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  • Chillyphil
    Member Since: 07 Jul 2025
    Location: Paignton
    Posts: 94
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Silicon Silver

    Polybush refit.

    Hi All,

    I'm toying with the idea of replacing the suspension rubbers with a polybush set.

    I'm thinking of longer life and MOT checks.

    There seems to be a few different views on their use with the view that ride quality and road noise are unduly affected.

    Anyone got any view on the pros and cons of this change?

    Phil
    7th Apr 2026 4:55 pm
  • Chillyphil
    Member Since: 07 Jul 2025
    Location: Paignton
    Posts: 94
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Silicon Silver

    Hi All,

    Anyone got any thoughts on this?

    I'm in two minds really, best to fit polybush, or carry on and replace rubbers as and when?

    Phil
    16th Apr 2026 12:49 pm
  • Mole HD
    Member Since: 19 Nov 2024
    Location: Orkney Islands
    Posts: 785
    Scotland 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Fuji White

    I only have a bit of feedback from D3 and D4 owners who tried fitting full sets of polybushes. The general opinion was that they had a detrimental and unsettling effect on the handling and most who tried them out went back to rubber bushes.

    I was tempted...from the wear and tear point of view...but a full set was £650 or so plus the fair amount of spanner work required to fit them. Like you, I decided to wait and see if I got feedback from someone who had fitted a set to a D5 before finding out 1st hand that the Bling Barge handled like a 3 ton Renault Clio after going through the considerable effort of fitting them. Shocked
    16th Apr 2026 10:14 pm
  • Chillyphil
    Member Since: 07 Jul 2025
    Location: Paignton
    Posts: 94
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Silicon Silver

    Thanks Mole,

    I think I'll hang on too, until some other brave soul has the b@lls to try it out!
    16th Apr 2026 10:34 pm
  • Grunders
    Member Since: 04 Jan 2025
    Location: Manchester
    Posts: 15
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

    On the D3/4 forums and speaking to mates who have fitted them the feedback isn’t totally positive, they said the ride was harsher, the suspension wore out quicker and had to replace the bushes a lot sooner than expected, one mate said the bushes put strain on the suspension and caused a premature failure of one of the arms. He didn’t think it offered the same flex as the rubber bushes
    17th Apr 2026 3:55 am
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