Top Mounts

[s2driveruk]

sure i paid £15ea for mine from VAGparts

[Error404]

that sounds more reasonable - lets hope so

[s2driveruk]

just checked vagparts and:

Greens: £12.67ex vat
Blues £15.90ex vat

[Rusty]

My mistake, £15.90+VAT

Standards are £12.67+VAT, prices from the website.

[Acidburn]

I've been speaking to martyn when i've been down there recently and he said blue's are the best way to go, the one's on fitzy's car which was his old one apparantly have been on there for the last 2-3 years. Sounds good to me, gotta pick all my bushes up tommorow

[Error404]

yer think i'll go with blues - makes sence if they last a bit longer - also might make my car look a bit better if they drop the front by c. 5mm....
at the moment the rear sits a bit lower than the front as its a fwd

[mcandmar]

The greens lasted longer than the blues for me. I dont belive the blues are any better, as Paul mentioned they were designed for a ur, and also fitted to the back of coupes. If they were really any better Audi would have fitted them to the front instead of the black or green versions.

All of them fall apart within a year anyway so i guess it makes little difference. Solid alloy mounts only lasted 2 years on mine so there not the answer. Currently i'm running with promounts on the front, time will tell how they will last.

[Rusty]

Strange to have top mounts as a service item but that's what they've become!

[Error404]

it seems so.... not really something that should need doing every year

Maybe this is a sign of the state of repair our roads are getting into

[Pete Reeve]

The greens lasted longer than the blues for me. I dont belive the blues are any better, as Paul mentioned they were designed for a ur, and also fitted to the back of coupes. If they were really any better Audi would have fitted them to the front instead of the black or green versions.

All of them fall apart within a year anyway so i guess it makes little difference. Solid alloy mounts only lasted 2 years on mine so there not the answer. Currently i'm running with promounts on the front, time will tell how they will last.

I only sell the green ones now as the blue are no better £10 each no vat to add

[nigelm]

Strut top mounts

I’m often surprised there’s so little mention of Mount Savers (both versions 1 and 2) on here. The 'fit and forget' claims proved irresistible to my Mastercard. Masses of info about them on audiworld.com. Anyone with mount savers (or pro-mounts) had a failure yet?

nigelm

[Wiell]

034

i have a set of 034 top mounts on my desk. track density. theres alot more rubber on them. hehe but havent tried them yet thou

[Rusty]

Wiell, please let us know what you think!

[JariP]

I've been running 034 street density top mounts front and rear for some six months now. The ride is a bit harsher than with stock mounts, you notice it especially when you hit some bigger pothole or sharp obstacle (I'm running Koni springs & shocks too), the shock from hitting the obstacle transmits more sharply to chassis (and driver). Steering seems to be a bit more precise than before. 034 mounts also raise the ride height some 8-10mm.

They won't collapse the same way as the stock ones, it is somewhat better design but not perfect. As the suspension legs are not in 90 degree angle to chassis (caster&camber) and the 034 mounts are symmetrical and they don't flex or give in as much as the stock ones, the mount seems to kind of lean or sit in an angle to chassis and gives same kind of spring binding action as a collapsed stock mount.

[catgroom]

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Bah its pathetic isnt it Error!

You have this smooth quiet Audi.An expensive,quality car.Then,you replace all the front end stuff as I have done latelybar that stuff which isnt in need,and the thing still rattles!

I have blues,new top mounts,OEM Sports suspension (springs and shocks).Everything is torqued correctly.On a good surface,everything is whisper quiet.You hit a miniscule rut and rattle central!

Im turning off my Classic FM and gonna retune to Kiss now to shut it the f*** up!!!!!

I would have expected better from Audi.My Lancia Thema Turbos were actually much quieter.Youd expect those to creak like a Volvo 480!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve