coilovers!!! help

[golfgar]

just removed front strut,took apart old strut to get the washer out for bearings to sit on,but no washer!!!looks like the only way to sort this is to get a washer for bearing to sit on then get smaller washers to put inside of bearing for support,thought these hottunning coilovers were suppose to be a straight forward fit?

[jonnyturbo]

hmm yet another problem with the hot tuning coillies

[golfgar]

on a different note,218 bhp is that just a remap? or have you done other mods?

[Grand Master Patch]

What washer? The bearing sits on top of the plate.

Springs on,top plate on(red bit),bearing then your rubber top mount,all held together with one vw nut.

[golfgar]

if you put the bearing on the top of these hottuning coilies i got,the bearing is alot wider than the top of the strut and the outer half of bearing is sat on feck all,and i would have thought they wouldnt last long like that,got them on at last,if i had known what a crap fit they were i would have saved my hard earned pennies and bought better ones.

[Steve_PD]

You get what you pay for 

[DarkGti]

i carnt remember there being any washer and ive fitted 3 sets of these coilovers to mine and friends cars and they have always been straight forward, no problems and easy fitting!

[golfgar]

i didnt have a washer,but in the fitting guide someone sent me a link to he had washers,but like i said earlier the top of the coilie is a smaller diameter than the bearing,am i the only one to have had this problem? i know you get what you pay for,but you would have thought they would fit.never mind all done now just got to get them set up right.

[Grand Master Patch]

Do you have any pics of the problem that your talking about,it doesn't make sense

[jonnyturbo]

sorry mate 218bhp is with turbo back exhaust and Forge DV and a performance panel filter