joeluth Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) I was going to take a break after a fair bit of work on the car, but I still had a bit of rattle from the rear on rough roads, so I dived back in and replaced the only things left to do, both rear trailing arms and the front anti roll bar bushes, pretty easy jobs and I'm sooo glad I did! no more rattle on rough roads, the whole car "harmonized" and noticeably tightened up, It just feels fantastic to drive now! I was going to do the rear anti roll bar bushes too but unfortunately the bolts seems to have seized into the subframe, it felt like they would snap if I turned them so I figured I'd quit whilst I was ahead and get back to that another time! But yeah I had completely underestimated how much the worn out trailing arms affected the car, so incredibly pleased with the result, and I got a pair of very nice TRW/Pankle ones off eBay for £100 delivered! Edited September 14, 2021 by joeluth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Just now, joeluth said: I was going to take a break after a fair bit of work on the car, but I still had a bit of rattle from the rear on rough roads, so I dived back in and replaced the only things left to do, both rear trailing arms and the front anti roll bar bushes, pretty easy jobs and I'm sooo glad I did! no more rattle on rough roads, the whole car "harmonized" and noticeably tightened up, It just feels fantastic to drive now! I was going to do the rear anti roll bar bushes too but unfortunately the bolts seems to have seized into the subframe, it felt like they would snap if I turned them so I figured I'd quit whilst I was ahead and get back to that another time! But yeah I had completly underestimated how much the worn out trailing arms affected the car, so incredibly pleased with the result, and I got a pair of very nice TRW/Pankle ones off eBay for £100 delivered! Satisfying job done by the sounds of it 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeluth Posted September 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, iborguk said: Satisfying job done by the sounds of it 👍 Yeah man! well I've never had a new car, not even close, just old Golfs and Mazdas, but after doing all the suspension work the Boxster feels like a new car to me, and it's a Boxster so I'm double chuffed with it now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPaulie Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Are the trailing arms the forks? When I replaced those on the rear of mine it was like a new car, worked an absolute treat. Bit fiddley at the chassis end but overall pretty easy to switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted September 15, 2021 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 9 hours ago, SuperPaulie said: Are the trailing arms the forks? When I replaced those on the rear of mine it was like a new car, worked an absolute treat. Bit fiddley at the chassis end but overall pretty easy to switch. Yep 'tuning forks' are the trailing arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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