Creative Steel: Front Sway Bar Bushings
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Creative Steel: Front Sway Bar Bushings
I wanted to let you guys know that we now have the bushings for the front sway bar that fit the factory brackets. If you have some clunking coming from the front suspension when you hit bumps in the road then your sway bar bushings are probably bad/worn out. We put a set of these on our car and it was crazy how such a simple, seemingly insignificant bushing could tighten up the way the car corners. And...the clunking is gone.
Our bushings have grease grooves cast in them so you can grease them periodically to avoid the squeaking that urethane bushing are know for over time. In order to grease them you will need to drill and tap the top of your existing/factory brackets to install a grease zerk. In time we will also be offering the OEM brackets with the grease zerk installed for those of you that want a turn key solution delivered to your door.
These bushings are listed on our website for $29.95 a pair + shipping
Visit the website: https://creative-steel.com/store/ind...t_detail&p=163
Our bushings have grease grooves cast in them so you can grease them periodically to avoid the squeaking that urethane bushing are know for over time. In order to grease them you will need to drill and tap the top of your existing/factory brackets to install a grease zerk. In time we will also be offering the OEM brackets with the grease zerk installed for those of you that want a turn key solution delivered to your door.
These bushings are listed on our website for $29.95 a pair + shipping
Visit the website: https://creative-steel.com/store/ind...t_detail&p=163
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Have fun with your aftermarket sway bars. Lose the condescending attitude or the wealth of knowledge you do have will get lost in translation.
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Thanks CS for keeping up with the little areas of this car that go neglected. I'll be placing an order here soon.
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I'd say most and because they would rather spend the money elsewhere. I applaud Creative Steel for offering these. I'll be picking up a set soon.
Have fun with your aftermarket sway bars. Lose the condescending attitude or the wealth of knowledge you do have will get lost in translation.
Have fun with your aftermarket sway bars. Lose the condescending attitude or the wealth of knowledge you do have will get lost in translation.
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Wish I had the money of some of the guys on the forum!
As for the bushing Max, I would say to offer them with different diameter holes for different aftermarket swaybars! Hotchkis and ADDCO being the top two. Near only two as far as I know.
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If they had 1.000", 1.250", and 1.375" bushings and offered them in both 95A and 75D durometers, I think they'd have a lot of business--not just from the CTS-V community.
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Yes, it's just a matter of time.
These bushing do "up" the level of useable performance of the factory sway bar, but killing the clunk will be the motivation for those that don't plan to track their car
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I would say out of the 10,197 V1's built, over 10,000 still have the factory sway bars because they meet the level of performance required for getting to and from work.
These bushing do "up" the level of useable performance of the factory sway bar, but killing the clunk will be the motivation for those that don't plan to track their car
These bushing do "up" the level of useable performance of the factory sway bar, but killing the clunk will be the motivation for those that don't plan to track their car
Granted, the adoption rate of CF/LS1Tech members is probably several times higher than the unwashed masses, but those unwashed masses are not 10,197 strong. Looking at the volume of "new" salvage parts on eBay over the past couple of years makes me think that at least 1/4 of the original production run of V1s has been decommissioned.
Either way, my point is, why hamstring yourself building bushings for one subset of the population when with a moderate amount of additional effort, you could receive orders from the whole?
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Sounds like confirmation bias to me. Over the last few years, I've received 200+ PMs discussing sway bar options and end link settings, so it seems to me that around 2/3 of the Cadillac Forums and LS1Tech are running some form of Eibach, Hotchkis, GMPP, or Addco sway bars and brackets.
Granted, the adoption rate of CF/LS1Tech members is probably several times higher than the unwashed masses, but those unwashed masses are not 10,197 strong. Looking at the volume of "new" salvage parts on eBay over the past couple of years makes me think that at least 1/4 of the original production run of V1s has been decommissioned.
Either way, my point is, why hamstring yourself building bushings for one subset of the population when with a moderate amount of additional effort, you could receive orders from the whole?
Granted, the adoption rate of CF/LS1Tech members is probably several times higher than the unwashed masses, but those unwashed masses are not 10,197 strong. Looking at the volume of "new" salvage parts on eBay over the past couple of years makes me think that at least 1/4 of the original production run of V1s has been decommissioned.
Either way, my point is, why hamstring yourself building bushings for one subset of the population when with a moderate amount of additional effort, you could receive orders from the whole?