Unbelievable... Which brand to go with then?
What have you done to your car today?
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Attleborough, Norfolk
Interesting. I'm about to do a suspension refresh on mine and have the Meyle front strut mounts as every other brand including Lemforder and Corteco seemed to be sold out. The Meyle ones look identical to what I have on there currently in terms of design. I'm having the work done on the 2nd of December so I'll let everyone know if the Meyle ones are good or not. Just from looking at them in the box the quality seems OK to me.
Yes. We are talking about the rear ones though, not the front. However, Sachs front top mounts are readily available on Autodoc at least.
Ah I see, thanks. I have the Meyle rear ones too but I guess I'll find out if they're OK. Cheap to replace though if they don't work out.
Before you fit them, compare them to the old ones if you can. The originals will have four raised bumps in the rubber which serve to keep the metal of the inner sleeve away from the cup washers. The Meyle HD ones I had did not have this so you immediately got metal to metal contact. Plus the more I tried to tighten them up, thinking that was the issue, the worse I made the problem.
I'll definitely check this out.
Z44Jon
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Just fitted Lesforjor M Sport rear springs, B4 rear shocks and Sachs top mounts along with reinforcement plates to my younger sons Zed. I thought I was being a bit picky changing springs as the didnt look to bad but the coils were obviously touching. It sits & drives like a diffferent car & we have no nasty noises
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TIMMOS29
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Managed to get both the rear shocks changed very very easy to do. The hardest part was clipping the parcel shelf in with those bastard little clips that kept on falling off the rest was easy. If anyone is holding back on changing their shocks don’t my shocks were from 2006 and absolutely knackered. If you do them don’t forget to talk all your bolts with the car on its tires not jacked up.
I'm looking forward to getting some fresh shock on as well. I think mine are original and at 93k miles are completely cream-crackered!
I've also ordered the Bilstein rear shock mounts on @enuff_zed 's recommendation as the Meyle ones I have don't have those 4 raised ridges underneath and I hate suspension clonks.
I've also ordered the Bilstein rear shock mounts on @enuff_zed 's recommendation as the Meyle ones I have don't have those 4 raised ridges underneath and I hate suspension clonks.
When you get the Bilstein ones, could you take a photo of those and the Meyle ones, so others can see what I'm on about please?
I think you can see here with the Meyle ones that the contact area with the cup is kind of flat:
And the Bilstein ones which have these 4 locating ridges which is I think what you are describing @enuff_zed ?
And the Bilstein ones which have these 4 locating ridges which is I think what you are describing @enuff_zed ?
Exactly! Thank you for your time. It is plain to see that the centre sleeve of the Meyle one sticks out and would be hard up against the cup washer. It does seem a very strange design. I suppose in theory you could simply fit some kind of rubber disc between them but that’s a compromise.
Be interested to see if you have any signs of wear on the top mount or cup washer.
Let's hope this is indeed the source of your annoying rattle/knock.
Changed windscreen seal then took the old girl out for 2 hours has she's been sat for 2 weeks had scraping from under the car turns out I've damaged the oil sump cover got a nice bit of plastic dangling but I'll sort it this weekend
How did that go with the windscreen seal? I am planning to do that in next few weeks with E86 Coupe, based on a few youtube vids, so hopefully should be relatively straightforward.
Warmed seal up so was easier to work with, corners we're awkward took me around a hour to remove, clean and install new seal used long nose pliers and trim tool