Flyboygsxr
ADAM
I was at Road Atlanta this last weekend in the Boss for a track day. To give you a little background you can see all the mods I have in my signature. On this particular weekend I decided to go with the stock Pirelli's and pads since it was pretty cold out and I didn't to bother with changing brakes and wheels…I even drove the car to the track. I don't hardly use the stock Pirellis and being that they are 3 years old and it was 40 degrees out the traction was nothing impressive. On my 4th session the poly bushing in my Steeda adjustable UCA failed while coming into turn 6. I was hard on the brakes and the car out of no where kicked sideways and some wild axle hop ensued while I was sideways I might add. I came back into the pits and the problem was apparent as half of the bushing had come out the side and was only hanging on by a small piece still attached. I was still able to limp the car home without causing any damage but this is the 3rd poly bushing in these steeda control arms that has failed on me. Steeda sent me a complimentary package of replacement bushings after the first one failed also causing the car to go slightly sideways on a previous track day. Though the first time it was the lower control army and it wasn't anything dramatic. I could just tell the rear was out of alignment. I still have some replacement bushings left over but I have lost faith in poly control arms. Has anyone else had their bushings fail on them? I very very rarely ever drive this car on the street. I trailer it to 90% of my events and run the car pretty hard and pull some descent lap times. I don't know if this should be considered regular track maintenance? I would say the bushings will last me for a season which usually consists of about 10-12 track days. If you skip ahead to the 9:50 mark in the video you can see what happens.
Adam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xvz8tm33PA&feature=youtu.be
Adam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xvz8tm33PA&feature=youtu.be