subframe mounts?

[Espresso]

Anyone know where I can get them? Been looking all over the net & just come up empty. The rear of the car is just banging around like crazy over bumps.
Hell, I would love to do an entire poly bush kit, but I cannot find those either. All the bushes on this car need replacing.
I need both the front & rear bushes for the rear subframe.

here are the part numbers & a photo of the rears...
Front: 1243506408
Rear: 2023503408
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ProjectCheap13/Picture086copy.jpg

[AirPost]

These?

Subframe Bushings (http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/products/products.php?year=2000&make_text=mercedes_benz&model_text=c280&category=suspension&subcategory=subframe)

[audiophile]

has anyone switched these out cause i know what Espresso is talking about my car feels like garbage over bumbs and i've already switched my shocks out:rolleyes:

[Espresso]

Originally posted by AirPost
These?

Subframe Bushings (http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/products/products.php?year=2000&make_text=mercedes_benz&model_text=c280&category=suspension&subcategory=subframe)

EXCELLENT man. Thank you.

[Espresso]

Originally posted by audiophile
has anyone switched these out cause i know what Espresso is talking about my car feels like garbage over bumbs and i've already switched my shocks out:rolleyes:

It wont really feel like crap. It just makes one hell of a noise. Well, I am sure some handling is effected. After all the rear frame IS NOT tight against the body. As seen in these pics & video, this is what you need to listen & look out for. Sorry for the vid quality. It was taken with teh camera phone & I had a cop behind me so I just kinda pointed it down & out of view. But you can pretty clearly hear the knocking...

Pretty scary stuff.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ProjectCheap13/th_MOV00010.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ProjectCheap13/?action=view&current=MOV00010.flv)

BTW, my rear bushes are fine. But it is the front ones that are worn all to hell. I guess this could be where my traction issues are coming from...the front of the rear subframe moving more than 1/2 inch. As you can see the driverside is nowhere near as bad the the passenger side..which is where all the noise is coming from. But I think I have a cheap temp solution, until I get paid. It can wait a few days, after all this has been doing this for months....stay tuned.

Passenger side(right side) top front of rear subframe(car in the air)...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ProjectCheap13/DSCF6461.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ProjectCheap13/DSCF6462.jpg

Passenger side(right side) bottom front of rear subframe(car on the ground)...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ProjectCheap13/DSCF6469.jpg

Driver side(left side) bottom front of rear subframe (car on the ground)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ProjectCheap13/DSCF6471.jpg

[benzboy]

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[Espresso]

Sounds exactly like what it is (also check your tires). I fixed my car with metal bushings(washers). I didn't bother with the new mounts. scrounged through the nuts & bolts pile. I found the washers that fit & put them on. Magically the light went away, as did the noise...for a few weeks. Then the car just would not hold a line. Going around a curve at anything over 40MPH & the rear would slide out.....just coasting, not even under power. It got BAD. No warning, no leaning, it would just start to slide.

I then got rid of the shitty ass Toyo TR1's(only had 8000 miles on them, they were SHIT) & put on some Bridgestone SO2 Pole position tires.
Now the ONLY time I get slippage is when they are bone cold & I accelerate from a stop, occasionally around a corner or two. Never on the corridor(highway). I can still do a burnout no problem when they are cold, but once they get sticky..WOW!!!
Now I can regularly go 260kph+ & do not have to worry about the car's rear sliding out, or the stability of the car. It sticks like glue now. I am still working on odds & ends. Even though I have the car for sale, I am not going to stop trying new things.

[benzboy]

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[OzC36]

Well at least the other bits are very cheap on Ebay.

[alpine951]

I think the front bushings of the rear subframe on my wifes 98 need replacing. I have been trying to track down the banging over bumps in the back for quite a while. I have yanked on everything under there with the car on jacks with the suspension hanging and also while up on ramps with the weight of the car on the suspension. I looked at the subfarme mounts a few weeks ago but couldn't see anything wrong. I crawled under it today and started poking around the lower most part of the bushings, which is a big washer with rubber behind it, with a screw driver to see if there was any gaps. This was with the suspension hanging with the rear of the car up on jacks under the rubber lifting points in the back. couldn't get the screwdriver between the rubber and the mount. I figured if I lowered the car back down on its suspension if that gap increased then that would point out the problem. Sue enough the gap increased way too much when the car was back on the ground so much I could slide a screwdriver all the way to the bolt. I just may attempt to only get the bolt out and slip some stainless washers in between there with the existing rubber backed washer. I'm not sure if I want to go through trying to drop the whole rear subframe. I know I could do it but I am wondering if the whole rear has to drop and is it tough to pry out the bushing.