Top suspension mounts

[muks11]

Hello all,

My LC suspension seems to be a lot more harsh lately when driving over small bumps and pot holes. I read a few posts which point at the top suspension mounts. Does anyone know if this is a DIY job or one for the stealers. Does anyone have a guide on how to do both the rear and front mounts.

Thanks in advance

 

[james walker]

easy job mate, but youll ned a set of spring compressors and a lot of patience to get your front strutsout... took me 4 hours to do full spring strut change on my cupra?

look at avs car parts for ne mounts, youll need bearings aswell though...


dealer will probably charge 3 hours labour at £60 ish an hour, so worth having ago yourself if your spanner handy?

 

[Willie]

Muks11

It is a DIY job if you have a bit of spanner knowledge
you'll also need sporing compressors and a long reach socket with a hex drive on the top of it. This allows you to tighten the bolt that hold the strutt in while holding the strutt inplace with an allen key through the top of the socket.

The rear is a very easy job.

You'll be about £70 for the bushes and bearings.

If you want a guide I could type up something for you

 

[Jimski]

70 quid?! I paid £7 each for my OE top mounts, bearings cant be that much?

Have a look for some of the suspension changing guides and follow them.


Jimski

 

[Willie]

Jimski

Was that from Seat?

Is your a Cupra?

 

[Jimski]

Ahh fair play it aint a Cupra dude, think it was GSF/TPS or similar.


Jimski

 

[Willie]

Well a word of warning about GSF

It's still not confirmed but I bought GSF top mounts and within 1,000 miles they all 'seem' to be fecked

This is not confirmed yet but will be changing mine for OEM ones very soon.

I wouldn't buy GSF again after this

 

[Jimski]

Thanks for that dude, much appreciated, i might order some proper OEM ones and get them done.

Cheers

Jimski

 

[Willie]

Yours might be fine, mine don't seem to be

 

[Nutkin]

I got my top mounts from http://vwspares.co.uk/ so AVS you worry me now is it worth getting oem.?

 

[james walker]

the quality of the avs kit is very good mate, i got all my service parts from there and they are oem anyway.

the mounts will be oem anyway

 

[crazyshad1]

Well a word of warning about GSF

It's still not confirmed but I bought GSF top mounts and within 1,000 miles they all 'seem' to be fecked

This is not confirmed yet but will be changing mine for OEM ones very soon.

I wouldn't buy GSF again after this

Is your an lcr?

GSF told me they don't do them for the LCR, dealer only part.

Just replaced the front pair, £30ea for the dealers. They're easy enough 2 change but removing the strut from the hub is a pain.

 

[Willie]

Is your an lcr?

GSF told me they don't do them for the LCR, dealer only part.

Just replaced the front pair, £30ea for the dealers. They're easy enough 2 change but removing the strut from the hub is a pain.

Yup mine is a 2003 LCR
Interesting, that could be my problem then
Cheers for that

 

[muks11]

Thanks guys for all the replys. I was reading the thread below and "GETGAFF" says to do the rear mounts its only a matter of removing the 3 bolts and replacing the mount. Is this possible??



http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=71994

 

[Willie]

Yup the rear is, remove wheels, remove bolt at bottom of shock, pull shock out of mount, unbolt 2 bolts on mount and reverse