Rear Anti Rollbar Bushes

[David Edwards]

Right folks I know the front links are a direct match for the vauxhall vectra ones but are the read "D" bushes also vectra ones, cant seem to get into parts match on here, keeps telling me I am not authorised.

[Simon Jones]

Are you using the details Ian sent out a few week back? Just accessed the spreadsheet list & pdf version fine, so its definitely working ok.

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/member ... _parts.pdf

[francophile1947]

I thought the rears were from a Granada, but am not 100% sure.

[David Edwards]

keeps telling me " you do not have permission to view this page, you are not authorised to view this page" so something is wrong either my end or not,l0
Managed to get in after a lot of fuss and the rear bushes are not even mentioned...bahhhh.
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[Titan1995]

Open link in new tab Dave....Eureka moment.

[Driver+Passengers]

Have you tried turning it off then turning it back on again?

[Northern Bongolow]

http://soundcloud.com/the-lancashire-ho ... pport-song.

[francophile1947]

The rear drop links are shown as Anti Roll Bar Drop Links (Rear) Pearl PLB601 Ford Galaxy.

[Simon Jones]

I think he's after the Anti Roll Bar Bushes (as per the title) rather that rear drop links

As you can buy genuine Mazda bush & uprated bracket for under £10 posted, there doesn't seem a huge advantage is shopping around for compatible parts. Obviously, you'd need to order 2

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-MAZDA ... 2a25d7875b

[vanvliet]

Just fitted a set of the uprated genuine Mazda anti roll bushes mentioned above - good quality items. Half hour job or less when vehicle up on a hoist and no sheared threads.Handling def improved

[David Edwards]

10 quid for a tiny piece of rubber and a bit of bent metal, bloody shocking price but then again it does have the magic word "BONGO" I suppose, think I can get a set of two for a fiver just as good too.

[Ian]

You are right. It is a lot of money for a small item. But you have to put it in to perspective. It's a mad, mad, mad, logistical world!

The rear anti roll bar bushes are genuine Mazda items manufactured by a component supplier in Japan, transported to the port at Osaka, put in a container, loaded on a boat, shipped to Mazda's central distribution warehouse for Europe in Belgium, then put on a cargo plane to Coventry, then by lorry to our parts wholesaler in Surrey, who sell it to us for £4.14, loaded on to a Citylink van for overnight delivery to Bongo Mission Control in Sheffield where they are logged in on our "Stock" database and stored in a box on a shelf in our storeroom. By the way our storeroom is 1 of 4 rooms we occupy on the first floor of shared premises, and like all places round here we have to pay utilities, business rates, rent, skip hire, property manitenance, CCTV etc etc. Then when the order comes in we send it out by Royal Mail. Admittedly it doesn't take long to put 2 bushes (estimate 3 mins including addressing envelope etc) in a padded envelope (cost 5p), but we also have to get it to the Post Office which is about 1 mile away. If it's a nice day (rare in these parts) one of us will walk up in our lunch break to save a bit of petrol money.

We retail the bushes to members for £10 each. This breaks down as £5.63 plus £2.70 postage plus £1.67 VAT. We also have to pay a 2.9% credit card transaction fee, or 40p on a debit card transaction. Our gross profit on each bush is therefore about £1.10. We sell about 20 bushes a month, but then we also have to pay 20% corporation tax on the profit.

Tricky business pitching the price at just the right level! But I think £10 is probably about right!

[mikexgough]

That is cheap ..... look at other more common cars for prices....