Amroth

Not a great photo but you can see the shredded rubber of the bushing on my car, to be replaced when I do the KW V3's

August West

Photo looks like mine as well...shredded rubber in the bushing. I had no symptoms as far as driveability is concerned but I wanted to address this issue while the car was being worked on and getting realigned anyway because of new tie-rods and new H&R lowering springs getting installed.

C2 Turbo

Well to those who did go with after market, which one did you go with and was there any noticeable cabin road noise or harsh ride noticed?

Thanks

fuch

I must admit there shocking money for what they are!!

August West

I went with the Weltmeister and lowering springs at the same time and the ride got noticeably stiffer but I got used to it and I think it even mellowed itself out a bit after a while. I love the stance and the handling seems way crisper.

Ken D

I run the ERP plates. No noticeable road noise, and definitely no harsh ride.

Vandit

Member PChar and myself are both in the process of installing these spring plates on our cars.

C2 Turbo

Longeivity wise, which one seems to be better, after market (monoball design) or OEM with rubber bushings?

I have a friend that has a brand new OEM set that he might be willing to sell for around $1100 so I am debating whether to get them or the after market?

Please advice?

Thanks

Vandit

As long as you run the rod-end boots on the ERP pieces, I see no reason for them not last damn near forever. If you run them w/o boots, well, they may fail prematurely due to contamination eating away at the monoball surfaces.

Tarett sells them. Get size Large.


http://www.tarett.com/items/993-964-...oot-detail.htm

Maybe Bill Verburg can chime in on monoball longevity.

C2 Turbo

Tarett sells the spring plates as well which look identical to the ERP one's and since they also sell the boots, I would rather just go with Tarett?

When would you be done with the install, anxiously awaiting the drive impressions

Vandit

Hopefully during the month of February. I'm the slowest wrench ever. However long it takes me, I plan on making an exhaustive thread w/ photos and narration of the whole process, because that's what I do.

Here's a start.








The number on the rod end is JM12T FK USA so i'm guessing is you could source replacement monoball ends if they fail and reuse the rest of the spring plate.

Seaflat

I still cannot believe you have to buy 750 part for a 20 bushing. I mean the factory bushings come from somewhere. Porsche isn't making the bushing. Somewhere at a factory there is a barrel full of them.

Has anyone had luck tracking this down?

Elephant Bart

Unfortunately, Porsche does not sell these bushings separately, only as a whole spring plate assembly. The bushing is actually a spherical bearing with rubber lining. Even if Porsche made the bushing available, It would be very difficult to press in without damaging the rubber layer and safely secure. The original bushing is flanged and flared.

Here's how the original bushing looks like.



We've made a replacement bushing that is modeled after the original, but easy to replace and secure. The bearing and outer elastomeric layer is pressed in independently and secured using a circle clip. Check out the product page for more info.

FeralComprehension

$560/set, for those too lazy to click the link

Seaflat

Ouch. and the fully adjustable whole unit is 750? Not sure which is more durable. This should be a 100 bucks part. I mean a set of koni's is less for the front end.

Not that I don't appreciate the feedback and investment to make something ...but