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Offline braderz

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Rear top mounts
« on: 10 September 2009, 12:40 »
my car is currently having its rear suspension top mounts done, under warranty from place i got it from :) however they keep putting me off saying its not ready still, apparantly they have to drop the whole sub frame out? and its a really big job? is this true lol as i have no idea how major this is. hopefully will get it back soon!
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Offline braderz

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Re: Rear top mounts
« Reply #1 on: 11 September 2009, 09:29 »
well anyway....

car is alot smoother and stable to drive now, would recommend it
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Offline Wayne

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Re: Rear top mounts
« Reply #2 on: 11 September 2009, 14:28 »
Should not need to remove the subframe for top mounts, unless you mean bushes.
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Offline bored_Welsh_lad

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Re: Rear top mounts
« Reply #3 on: 12 September 2009, 07:55 »
i was thinking this too... its a ten min job to do..
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Re: Rear top mounts
« Reply #4 on: 12 September 2009, 09:30 »
well they may have done both then, as it took 2 days  :rolleyes:
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Offline bored_Welsh_lad

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Re: Rear top mounts
« Reply #5 on: 12 September 2009, 11:11 »
The rear bushes in the beam are a right thingy aparantly...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3242686

see here...
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Re: Rear top mounts
« Reply #6 on: 12 September 2009, 17:20 »
Quote from: braderz on 12 September 2009, 09:30
well they may have done both then, as it took 2 days  :rolleyes:

Top mounts take about 30mins to do, so it must have been the rear bushes.
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