear bushes - is something under the bonnet engine/exhaust not touching the chassis as a result of this car being worked on?

Maybe a stupid question, but are you sure that this job has been done correctly? I got a local indep VAG specialist to replace these bushes on my wife's Polo 9N 1.4SE (torn voided bushes) with solid Cupra ones a couple of years ago, had be warned by postings (Lummox?) that some extra road noise might be evident, but as it turned out there was none - just a sorted car!

One point I'd make, just check that the Cupra bushes are fitted in the correct way round (front to back) and are fitted in to the correct "depth" in the consoles!

Just re-read your posting - vibration in the cabin at certain engine revs - I'd be surprised if that was due to changing the type of TCA rear bushes - is something under the bonnet engine/exhaust not touching the chassis as a result of this car being worked on?

2nded - it's still just a rubber bush holding the suspension. It's expect a little more vibration and noise but related to road speed, not engine speed.

J.

I had the console bushes fitted to my car and the only difference I noticed was that when driving on gravel or bumpy roads, the steering transmitted the bumps through to my hands, whereas this did not happen with the original bushes.

There were no increased engine vibrations whatsoever

Im having Powerflex (Front) and Cupra (rear) bushes fitted on thr 28th @ Jabba so i'll bob my two pence worth then

I've had my dogbone done too so it's difficult to tell weather the console bushes have made a differance to engine vibration but road noise has stayed the same... i'd get the car checked out...

Any solid bush needs to be "run in". Given some time for them to do so and for you to get used to what vibration is left over after the process, think you'll be happy...

HTH

Bas

I have a bit of vibration at about 70mph that feels like wheels aren't balanced, but the additional steering sharpness more than makes up for it.