truthfully one of the easiest bushings to put in. yes, I did use the ES kit. I decided I would toy with them to see if I could do the install, and if I had problems I'd just overnight the Prothane inserts.

How i did 'em: i took out my handy dandy drill. I started drilling the rubber piece that is molded to the center roud pin. I drill all that rubber and got the middle pint and a good chunk of the rubber loose. Now all I had left was the rubber around the outer sleeve. On my bushings I had the outer sleeve and another piece of metal on each side. I then again pulled out the drill, and drilled the rubber and removed the metal plates on each side. Now all i had left was the rubber attached to the outer metal sleeve. I went to my local performance shop (Home Depot) for help. I was told the only way to do it was to cut the rubber away. I tried this for about 20 mins, and noticed I was going no where fast. So I decided to focus on the middle pins rubber first. I took the metal piece to my friend house who hand a bench grinder with wire wheel. We turned it on, and just put the pin up to it and see what happens. It was removing the rubber pretty quickly. But left a horrible mess and scent. But the results were awesome. So i had him grind up all the metal on the pins. Took him about 20 mins a pin to do, but they were perfect, and very bling bling.

I used the same method. I got a wire brush attachment for my drill, and just started grinding. It's only hard when you first start.

Over all pretty cake.

I just have the bushings for my ITR rear lca's left, and those look like they'd be the biggest bitch to do. so blah.