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Opinions - Cheap Top Mounts

944 man

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Idly searching eBay for top mounts, I was surprised to come across these for Under £100 (£80 or offers + £16 del.) delivered. Im naturally sceptical, however Ive felt for a long time that the majority of adjustable strut mounts royally take the p*ss on price and offer very poor value for money.

I like GAZs offering (£160-ish del. but hard to find), but they dont have a reference milled on, which spoils them for the sake of very little extra work, in my opinion.

This is an image from the listing:

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They look pretty solid but the main issue are the bearings . By looking at the design of these you could have problems with the bearing biding as it takes the full load of the springs.
Most quality camber plates have a secondary bearing on which the spring hat sits on and takes the load off the main bearing to prevent biding.
Another thing is these are bottom mount and unless you have coilovers the car will sit higher and even with coilovers the height adjustability will be reduced in comparison with top mount plates.
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180923375699?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

I overlooked the link!

My concerns were the insubstantial looking bearing and the apparent lack of finish to the aluminium.
 
I agree with the others on the bearing point - hard to tell what is really in there from the picture. My research (because I don't want to pay C$700 each for top mounts (if and when I need them) shows that you should expect to pay close to C$500 a pair for a good pair of these. There is one company (Tarrett Engineering IIRC) that offers a pair that do not affect ride height - most of these will raise the front end about 1/2" (according to the literature) so are best suited to height adjustable suspensions.
 
Just to let you know, I fitted solid top mounts to my 968. I ended up refitting the standard mounts, as the solid KLA mounts made the ride too stiff for our overly bumpy b-roads.

So if you want to still have some road compliance, you might be better off sticking with standard top mounts.
 
Hehe, let me know if you're interested and maybe we can agree a price. I've also got some hard Poweflex PU bushes for the front wishbones (forward bush, like which you were asking about in the other thread), which are currently redundant...
 
Youre kidding, I bought a set the other day. I needed them quicky though and they needed to be delivered to the specialists.
 

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