snooozie

Guys,

I'm thinking about changing some of the dry rotted 15+ year old suspension rubber bushings to polyurethane. I found a place call Hedgehog Tuning and Motorsports who specialist in one-of type projects for Mercedes vehicles. Have anyone here in this forum ever dealt with them? I have their Facebook page and it looks very interesting. Anyone who knows anything about them please let me know as I want to order the bushings from them soon. The person that reply back to me said it takes 5-6 weeks to have a set ( front & back) bushings made. Here are some pictures they send me. I'm interested in all the front and rear bushings minus the camber arm.

If anyone knows where I can get these poly bushing other then this place, please let me know.

NAFT1

The polyurethane bushings don't have a reputation for being very durable in our cars' control arm bushings. They tend to deform over time, such as a year or two in some cases I have heard of. I haven't tried them myself on a long term basis, but used to build control arms with urethane bushings for track applications, and we used the same ones on our World Challenge car. Sway bar linkage; properly greased at every oil change, I had good results in many other cars in reducing the lateral roll. Dry polyurethane often squeaks like an old pickup driving down a dirt road; I personally wouldn't use any without a grease fitting.

sick430

It will also suck driving down the road, polyurethane is great for weekend only and track cars.

eFifty5AMG

I have their poly adjustable upper control arms & their complete lower poly control arm bushings on my C43. The machining is great & it really tightens up the steering & responsiveness. I admit, the ride is not as comfortable, but for adjustability & handling I think it's worth it. They make a bunch of stuff including the rear multilink setup over at Hedgehog & Ake has been great to work with. Contact him if you have any questions Supornsak@Hedgehog-Motorsport.com

-Hayden

snooozie

Thanks for the info. I had a pair of camber kit which I bought from a forum member Ghostrider a few years ago and I like the tightness of the rear with the poly bushings on the control arms. That was why I got to think about poly bushings. My car is a 2002. Given the age 13 plus years, all the rubber bushings underneath must be dead. I would definitely email him. I also found out that eBay had the front LCA bushings sold under the brand PBS (Problem Solving Bushings). Might get those for the front and order the rears from Hedgehog-Motorsport.

ML63 AMG

I am talking to them as well. The full kit of bushings and arms is like $950. But I am going to get the w202 poly LCA bushings off eBay to cut the costs down to around $750

snooozie

That's what I thought. I was thinking of the PSB bushings on eBay and maybe checking out the Energy Suspension bushings too. Some of the aftermarket bushing from Energy Suspension might fit the sway bars and the smaller control arms. I'll let you guys know what I find in a few weeks. Might save some serious money if you can find the smaller aftermarket bushings replacements readily available.

ML63 AMG

Same, energy suspension seems to be a much cheaper alternative. The PSB LCA Bushings are actuallly a solid one piece where as the hedge hog ones are two piece. I actually like the 1piece idea more, less things to go wrong.

I will be getting the rear subframe bushings from them soon though along with adjustable offset camber arms off eBay if I need them. Real bushings will help the car put the power down much better. I did this on my old M3 and it was astonishing how much more power it could put down without breaking tires loose. Probably a good 50hp more

snooozie

Keep us tune as to how that works out. Definitely like to know👌🏻