Any luck with Chineseium suspension parts?

The rear suspension on the Radio Flyer (red 2004 Focus wagon) is shot. I'd like to replace the bushing with an OEM kit, but all I find is Energy Suspension's urethane kit. Not interested in potential squeaks. Piecing together OE or equivalent bushings, 16 of them, pushes the cost into E-Bay full suspension kit prices.

Are these Chineseium kits bushing made out of peanut butter? Are they simply OK? Should I just buy the Energy kit and not sweat the possible squeaks?

These days you'll often see Moog suspension parts that are labeled "made in china."

I have some chinesium bushings in the front of my Impala SS.  40k-ish miles and counting and they're still good.

Most of the chinese parts these days are 85% as good for 65% the price so I usually go that route

I'm all for tariffs. Hopefully they will make cheap knock off junk expensive enough that Western countries can compete again with stuff that is not made out of cheese. I am more anti Chinese by the day. End of rant. Sorry to hijack with my personal stuff. Carry on.

In reply to bearmtnmartin :

So...you say not to go the E-Bay route? 

Also, I neglected to ask if there is a place to source OEM or OEM equivalent rubber bushings that don't break the bank?

Ive been ordering tons of the cheapest suspension parts i can find to put on customer cars for the last 2 years or so and ive only had one problem installing something and no comebacks that i can think of. Actually, i'm just assuming the stuff is chinese because it was absurdly cheap.

I actually think the suspension part I've been most unhappy with in recent memory was some Gabriel shocks. 

The cheapo Chinese bushings are generally fine for street driving, that's what most cars by me are driving around on. That said, I think urethane bushings are worth it for longevity, just avoid creating bind by putting them in places where they need to deform to allow the suspension to move. There are things you can do to cut down any squeaking - adding teflon tape or grease fittings for example.

Also if you have a linkage with bushings at both ends, urethane on the wheel side and rubber on the chassis side is a good compromise, although I imagine it'll accelerate wear on the rubber bushing.

I know the wagon got a different suspension than the sedan and coupes but which bushings need to be replaced? I did a quick look on Rockauto and the prices don't look terrible. But I don't know what your threshold for "expensive" is. As far as cheap bushings; I haven't noticed a real difference in quality on replacement bushings. Sure the OEM ones are probably made better but those are expected to perform for thousands and thousands of miles. But you also pay for them dearly.

I've used Moog, Anchor and Mevotech bushings before. The Anchors were actually motor mounts but I didn't have an issue. I'm not sure about the less expensive brands as I have no experience with them. But with bushings, its definitely a job you only want to do once.

To peice it together on Rockauto, I'm looking at $250 ish for all 8 links. I've seen Ebay kits around  $160 with free shipping.  

This is a 15 year old car. If I can get it to last another 5 years I'll be completely satisfied. 

Also, only the springs and shocks are different on wagons. The links and arms are exactly the same. 

Not sure about the bushings, but I’ve had threads strip out completely on a front end kit I bought for a 3rd gen f-body in the past.  It wasn’t a case of me tightening something too much either.  I have been gunshy buying no name steering/suspension parts from eBay vendors ever since.