I have a '06 estate with a tired rear end, rust and worn bushes.

 

What are your opinions on whether to fit new bushes onto crusty metalwork or buy a complete rear subframe assembly from a breaker with crossed fingers and swap the lot?

 

I'm tempted by the latter, less hassle fitting bushes (assuming the replacement assembly is serviceable) and the more cost effective solution to extending the car's useful life.

 

Your comments are welcome, especially if you've experience with this situation.

i did extent research on this, spent weeks going through part numbers/website/forums etc..

 

i think parts at breakers will also be rusty probably worse than yours, unless you can find a lowish milage car, in my experience theres not that much of a price difference

 

i bought full lemforder bushes inc bolts/washers and trw shocks with eibach springs, bushes and bolts were £220ish and shocks and springs were £280ish, i ended up selling to my mate,

we fitted them with not much issue, still a faf though, the spring seat arm inner bolt on passenger side was seized, we just used a grinder to chop it off, in total took about 5 hours to do for front and rear,

we also sprayed all arm with cheap satin black, it dried quick and did the job

also got it  4 wheel aligned made a huge difference the way the car drives,

 

bush removal tool was £50ish from amazon

 

or you can get full bush kit from psb for £170ish or rear kit only for £120ish with lifetime warranty but you'd have to buy bolts separately

 

you can get good quality full rear set up (already pressed in new metal) for £300ish inc bolts (meyle, lemforder, optimal) this will be a lot easier and this is the route i will be  taking, 

for £160ish you can get cheaper set from ebay but quality won't be all that, there is another set for £260 with all bolts i dont know the quality on that

 

my car was very unstable on motorway or anywhere over 50mph, skipping and bouncing over bumps, just by changing the rear shocks (sachs) its made a massive difference, will be doing the rest in the next few weeks,

 

hope that helps, any other questions fire away,

@111zah111

Thanks for that, food for thought.