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Title: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: adziboy on 19 November 2011, 17:35
hello i need help how do you fit compbrake adjustable top mounts bought for my project of a mk2  and no instuctions please help  :sad:
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: jv on 25 November 2011, 14:05
The supplier no help?
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: Len on 25 November 2011, 14:15
What? These?

http://www.compbrake.co.uk/Parts-by-Car-Manufacturer/VW/Golf-MK2/VW-GOLF-MK2-ADJ-TOP-MOUNTS-PAIR-/prod_685.html


Drill lots of holes! :grin:
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: Wayne on 25 November 2011, 16:16
Quote from: adziboy on 19 November 2011, 17:35
hello i need help how do you fit compbrake adjustable top mounts bought for my project of a mk2  and no instuctions please help  :sad:

What problem are you having, they are easy to fit really, all the holes are for caster / camber adjustment as required.
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 26 November 2011, 18:32
think you might have to get a grinder on the lip on the inside of the turrets. Basically you want them to sit flat against the underneath of the turret. Then drill! 3 holes are enough

when you fit them set them at max caster (the camber can be done on the struts) as that was you will have less camber loss as the wheel rises

I found fitting the topmounts to the suspension a ballache as the threaded holes weren't quite concentric. Basically they are never coming off my coilovers again  :laugh:
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 26 November 2011, 18:48
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7692/dsc04817.jpg)

or you could do that^
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: JonLeeper on 01 December 2011, 11:12
Quote from: veedubgti16v on 26 November 2011, 18:48
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7692/dsc04817.jpg)

or you could do that^

Loving that, any more info or a thread link?
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: SoundillusioN on 01 December 2011, 13:10
^^^ That's had the turrets raised!
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 01 December 2011, 13:18
Thats my old shell, the turrets are in the same place, just flattened!

Jon look for '85 gti in members motors, it will be a few pages back by now, not sure if there are anymore pics though
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: SoundillusioN on 01 December 2011, 13:32
Quote from: veedubgti16v on 01 December 2011, 13:18
Thats my old shell, the turrets are in the same place, just flattened!

Jon look for '85 gti in members motors, it will be a few pages back by now, not sure if there are anymore pics though

Apologies.  I thought a bit of THIS (http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showpost.php?p=289503&postcount=77) had been going on.  Never noticed that mk2's turrets are so much closer to the bonnet than a mk1' s
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: adziboy on 03 December 2011, 17:51
thanks to every one  for all ya help , i asked the surplyer and he said "sorry not a clue mate " , should be a fun weekend
Title: Re: HELP.....mk2 compbrake adjustable top mounts ?
Post by: Mitching on 03 December 2011, 18:37
Quote from: SoundillusioN on 01 December 2011, 13:32
Quote from: veedubgti16v on 01 December 2011, 13:18
Thats my old shell, the turrets are in the same place, just flattened!

Jon look for '85 gti in members motors, it will be a few pages back by now, not sure if there are anymore pics though

Apologies.  I thought a bit of THIS (http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showpost.php?p=289503&postcount=77) had been going on.  Never noticed that mk2's turrets are so much closer to the bonnet than a mk1' s
Forget how epic that build thread is!
Mental engineering right there.