Beware continued

[Donels]

I have 'no axe to grind' on either material but metalastic bushes are used successfully throughout industry and in general on many current cars so I cannot believe that they cannot be made suitable for an Elan. Maybe it is the supplier used by the usual suspects?

For industry they can be purchased from Robush Components Ltd in the UK , link https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... i=89978449

I have used them to supply suspension bushes on another car I rebuilt, but I've not checked to see if they do a standard size for Elans, but I doubt Lotus had specially made bushes.

[miked]

Up to each to us choose our type of bushes. Do what you want. Your car.
Main point for me here is about the Elan or Plus 2. I am not really concerned what industry do in general. In the day there were good rotoflexes, dampers and bushes. Things have changed.
I know that poly has friction. Hence rifle boring and lubrication.
I like to drive reliably and have experience of both types and came to a conclusion from actually doing work myself on muliple cars. Not second or third hand information.
I would not comment on anything unless I thought i could help out and had something to share.
I think we need to be a bit more open minded when we try to share benficial information. Some of the comments on here seem a bit tit for tat. I took the time to explain my reasons.
Otherwise there will be less inclination for people to post.
I for one am less inclined to post these days for those reasons. There is a lot of historical information on here from many years back when these subjects were discused in a lot of detail.

[2cams70]

You can use whatever you like on your cars. Sure poly bushes are fine to use if you don’t have an alternative choice and there may not be much of a difference or they may be even better on a racetrack if that is where your priorities lie. For everyday use on normal roads however I think metallastic offer a better solution provided you can still get quality items. There seem to be a lot of closed minds on this forum. As soon as you have an opinion that challenges the norm you get shouted down by all the usual suspects that like to view themselves as experts - even more so by those where it seems personal dislike gets in the way of the discussion presented.

People with vested interested because they may happen to sell stuff that supports a particular bias should also disclose that fact.

[rgh0]

You can use whatever you like on your cars. Sure poly bushes are fine to use if you don’t have an alternative choice and there may not be much of a difference or they may be even better on a racetrack if that is where your priorities lie. For everyday use on normal roads however I think metallastic offer a better solution provided you can still get quality items. There seem to be a lot of closed minds on this forum. As soon as you have an opinion that challenges the norm you get shouted down by all the usual suspects that like to view themselves as experts - even more so by those where it seems personal dislike gets in the way of the discussion presented.

People with vested interested because they may happen to sell stuff that supports a particular bias should also disclose that fact.

I see a rational discussion on why and how poly bushes can work Ok and that there are apparent issues with the quality of replacement rubber bushes. Yes people have their own opinions and they are welcome to express them. I dont see anyone being shouted down, there are roughly an equal number of posts in favour of poly bushes as in favour of rubber bushes. You appear to be the only one bringing personal issues into the discussion

[alan.barker]

Always used metalastic bushes like original no problem.
Alan