The Bleazey mod is a fantastic solution to be able to easily replace and inspect the rubbers. I however have decided to not go forward with it as the value proposition in my case doesn’t pan out.
I’m at ~9k miles on mine currently and it’s a 2014. I only put on maybe 1k miles per year. Seems many owners report getting about 10k miles on a set before needing replacement so I’m probably due soon.
I only drive mine close to home so a breakdown wouldn’t concern me. If I was touring I’d probably lean towards Bleazey mod being mandatory to avoid ruining a trip.
I do all the work on my cars and would be comfortable pulling the engine to replace the rubbers. I have been able to inspect the rubbers through the use of a borescope I have. Mind you this isn’t as thorough of an inspection as the Bleazey mod allows, but I feel it’s good enough to get an idea of what state they are in and I do see a couple with chunks of the rubber missing.
I have decided to go the distance and wait till they leave me stranded. Maybe that’s in as little as 1k miles or maybe I’ll be lucky and get another 30 years out of them. I forgot the exact price but I think the Bleazey mod at the time I inquired was about $2500 and a set of rubbers was about $100.
I’m at 11 years on this 1st set of rubbers. The engine has to come out to do the Bleazey mod and rubbers would get replaced at that point. Since I don’t mind a breakdown, for me to buy the Bleazey and have it sit in my garage waiting for my first set to leave me stranded (which may never happen in my lifetime) and then basically wait till the 2nd set break down to avoid an engine-out (which may never happen in my lifetime) didn’t make sense in the end and I might come to this same conclusion if I were paying a mechanic to do the work.
This isn’t a knock against Bleazey, who is amazing and a fantastic person and contributor to the community. I just feel in my case its price couldn’t be justified for my use case. But if I were touring I’d have gone through with the Bleazey.
