My Upper Strut Mounts---How Bad?
10-08-2006, 10:21 PM
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My Upper Strut Mounts---How Bad?
Hello. Just wondering your opinions on my upper strut mounts. A good friend noticed them and reccomended that i thought about replacing them. The metal and rubber have become seperated by a few mm's over the years... I went on paragon though, and they are $350 each!!!!! please tell me that i am looking at the wrong part... What is your opinion on these? What/where have you bought in the past? Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!
Nelson
BTW: it's for my '89 944 NA
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BTW: it's for my '89 944 NA
10-09-2006, 02:37 AM
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I've been wondering about this for awhile... I think some people are using the eariler style ones- much cheaper- like $100ea maybe At Paragon? The newer ones are supposed to be better- supposed to subdue more vibrations, etc- the 968 ones even have a little metal strip across the front edge that's "supposed" to do it even more so, but not sure if any of them are any better than the oldest ones or not- probably not when you weigh in the cost...
10-09-2006, 02:49 AM
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Mine wore out bad enough to click whenever I changed direction. If the metal and rubber are seperating, then you need new ones. Oddly enough, a CHEAPER alternative is to go to an aftermarket camber plate.
10-09-2006, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Dmitry S.
Mine wore out bad enough to click whenever I changed direction. If the metal and rubber are seperating, then you need new ones. Oddly enough, a CHEAPER alternative is to go to an aftermarket camber plate.
10-09-2006, 05:42 AM
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I have the KLA monoball mounts, I didn't really notice any difference in vibration. To be fair, I replaced them along with putting new Koni yellows so the car felt better overall anyway. Plus, the KLA's were cheap!
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10-09-2006, 12:06 PM
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I did the same as Clint, i couldnt see replacing them with the factory ones which are close to $400 each. I have the KLA ones on my car (the cost of two KLA ones is still less than one OEM mount) and ive been using them the last 20k miles without complaints. A good product. They have seem some very heavy auto-x use and have held up well.
Defenetley the cheapest solution if you dont want to go with camber plates.
Defenetley the cheapest solution if you dont want to go with camber plates.
10-09-2006, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Clint's 944
I have the KLA monoball mounts, I didn't really notice any difference in vibration. To be fair, I replaced them along with putting new Koni yellows so the car felt better overall anyway. Plus, the KLA's were cheap!
Same here and they are a perfectly viable option... check out Paragon...
10-09-2006, 04:28 PM
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That is weird. Somebody has retrofitted my 87 then. I have an 87 so I should have those mounts, but mine don't look like that. When I looked at replacing mine, I found it was ~1/2 the price to go with camber plates instead of the factory strut mounts.
As far as whether yours need replacing I cannot tell you that for sure.
As far as whether yours need replacing I cannot tell you that for sure.
10-09-2006, 04:29 PM
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Mine failed at ~175k miles. That's pretty damn good for a rubber part that's glued onto metal. I'd say at 189k, yours has probably failed. The ones I have seen on low mileage cars have an even gap between the top metal disk and the rubber underneath.
10-09-2006, 04:42 PM
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I'm not ready to say that they are bad. What other "symptoms" is your car showing? Generally, it is not the rubber part that is the culprit, it is the bearing/bushings on the inside that expire and cause slop.
10-09-2006, 05:20 PM
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i don't know if they are bad. i am wondering if the distance in between is normal? If the bearings go bad what will happen? Dimitrys said they would click? Thanks guys.