Despite my car being near factory, I decided to go with these and remove the old oem bushings. Lucky me, I have a hydraulic press and all the necessary attachments to easily push the oem out and slip these right in. I do love how the car now responds during hard acceleration from 1st to 3rd, it is no longer as squishy as it was with the old worn oem I used to have. Other did mention road noise...well, I do not hear nor do i feel much change in that...only the way the car now pulls when I want it to.