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Suspension Secrets Solid Front Control Arm Bushes - Toyota Supra MK5
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Improve braking stability and steering accuracy by installing the Suspension Secrets Solid Front Control Arm Bush for the Toyota Supra MK5 A90.
The standard front control arm bushes are made soft rubber with an oil filled liner. When driving fast, these oil filled bushes flex substantially leading to changes in front geometry and an overall vague feeling to the steering on the car. Under heavy braking both of these bushes compress substantially leading to a sensation that the chassis has a delay when coming to a stop. The geometry is also affected under heavy braking, causing the steering to move side to side and lose grip from the front axle.
To solve both of these problems, solid front control arm bushes are required. Our solid bushes are designed as press-fit replacement for the OEM control arm bushes. As our bushes are solid, they eliminate all of the issues caused by the soft rubber bushes. Instead you gain improved braking stability and steering accuracy at the limit.
Our bushes have been designed to use bearings that offer a very minimal increase in NVH, leading to an upgrade that is perfect for both the road and the track as they provide a very large performance gain for a very small offset in NVH increase.
The key benefits of our Suspension Secrets Solid Front Control Arm Bush for the A90 Toyota Supra MK5 are:
- Increased braking stability
- Improved steering feel and accuracy
- Reduced understeer
- Increased sense of connection to the road
Further Reading
As standard, the OEM rubber bushes used by Toyota are quite soft. They are built for refinement, flexibility and durability. Rubber bushes are quiet and are ideal for a car that is designed to be used frequently.
Unfortunately, when used in a performance application, rubber bushes have quite a few downsides. When braking hard, the OE rubber bushes flex. They flex so much that the wheel assembly moves rearwards as the car brakes. This causes unwanted toe geometry change which causes the car to feel very nervous and vague when braking.
The flex in rubber bushes also causes understeer and the steering wheel to feel very inaccurate during cornering.
Toe
Toe is the angle between each wheel with relation to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The animation below illustrates to toe-in, toe-out and zero toe.
Zero toe does not improve handling or feedback, nor does it create slip angle - all of which are desirable in performance driving - and as a result either toe-in or toe-out are more commonly chosen depending on use.
Tech Specs.
Suspension Secrets F80 M3/F82 M4 Competition Solid Suspension Bushes are designed and manufactured in the UK. The bushes are CNC-machined from billet 6082 T6 aluminium, and the rubber inserts are sourced from a renowned high-performance OE manufacturer.
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Such a good quality product..and well thought.
Caster and camber is perfectly dialled in with these. Easy to install too
Great bit of kit in addition to the eibach sway bars added another level of confidence in my F87 M2Comp’s handling.
Would highly recommend
Was going to wait a little longer to provide review, but immediate impressions of Soft Spring Conversion Kit are a big improvement in ride quality without sacrificing any of the chassis performance. Much more confidence-inspiring on rubbish New Zealand roads. Secondly, great experience dealing with the people at Suspension Secrets: great product (so far), great communication and great service. I only wish I was closer, not 12,000 miles away...
Paired with the Eibach front and rear sway bars, the Suspension Secrets front and rear drop links provided a significant improvement over stock. Experiencing firsthand the improvements after I fitted my first purchase from Suspension Secrets of front camber tops, solid bushes, rear traction and rear toe arms, it gave me the confidence to take another step. I haven’t seen any significant increase in NVH but a massive improvement and confidence in handling.
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Haven’t yet been able to install my bushings, but the crew at suspension secrets was very good. Very efficient. Hope to be doing business with them in the future.
High quality and perfect for what I needed. Jordan was very helpful in assisting me with my questions too.
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Quick response to questions!
Chose to give my business to Suspension Secrets, because I get follow up service!
Getting support that is hard to come by here in the U.S
Done exactly what I needed them to do. Car is running perfectly now. Thanks
Fitted Suspension Secrets Circuit Handling Pack Kinematics last year and the quality and support was second to none. Love my GT4 with this set up.The lower control arm bushes were showing signs on wear to fitted the Monoballs over xmas. Again quality is great. Wil use these Guys in the future when I jump to a GT3. :)
