Well fitted the Poly bush top mounts.

 

Folks who know the Ploy bush top mount realise that the std VRS top mount cup will sit high. Although this does not cause a real issue it could cause strut to drop over bumps and also don't look nice.

 

Anyway more on that bit lower down i did just drive car and kept the VRS top plates and 3 days of running and i have to say no issue.

The drive with poly bushes is a little better for me because i benefit from the extra shock travel from raising the coilovers to compensate for the 10mm reduced height of the poly bush and something i really needed for my low stance.

No squeaking so far (although did grease them well)

I like the overall feel of the front end with the poly bushes in and i think completes my set up well of complete poly bushed front end and LCR subframe set up with upper /lower braces.

 

few pics 

 

new bush

 

 

I managed to lower coilover down in inner wing with enough gap to remove old Top mount and bearing and refit poly top mount bearing with strut still attached to hub(made life easy) and did not even need spring compressors(shows how low mine is..lol)

 

 

New Bearing installed into bush

 

 

strut passed back up thought suspension turret

 

 

 

Although i have been driving ok like it bugged me to see the std top plate sitting proud(anyone who knows me knows how fussy i am..lol)

 

Here is the std top plate sitting high

 

 

So today I picked up some VW polo top plates

 

 

 

 

In actual fact what i also discovered is 2 issues with the polo top mount cup plate

 

1. It is smaller diameter to the Skoda OEM one. Which could lead to the cup being pulled through turret and some examples seen on over forums

2. It is actually too smaller depth to reach the inner nut. And thus folks could actually attempt to tighten the cup down too much and this will cause bending and probably the cause of item 1 happening.

 

So what I ended up doing is the following and seen on a few other forums

 

Cut STD skoda plate to act as a larger washer to turrent

 

 

 

 

 

Fit the original Skoda rubber seal over both plates

 

 

Then I packed out the gap between strut top mount and bracket with a few washers to build up the height to make the polo bracket touch the washers and sit on turret at the same point as best as can. This allowed for a uniformed tightening and made sure polo bracket could not bend downwards and also ensure the bearing works as normal

 

 

 

weather this messing about is all worth it compared to real results for the poly bush is debatable but made me feel better  

 

I like the results  

nice job mate

deffo on the to-do list over the next few months (once i get a decent spell off work!)

Have u a part number for the polo cup mate ?

And a idea of how many washers u used to pack it out ?

Is it 2x 6N0412319 mate

Have u a part number for the polo cup mate ?

And a idea of how many washers u used to pack it out ?

 

Hi dude as a alternative to Poly bush top mounts you could use both the Polo Top hat plus the Polo top mount as that would give you 10mm drop as well.

 

P/N's 

 

two x   6N0412319 = £9.10

two x   6N0412331A = £15.54

 

Example of these verses the VRS ones

 

 

before fitting Polo Bushes 

 

 

 

After

 

Cool

I shall start collecting but

Caps

Bearing

And the poly bush things

Then try be brave once again lol

Your car has changed colour in those last pics mark

Your car has changed colour in those last pics mark

Lol....

Yeah you don't miss a thing.....[emoji12]

Undo drop link from coilover

Hi Bowders,

 

fixed the new top shocker bush mount in my skoda rapid,I am worried because top mount cup plate sits little high, which is annoying me..

you can guide me is this really a serious problem, causing improper brakes etc..

 

please reply on urgent basis

Edited 22 September, 201510 yr by VM3004