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Redish Motorsport and PowerFlex Bushings Order

So after doing some extensive research prior to purchasing the car I had already decided that I was going to need to address the "subframe" issue. I do not have the capability to do any custom fabrication work, yet, so as a result I wanted a ready-to-go kit of sorts. Based on my research I found that the two best, most available and most commonly used options were the Turner Motorsport Subframe Reinforcement Plates and the Redish Motorsport RACP Reinforcement Plate Kit.

Redish Motorsport have YouTube channel (www.YouTube.com/RedishMotorsport) where they discuss their kit in quite a lot of detail and also have a fair few videos of the whole process. Based on this extra information and the larger size and better looking design I decided to go with the Redish Motorsport RACP Reinforcement Plate Kit over the Turner Motorsport option.



 Following the Redish Motorsport recommendations for the install I also decided to buy up a set of PowerFlex Street Bushings to replace when I install the plate kit. The increased surface contact area of the PowerFlex Street subframe bushings is supposed to assist spread the load over the plates which then spread the load over the whole Rear Axle Carrier Panel, helping to reduce the forces focusing on the areas where they pull they RACP away from the rest of the car.

The easiest place I found to order the Redish Motorsport RACP Plate Kit and PowerFlex Street Bushing kit was through eBay. There is many other ways to order these parts but depending on where you are based.
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