Finally got poly rear bushings into the E30 this weekend.

Steering feels like it actually read the manual for the first time. Turn-in is sharper, less of that floaty old-German wandery thing on the freeway.

Tradeoff: my lower back has filed a formal complaint, and I may have invented three new swear words while lining up the trailing arm bolts.

If you're on the fence about bushings on an old chassis — do it. Just budget for ibuprofen and a second afternoon you didn't plan for.