I had to replace my strut bearings anyhow... and fix a dust boot and bump stop.. so here goes..

BEFORE - H&R Cup Kit - Stock spring hat.

Old VS new

AFTER = WASTE OF TIME = No noise, but the fact is - these did nothing to lower my car.

My Engine

Screw you cardomain.

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At least all and all it was like a 30 min job, and I had to adjust my camber anyhow..

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Did you replace your strut mounts too?

Did you replace them with 2.0 or VR mounts?

If you changed them with VR mounts, then the vr ones just counteracted the drop of the lowering caps.

If you got new 2.0 ones and the old ones were worn out then maybe it raised it a little.

If neither of the above that is really super lame man.

I'll keep this in mind in the future.

Big time.

Flat.

(They were 2.0 bearings, old style... same type replaced...)

Modified by Dan J Reed at 1:39 AM 6-28-2006

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I

buy my daily!

1 thirty pack at a time

I saw about a 15mm drop after installing mine...

HatchBackMafia................

Dan

Quote, originally posted by Vayastyle »

i love this thread, so many people with little knowledge and lots of advice

Quote, originally posted by nater »

I see cars on here all day that SUCK.

I mean, on the upside now that I got a nice 1.0(-) camber per side - car handles LIKE A DREAM! - and the strut bearings were falling out... so meh... I was there... thought I'd give it a shot.

So I feel like I had the wheels off for a good reason..

But still, 45$ - down the crapper.

As for things comming down, the springs and cup kit are well used, very well used.. and I am sure unless I get some sag 4 years from now out of the mounts, I'll never see that 15mm again.

I'm glad you could all learn from my mistakes. Moe was right.

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and dan why is your car so high?

Because God hates me.

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edit..i'm too tired and didn't read that people already asked this question.

-chris.

Modified by eurican at 12:41 AM 6-28-2006

come on ova to my place

The Face

D. Stylzz...you know how I roll!

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my head is like an unblocked drain,
my head is full of brains...
my arms are like two shipyard cranes,
that may not work again...

Early style 2.0 bearing equipped cars had the caps, I've put them on my vr6 bearing equipped car (thanks to the PO after a coilover install) and for some reason they pop off?

Modified by Gibson5469 at 12:45 AM 6-28-2006

94 Jetta ~ Gone

03' Civic - 36mpg stylez

You're right. They only stay on the 93-95 2.0 bearings and on Mk2's. They won't stay on VR6 bearings. It fits right over them but I don't know why they don't stay on.

Quote, originally posted by Vayastyle »

i love this thread, so many people with little knowledge and lots of advice

Quote, originally posted by nater »

I see cars on here all day that SUCK.

iirc, these thing don't work on any aftermarket suspensions

4x100 15x6 BBS RS's

well think of it this way: if the strut bearings raised your car, then think of how much higher the car would have been if you kept the stock caps

Quote, originally posted by MerryBerry »

You're right. They only stay on the 93-95 2.0 bearings and on Mk2's. They won't stay on VR6 bearings. It fits right over them but I don't know why they don't stay on.

They dont work because of the ammount of "drop" the 2.0 vs the VR6 struts travel (meaning, at the top of the strut where its held into the fender... the top "cap" as it were).

If you put them on the VR6 or new style - the cap bottoms out on the strut tower and pops off.

IMHO VW got rid of them with the new design as a cost saving measure.

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update this thread in september. i bet its lower.

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i found these before and after pics in the archives

Modified by soccergk at 1:03 PM 6-28-2006