Several rear diff bushing questions. Need your opinion, advice and help!

[richinatlanta]

Have the grinding noise from the rear of my '94 325 and looks like it's time to do the rear diff bushings. Been searching threads and found alot of info on this, but have some questions:

1. Would you do this yourself? (at least remove it and take it to a shop to have the new bushings pressed in?)
2. Any other bushings I should do during this process?
3. Should I replace these with stock bushings or upgrade to something better? (I only have 50k miles on it, it's a 5 speed and I drive it pretty hard)
4. Should I get them from the dealer or Pelican, or ????
5. Can someone direct me to the best link for a writeup on this procedure?

Thanks in advance for all your help!

[Chasedrk1]

Dude head up to UUC in Alpharetta they are awesome and in your back yard.

[richinatlanta]

Chasedrk1, Thanks for the advice! I called UUC and talked to their service dept. He suggested that since the rear has to come completely out that I replace a few other bushings such as the frame and sway bar bushings. He quoted me about 250.00 in parts and 7 hours in labor for the whole job. I'm scheduled to get the work done next Monday. Not many places will quote you over the phone for parts and labor, so they already impressed me!