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How many people would be interested in such a thing? I've been doing the research and design and wanted to get a feel for if it'd be worth my time.
Essentially I'm thinking welding in a bearing retainer into the stock upper mount after removing the rubber/washer biscuit. I'd have to charge a core charge with return to make it work though, unless you'd be willing to pay extra.
This would be the solution for you Eibach or Hyperco guys that want the mounts but to this point couldn't get 'em.
Let me know and I'll decide if it's going to work or not.
Don't have a target price currently as I still haven't nailed down the details yet,
Would it eliminate the noise from my rear suspension? I would pay anything to make it quiet, well maybe not anything. Just to let you know I run Hyperco and KYB's.
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Scott, this is a fantastic idea. I'll be the first on line for these. I was just bemoaning the fact that all of my GC owning friends who are buying your pillowball mounts were cool, and us Hyperco guys were left out in the cold.
If you build them, I will come.
Chris
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Re: Pillowball mounts for stock type springs anyone?
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Originally posted by shigspeed Essentially I'm thinking welding in a bearing retainer into the stock upper mount after removing the rubber/washer biscuit. I'd have to charge a core charge with return to make it work though, unless you'd be willing to pay extra.
-SHig
There are two parts to the mount. The upper part (Seat Assy-rear), which has the "hat" that you can see in from inside the car, and the lower part (Insulator Assy) which holds the spring onto the strut. Here are the part numbers and list prices.
I assume that your proposing to construct a new Seat Assy, retaining the stock insulator, and will need to use the guts of a stock Seat Assy. If that's the case, and you need a set of donor seat assy's, I'll be willing to buy new ones and have them sent to you.
Re: Re: Pillowball mounts for stock type springs anyone?
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Originally posted by chriscar There are two parts to the mount. The upper part (Seat Assy-rear), which has the "hat" that you can see in from inside the car, and the lower part (Insulator Assy) which holds the spring onto the strut. Here are the part numbers and list prices.
I assume that your proposing to construct a new Seat Assy, retaining the stock insulator, and will need to use the guts of a stock Seat Assy. If that's the case, and you need a set of donor seat assy's, I'll be willing to buy new ones and have them sent to you.
Chris
Seems strange that the parts are named that way. The Seat does not include the spring seat, and the insulator has no rubber? I'm thinking that you MAY have reversed the terms and it'd make sense that the washer and rubber part that you see in the car would be less expensive than the part with the upper seat.
At any rate, you're correct in what you're thinking. I've got a pair of stock upper parts that I've already burned out the rubber from and I've also got a pair of NAPA parts on hold as we speak to check out.
Hopefully the aftermarket ones are close enough to OEM that I can either make them using stock cores or cheap and easily accesible ones from the corner shop.
Originally posted by FastNX sorry, im not familiar with pillow ball mounts, what's the deal with them?
These mounts will replace your current "washer in a hunk of rubber" upper strut mounts with a spherical bearing mount. What that does is eliminates all slop up and down as well as side to side in the upper mounting point of the struts.
That in turn allows all suspension travel to immediately actuate the dampers instead of allowing 1/4"-1/2" of undamped travel due to the rubber deflection. It'll increase handling crispness and reduce alignment changes during hard cornering.
I'd be in for a set of these pillowball mounts. I bought a set of Hyperco's from Chris and am waiting to purchase some shocks, so this would be an excellent addition for me.
