I have used ES bushings on my vert and they worked perfectly fine. I have since upgraded to SPL which are beefier than stock or Powertrix. If this is your DD, stock rods with ES bushings will be just fine, unless you have coilovers.
NA and TT tension rods are the same. By the way, I have a set of stock tension rods and stock bushings in excellent shape if you want them. They came off of my 95TT with 46K miles.