I've been searching forever and I can't seem to find an answer to this.

My 93 Touring has over 100k on it and I doubt any of the bushings have been changed. It's currently riding on Eibach Pros and Koni Yellows that have maybe 20k on them and I'm getting some cluking over bumps.

I've decided to do a complete bushing "flush" on the rear of the car and am considering upgrading certain ones but I don't want to comprimise ride quality. The car is already pretty stiff and I dailiy drive it so I don't want the ride to get any harsher.

I plan to replace:

Main 6 Pillowballs with OEM
Lower shock mounts/spring pads
Upper shock mounts/bumpstops/spring pads
Diff mounts with Mazdaspeed rubber

My question is, if I put on aftermarket trailing arm and toe links, will that make the ride harsher? Should I just press in new stock bushings? I'd like the car to launch a bit better and heard that replacing these two things with solid heim joints (via aftermarket arms) helps a lot.

Is it going to kill my ride?

 

I believe Cusco makes some quality units. Sorry a FD guy will have to answer your ride quality concern.

just thought i'd throw that out there for ya.

Rishie

 

Anyone? Aftermarket toe/trailing links vs. ride quality?