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[biggriffin]

You could use a jig-saw.or if got a compressor, air saw.

[chrisgixer]

I found it a pain to cut in-situ, but your eyes are probably better than mine. I decided to remove the wishbone for the other side. As said, be careful not to cut into the wishbone.

I think Chris must be younger than me. My joints wouldn't survive a morning crouched in the wheelarch sawing out the bushes

He has a pit.

I jack the car onto ramps.

Correction, I jack the front wheels onto ramps. 

Bah, you know what I mean.

[RobG]

Courtesy of "Turk"
http://s696.photobucket.com/albums/vv327/Turkpix/?action=view&current=HowtofitFrontPoly-Bush.flv

[Nick W]

I found it a pain to cut in-situ, but your eyes are probably better than mine. I decided to remove the wishbone for the other side. As said, be careful not to cut into the wishbone.

Having replaced bushes on other cars, I'd need a bloody good reason to even consider trying it with the wishbone on the car! All the descriptions of how it's done reinforces that opinion. After all, it's only two more bolts, and it means you can evaluate the rear bush and the balljoint. As for doing it with the car on the ground, you must all be mad!

[chrisgixer]

I found it a pain to cut in-situ, but your eyes are probably better than mine. I decided to remove the wishbone for the other side. As said, be careful not to cut into the wishbone.

Having replaced bushes on other cars, I'd need a bloody good reason to even consider trying it with the wishbone on the car! All the descriptions of how it's done reinforces that opinion. After all, it's only two more bolts, and it means you can evaluate the rear bush and the balljoint. As for doing it with the car on the ground, you must all be mad!

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it. Or seen it. Its easy.

[chrisgixer]

(Video won't play for me btw )

[Nick W]

I found it a pain to cut in-situ, but your eyes are probably better than mine. I decided to remove the wishbone for the other side. As said, be careful not to cut into the wishbone.

Having replaced bushes on other cars, I'd need a bloody good reason to even consider trying it with the wishbone on the car! All the descriptions of how it's done reinforces that opinion. After all, it's only two more bolts, and it means you can evaluate the rear bush and the balljoint. As for doing it with the car on the ground, you must all be mad!

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it. Or seen it. Its easy.

Poly wishbone bushes on mine. Plus the anti-rollbar ones(I wouldn't bother with them again). Replaced the rear bushes and balljoints while I was at it. There is no way I'd do any of this with the wishbone on the car.

[dbug]

(Video won't play for me btw )

Works ok here

[Shackeng]

I found it a pain to cut in-situ, but your eyes are probably better than mine. I decided to remove the wishbone for the other side. As said, be careful not to cut into the wishbone.

I think Chris must be younger than me. My joints wouldn't survive a morning crouched in the wheelarch sawing out the bushes

Did the TD this year, no problem, I'm 76.

[Seth]

(Video won't play for me btw )

The YouTube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Nfvr_CHQM

[chrisgixer]

I found it a pain to cut in-situ, but your eyes are probably better than mine. I decided to remove the wishbone for the other side. As said, be careful not to cut into the wishbone.

Having replaced bushes on other cars, I'd need a bloody good reason to even consider trying it with the wishbone on the car! All the descriptions of how it's done reinforces that opinion. After all, it's only two more bolts, and it means you can evaluate the rear bush and the balljoint. As for doing it with the car on the ground, you must all be mad!

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it. Or seen it. Its easy.

Poly wishbone bushes on mine. Plus the anti-rollbar ones(I wouldn't bother with them again). Replaced the rear bushes and balljoints while I was at it. There is no way I'd do any of this with the wishbone on the car.

Each to their own. But obviously I was referring to the process of fitting poly with the wishbones on the car. You can't really knock it, until you've tried it. It really is very doable. A one or two spanner job, in Haynes parlance. Especially for someone as handy with spanners such as yourself.

Also, obviously, if the rearward vertical bush is buggered its a bit pointless. May as well remove the wb's.

Don't want to be picky on a very helpful video, but to save some possible unnecessary agro...
Turks video mentions undoing the rearward bush bolt, there is no need to undo that rearward bolt.

[05omegav6]

The other mahoosive plus for changing them on the car is that you don't then need a full geometry set up

[TheBoy]

No real issue with doing it on car - the slight inconvenience of perhaps not being the best working environment is not enough to warrant the extra hassle of WB removal (that I find a real PITA).

The hard part is cutting the old one out - its slow and fiddly, this is the bit that will take the 30-60 mins per side. As Gixer says, don't quite cut through, then use a small cold chisel right by the cut to peel it up.

[Seth]

Don't want to be picky on a very helpful video, but to save some possible unnecessary agro...
Turks video mentions undoing the rearward bush bolt, there is no need to undo that rearward bolt.

I know, I know ... gonna drag 'im in the office 'bout that ... when I can actually find the git boyo!