yes there is a noticable difference in how it shifts, Much more solid felling, It does deffently take the rubbery feel out of shifing. You can goto www.escortfocus.com they have the bronze oil bushings, and also the polyurethane bushings also. I paid like 37.00 which included Shipping for the bushings. Installation was simple, needed one socket and wratchet took about 10 min. Check out the link for install pics.