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Side hop and bushing replacement

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So I ran the search but I found no results for what I'm about to ask.

My car, unfortunately, suffers from rear side hop. It's quite annoying on the highway going over bumps and stuff - makes you think the rear is getting away from you for a second.
I've read that to fix this issue some have replaced the "rear bushings"
What are those "rear bushings" and where do I get them from? Upgraded ones perhaps?
Is this something that could be fixed under warranty?
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (tomedkaz)

I had mine replaced under warranty sometime ago. Really the best thing to do to reduce side hop is to get a proper alignment with the rear toe set at 0 degrees
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (Ride R)

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I had mine replaced under warranty sometime ago. Really the best thing to do to reduce side hop is to get a proper alignment with the rear toe set at 0 degrees

How did the warranty fix it? Did you just tell the dealer the car's rear slides out and they replaced the bushings?

I'm affraid that the dealer will try to sucker me into getting the alignment done, which won't fix it for good.

Also, 0 toe in the rear is not really good. I've never had an issue with side-hop on any of my cars, and I've driven many cars, some with messed-up allignment
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (tomedkaz)

It's only one bushing you need to replace.
TNN: 60-08
Part number 30748437.
Also needs a 4-wheel alignment, and rear toe should be 0.16 degrees max. Mine was adjusted from 0.5-something to about 0.08 and it's been great after that.
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (tomedkaz)

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Also, 0 toe in the rear is not really good.

Care to elaborate?
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (peter_reece2003)

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Care to elaborate?
To me, it seems that 0 toe in the rear will make it more tail happy. Toe-in helps the car be more stable.
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (JS60R)

Quote, originally posted by JS60R »
It's only one bushing you need to replace.
TNN: 60-08
Part number 30748437.
Also needs a 4-wheel alignment, and rear toe should be 0.16 degrees max. Mine was adjusted from 0.5-something to about 0.08 and it's been great after that.

Thank you
Is than an easy DIY job in my driveway?
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (tomedkaz)

Quote, originally posted by tomedkaz »


Thank you
Is than an easy DIY job in my driveway?
Well... no

Bushing maybe, if you have the tools. But I doubt you have that advanced laser-computer-alignment-thingy in your driveway?
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (JS60R)

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Well... no

Bushing maybe, if you have the tools. But I doubt you have that advanced laser-computer-alignment-thingy in your driveway?

Oh no no, ofcourse I was just talking about the bushing


I just looked it up - it's pretty cheap ($7 bucks). I guess I'll order it along with my engine mounts order. IF that doesnt help I guess I'll have to re-allign her
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (Ride R)

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I had mine replaced under warranty sometime ago. Really the best thing to do to reduce side hop is to get a proper alignment with the rear toe set at 0 degrees

+1 my car had horrible hop when i first got it. took it in for an alignment, which was WAY out of spec btw, and it's not an issue anymore.
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Re: Side hop and bushing replacement (TGO)

Could be the tires too...Had problems with sidehop when I first got my R with the OEM Pirelli's and I switched over to ContiExtremeContacts and it went away...I'm assuming my rear bushings and alignment is still ok after 23k miles.
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I had my bushing replaced and aligned last month and was very glad I had it done. Although there is still some sidehop, I noticed a pretty distinguishable difference. I plan on putting the track spec sways in and putting some new tires on soon to finish it off.
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I found the wheel adjustment paper. They were more off than I remembered.

Rear toe was adjusted from 1.00 to 0.09 and that was the end of hopping.

All of you who have the alignment done should get the printout, and check if it was made correctly.
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