I need some new bushes for the front end of the cossie, Are the deflex ones any good cos they are quite cheap compaired to powerflex ones. cheers

 

apparantly the quality of deflex has much improved over recent years. Though I have no personal experience of them.

 

Thanks for reply, anyone had any experience of deflex?

 

Yep, had my whole car done in Deflex bushes last year and can't fault them

 

Done a couple of cars in deflex and can't fault them either. I always pay the 10% extra and go for the stainless inserts.

Powerflex are just overpriced because they had the market to themselves for a long while. Stupid money for some injection moulded silicone/plastic!

 

Had deflex in mine, didnt fit properly. top mounts and antiroll bar ones are shit. the traction control arm ones arn't great either

i'd stick with standard ones or buy powerflex ones

 

had deflex topmounts on my cossy - they split after 3 weeks and splayed out

but the arb and tca bushes i couldn't fault at all on my last car - very good they were

 

no problems on my 3 door, both front and back ends are all deflex

 

Had a few probs with Deflex on the ERST, some of the bushes kept popping out!! so changed to Powerflex which are much better quality.

 

deflex on my tcas and anti roll bar, no problems but were a sod to fit

 

Top mounts in my car (saph) popped out too, seems to be a common problem, well on this thread anyway. All the rest have been ok....so far.

 

Probably go for powerflex bushes, tried and tested and no complaints on here apart from cost, cheers ppl

 

I bought Powerflex top mounts for the front and can see no way to make them fit. Any ideas?

The back axle of my car has Deflex bushes in and the quality seemed on a par with the Powerflex stuff at a fraction of the cost, but 3 weeks ago I ordered Deflex rear spring pads, anti-roll bar bushes and exhaust hangers and they just arrived today - sad to say, they don't look great at all - voids and bubbles all over the place.

 

no problems with mine!

 

Same here and had the S1 done

Must be the bloke that fiited them

 

full deflex escos kit on mine, i had the full powerflex on my saph 4x4 and tbh, there is no difference in quailty, deflex cant be faulted and almost 1/3 of the price and they have a lifetime guarantee

 

I got superflex in my coz www.chriswitor.com or www.superflex.co.uk price is in between powerflex and deflex but i can't knock the quality

 

same sort of problem here . you get what you pay for

 

rs turbo ones were ok on mine.

 

Had the deflex ones on my saff,no probs at all.

Cannot complain about the price though compared to the powerflex ones.




Dave.

 

i bought a full deflex rear set for mine and when i opened the box and saw all the tiny and BIG air bubbles in the bushes was slightly concerned.. tbh they looked that bad they are still on the self in the garage as they wouldnt take them back !!!

 

By top mounts do u mean strut mounts? Apparently, these are a bad idea - and u should replace them with new ford ones. There is nothing there to flex as such - ie geometry doesnt change, which is the whole point of stiff bushes. Mounts just make for a harsh ride.

 

i've done Deflex all round my Sapph except for strut tops..
No complaints from me at the price
on your shelf they may not look quite so pretty as Powerflex, but they aren't on my shelf, they are on my car , and the fit and performance are fine

 

I had them on my series 2 and they were dead on. Far better priced than the powerflex ones!

 

got em on the front of the saff ... no probs at all ... got to get the rear done next ...just seem to be too busy

 

fit was crap on a s2 I fitted them to & the front outer tcas ones on my sapphire 4x4 cos collapsed & felt like the wheel was going to come off.
superflex ones from rally designs have always been fine but I prefer the powerflex ones despite the price.
never had any problems with the performance or fit

 

ian, how did they "collapse"?? if the support washers are fitted either side, it's hard to see where the bushes could go??

 

im using a full set apart from standard front strut top mounts, they seem really good, imho powerflex are way overpriced, probably covering the advertising cost of classic fords back cover every month! Deflex's took a long time to arrive though, lots of people moan about there customer service, i had to ring a few times and chase them up.

 

washers were fitted but the bushes were falling apart had about 1/2 inch of movement in the tca along the arb. u could see the wheels moving back & fowards in the arch