I've just had my ff in at the main stealers to get the air con diagnosed and the front knocking confirmed to be what I thought it was , and yes it the lower rear front control arm . The price is £156 from the dealer down to £20 off fleabay there is als the other option of polybushing the arms ,I've read somewhere that polybushing doesn't work well on the ff so I'm after the pros and cons
1 main stealer
2 cheap fleabay patten part
3 polybushing

I'm keen on the thoughts of polybush for replaced bushes now they are available, what's the consensus?

Matt

found this on a muddy website not sure how applicable it would be to a FF living 90% of the time on the road http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=78917

IMHO total waste of money, ONLY buy original bushes.... believe me I have tried them all over the years and you cannot beat genuine ones... Pete

__________________________________________________
2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Why not shop around for the arms, talk to Dan at Duckworths, he will give you a good price I'm sure. Then let an indy do the work. I had the mechanics in Nigeria do both front rear control arms on the 4.2 and it turned out to be a relatively easy job (the front bags failed and that is when we noticed the rubbers being in "not great shape"). MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

The only reason I brought polly bushes when I had my challenge defender was because they were easier to replace.

They don't last as long as the real thing and certainly don't feel as good.

Steve. You remind me of a young me, not much younger mind, perhaps even a little older!

thanks for the opinions guys I plan on doing the work myself as i'm pretty handy with a socket set and hammer

Get a price off Dan for OEM Delphi arms. Probably what were on it originally.

From memory they were quite reasonable, also is it the large bush at the back of the arm or the ball joint at the hub end?

Both are changeable separately, though the ball joint is fairly straight forwards the big bush needs pressing out, and everyone I have spoken to in it says don't bother just buy the arm.

If you are doing it yourself make sure it's on the ground before tightening the big bolts so the bushes are in the right orientation! There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

I went for genuine complete lower arms and do not regret it al tall: Go genuine via Dan  l=Oo\________/oO=l l:OolΞΞΞΞΞΞΞloO:l

Current
RANGE ROVER Vogue 4.4L SDV8 - 2013 - Indus Silver, on Almond.
RANGE ROVER Vogue 4.4L V8 - 2002 - ex-2003 G4 Challenge Event Vehicle, Stage 3: Australia
RANGE ROVER HSE 4.4L V8 - 2004 - one-of-one Overfinch
RANGE ROVER P38a 4.0L V8 - 1999 - ex-2000 TReK Event Vehicle: South Africa

Previous:
RANGE ROVER Vogue 4.4L TDV8 - 2012 - RANGE ROVER 3.6L TDV8 x3 - RANGE ROVER Td6 x1 - RANGE ROVER Classic 3.5L V8 x1

I rebushed the lower arms and as has been said above.... don't bother... took ages, was a right pain even with a 10ton bench press, it saved a few quid but I wouldn't bother next time..... Pete

__________________________________________________
2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Well I had a day to day when nothing can go wrong so I phoned the garage the I bought it from and they are going to do it all for me

result!  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

Excellent result. And far better than Poly. I did a D3 with Polybushes back in 2008 and they were in there for a grand total of a month before I did them all again with genuine items. They absolutely ruined the ride.