Question abot Mk4 strut top hat

[Treza360]

buy some bling from the tuning shops ?

mmm J Caps...
http://rdefined.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=3116
http://www.jcapsonline.com/joomla/
Cheers,
Trent

[thekraut]

Oh did you have to??? Damn you! I might even have to pay for these now!

[RedMk2Gti]

Oh did you have to??? Damn you! I might even have to pay for these now!

Be careful with the following product description

Please note: These strut caps do not work with adjustable suspension systems (without modification).

[glidn]

glidn

That's a really bold statement saying we are all wrong mate. Then you mention it was on a MK3 as well! Come on.

Alex, they are like that normally.

Gavin

i know it's a fairly bold statement i made.
But i cannot prove on My GTI anymore sold it two months ago.
Girlfriends GTI has about 2-3mm gap.
Hell even the R32 mounts i replaced too only had 2-3mm GAP.
After about 3 months when they broke again in the R32, due to extremely spirited driving. Seeing the crappy design in them. They appeared as pictured above.

If you leave the car stock suspension mounts last about 12 - 18 months with nice driving.

Lowered and any spirited driving. They end up like that, if you look inside the gap you will notice a vivid crease in the mounts showing that they are past there use by date.

Heck i never ran more than 6months on a set for the front. Due to poor design that VW bestowed upon us.

[Manaz]

Answered my question already! Mind you, the plastic caps at thet top are broken. Anyone know where I can get stockies from aside from the stealer?

ECS have them - Genuine Volkswagen Audi - Upper Stut Cap-Priced Each ES#6242, on the following page: http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/...ubcategory=OEM (that's for Jetta IV/Bora, but the cap is identical). USD$2.68 each. I'm about to place an order with ECS...

[badgolfibad]

golf housos vr6 is the same, he replaced all his strut mounts, im pretty sure its normal, when the cars jacked up the gap disapears, when its on the ground gap is back.

[ranton-inc]

That Mount is Well Wickedly ****ed..

Replace em every 6 months.. it retains cabin comfort and makes it handle a little better

The MKIIIs always have the bigger gap

you could always get KMAC Mounts and eliminate that bushing all to gether and get much more alignment settings

I was doing my R32 mounts every 3 months...

[ranton-inc]

The MKIIIs always have the bigger gap

[thekraut]

Cheers for the info guys!

[83_SUS]

That Mount is Well Wickedly ****ed..

Replace em every 6 months.. it retains cabin comfort and makes it handle a little better

The MKIIIs always have the bigger gap

you could always get KMAC Mounts and eliminate that bushing all to gether and get much more alignment settings

I was doing my R32 mounts every 3 months...

where did you get your Kmac's from?