Boomerang Mounts

[CrazySx]

Is it safe to drive the car without them on?

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[mikeyrs]

from what i gather its only ok to remove them if you have solid subframe bushes

[CrazySx]

ok, let me put some perspective on it, i have removed them to clean up rust, i have put the subframe nut back on. Now say i wanted to drive the car for 5 miles to get to the welder, is it ok?

[piman2k]

It'll be fine. They're just lateral stabilisers. The worse condition your bushes are in the worse it'll be. But 5 miles I wouldn't be worrying.

Replace your bushes as a matter of course anyway

[CrazySx]

It'll be fine. They're just lateral stabilisers. The worse condition your bushes are in the worse it'll be. But 5 miles I wouldn't be worrying.

Replace your bushes as a matter of course anyway

Thank bud! Any recommendations on bushes?

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[jumpbike]

I've not had them on for ages, they are made of nothing and when I put a gun on mine to undo the nut just tore half the body off with it because it was rotten

[CrazySx]

I've not had them on for ages, they are made of nothing and when I put a gun on mine to undo the nut just tore half the body off with it because it was rotten

This is what I am trying to avoid lol! So you have noticed no difference without them?

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[joeshaw123]

I've not been running mine for the past 4-5 months. I run driftworks polybushes and the shape of the bush at the bottom doesn't accept the shape of the boomerang correctly, as they are designed to fit up in the hollowed out bit of the stock rubber bush.
You can fit it on, but im not sure theres any real benefit to running them with polys/solid mounts at all, especially given the monkey metal they are made from! You could fabricate a thicker brace to make use of the threaded holes/subframe stud, to suit the flat bottom of the poly or solid bushes, but that's much more work than I can be bothered to think about!

Can't say I've noticed any minuscule difference whatsoever in how it feels, but I do have all DW adjustable arms/polybushed subframe, knuckles etc. so whether you'd feel a difference with stock bushes and arms, I don't know, but even that I doubt.

[Zeldoz]

I drove mine for 5 months before i took it somewhere for a welding quote and both sides wern't attached in 2 places.. due to rot lol!

So i cannot see how removing them is going to cause an issue.. especially since its for a 5 mile journt.

[handsomedez]

Mine went in the bin long ago. Any poly or solid bushes will be fine. I've got DW bushes and they do everything expected of a lump of polyurethane

[Chriscooke]

I've not been running mine for the past 4-5 months. I run driftworks polybushes and the shape of the bush at the bottom doesn't accept the shape of the boomerang correctly, as they are designed to fit up in the hollowed out bit of the stock rubber bush.
You can fit it on, but im not sure theres any real benefit to running them with polys/solid mounts at all, especially given the monkey metal they are made from! You could fabricate a thicker brace to make use of the threaded holes/subframe stud, to suit the flat bottom of the poly or solid bushes, but that's much more work than I can be bothered to think about!

Can't say I've noticed any minuscule difference whatsoever in how it feels, but I do have all DW adjustable arms/polybushed subframe, knuckles etc. so whether you'd feel a difference with stock bushes and arms, I don't know, but even that I doubt.

They didn't work with my powerflex bushes either, what I did was put the big metal washer up against the bush with the boomerang under that, any bracing is worth keeping IMO.

Can just make it out in this picture

[handsomedez]

On Mapboy's car the boomerangs were bent, presumably from knackered standard bushes. They're not really sturdy enough to make any difference. Maybe with standard bushes they are, I suppose there must be a reason Nissan fitted them, but as soon as you fit poly or solid subframe bushes there's such little movement I can't see that they would make any difference. I snapped the bolts for mine too, so never refitted them. And on my new car the bolt holes for the boomerangs have been chopped out and welded up.

[AdamRPS13]

Mine is exactly like your picture Chris.

[CrazySx]

So moral of the story is uprate my bushes! What brand and where to get them?

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[Chriscooke]

Any will do. I went for powerflex black series in the end

[CrazySx]

Are they hard to change? Can I do them in situ?


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[mikeyrs]

its a subframe off job

[Chriscooke]

As above. Definitely a subframe off job. It's not too hard though tbf.

[handsomedez]

So moral of the story is uprate my bushes! What brand and where to get them?

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Driftworks, Apex, Energy Suspension or Powerflex. I dare say the black series are a bit stiffer than the rest. Any will be a huge improvement over standard bushes though.

Subframe off, burn out the old rubber then hacksaw through the 2 steel collars. You just need to make one cut in each then bash them out with a chisel and they'll fold in on themselves. Or pay a garage to press them out.

[Chriscooke]

Get the bushes before cutting anything out. Some need the sleeve left in.