I went with poly everywhere in the front end. I looked at it this way. They won't go bad and it could not ride any rougher than the old rubber ones that were wallowed out and was basically metal to metal with a little slop added in. I could not find poly for the rear spring bushings so I went with rubber. Someone told me that the newer types of grease and oil have additives that break rubber down quicker than the old types, but I don't know about that for sure. I have only driven mine up and down the drive a few times so I can't confirm any ride difference. This is my experience with all the LBCs I have fooled with. If you are taking a short trip, like ten miles or so, who cares about the ride. If, you are taking a longer one, back the air pressure off to about 22-24 psi and it will ride better. This is for the highway of course, not for taking lots of curves or it might start to wear the edges of your tires. It might get like 1 less mpg or something too, but it does ease the ride a bit.