which top mounts?

[sharki786]

my car is lowered on jom blueline coilovers, i fitted new top mounts all round (febi) after 3 years they are fooked. So i was thinking poly bush top mounts. After looking on net & ringing a few companies, i cant get hold of any. Who has poly bushes in their ride?
Also if you have lowered your car & had them fitted for more then 2 years & your mounts dont creak, which mounts have you fitted?
P.s roads down here are poop!!!
Let me know pleaseeeee

[Khare]

Use normal febi top mounts. I've heard many many nasty things about poly top mounts, including MOT failures.

[sharki786]

i have febi on them atm, they have failed its been 6 months now & now its eating my tyre

[Khare]

Thought you said 3 years?

Anyhow, when running coilovers you're always going to go through top mounts more often. Stick to febi 

[Len]

Eating tyres probably means you havent had the alignment done on your car!

[sharki786]

sorry to confuse you guys. i had them fitted for 3 years now (coilovers & all 4 top mounts)
they have been creaking for 6 months now.
after my uncle fitted the coilovers, i took the car for its alignment, it was superb but recently my passanger side tyre is being eaten away & im getting creaking from the passanger front side.

ps what about the vr6 mounts? will they be tougher or are they the same as the 8v? as i remember before people were saying to get the vr mounts

[Khare]

Just replace the top mounts with new febi ones and get alignment done 

Oh and check condition of wishbone bushes, they could be causing the excessive tyre wear.

[sharki786]

poly bushed the wishbones with flo-flex (same as yours)  they was done under a year ago. i had a quick look at them last week and they seemed ok
il just get the febi 1's

[Khare]

Bushes will be fine then 

Stick to standard rubber top mounts as I said mate, heard lots of horror stories of the poly mounts not sitting snug and needing trimming to fit properly, squeaking and even failing MOT's for whatever reason + they'll reduce the comfort in the cabin a lot.

Oh and definitely buy Febi, from tie-rod69. Don't bother with cheap mounts, I had to replace my "great value" top mounts after a few weeks.

[trog_nfs]

I bought my top mounts from the dealer. They had lasted 15 years no problem