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Although mine's an NA rear. Similar deal, replacing all bushings but using all ES (subframe bushings, diff bushings, link bushings). My link bushings just arrived today, THANKS COZ! :) Here's my pics, same same:
 Air tools rule, I had the whole thing out in about an hour including removing exhaust and d-shaft (which the front u-joint is bad). The only difficult part was putting the diff back in the subframe, I had to compress the rear bushings a bit to get the front bolts to line up. Also I'd recommend picking up a 12mmx1.25 tap and clean out the embedded nuts for the front diff mount. Tips for removing the subframe bushings:
1) I used a holesaw (2" up top I believe and 1.75" for the bottom if i remember correctly) and cut thru the upper and lower bushing walls into the silicone chamber of the bushing, then pryed out the core using two screwdrivers.
2) Cut thru the upper and lower inner sleeves with the sawzall and removed them
3) Cut thru the inner sleeve with the sawzall and removed it.
4) Used a wire wheel on a grinder to remove the bonded-on rubber at the upper and lower flange (I think you remove this sleeve too with the solid bushings?) After the first bushing the rest took me about 5 minutes tops (each) to remove. Much easier than I expected. Also this document was helpful for determining the correct orientation of the diff bushings (since the installation instructions were worthless):
[ http://www.botos.com/david/diffbushings.doc ]
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