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Installing some JOM "lowering caps" - um yea. Its
easy, but a total waste of time IMHO. :thumbsdown: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
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Dan J Reed
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Tell me about it.
At least all and all it was like a 30 min job, and I had to adjust my
camber anyhow..
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It raised your car an 1/8th inch...... lol :|
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That's lame!
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.
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Yea, I think part of my be the new strut
bearings... my old ones were really, really hammered..Big time.
Flat.
(They were 2.0 bearings, old style... same type replaced...)
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when i put new strut mounts in my car got raised
up quite a bit. my old ones were really shot and one was even ripped.. i
bet thats what raised your car.
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i think its actually higher..
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did u drive it at all and give the spring a
chance to "settle"?
thats when i reach for my revolver...
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i'm thinkin the springs will settle a tad. at
least i hope so. poo.
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glad i never did it...i thought about it many
times. people usually have mixed results with these.
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ATHF RULES......I saw about a 15mm drop after
installing mine...
*Bahhhhhhh*..The sound of the Vortex Sheep.
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I thought about lowering caps before. But not
anymore.Dan
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Yea, I duuno, I'm pretty bummed..
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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where'd you get those nifty strut tower caps?
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Old school MKII styles man!
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that was a 1/2 hour wasted, you could've been
installing a turbonator, gosh!!
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wow that really sucks sorry to hear. i thought
mine helped out alot too.
i dont ever remember reading about someone having this happen
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wait so they really show no difference? that's
lame...and dan why is your car so high?
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| and dan why is your car so high? |
Because God hates me.
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I installed lowering caps from TM tuning, mine
droped just as much as yours
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my car sits lower than all my friends
60/40........................maybe my kit is older and has more sag or
the caps actually worked on my car. i need new strut mounts though too
so yea its gonna be a little higher soon anyway
I do repair/upgrade work
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"WTF is wrong with those JOM engineers!?"
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I have caps on my Weitec 60/40 and it clearly
sits lower than another mk3 VR at my work with a weitec 60/40. I dunno I
had them on my mkII and they didnt do anything. guess its hit or miss
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that sucks a fatty **** like whoa man. Geth them
to refund you the money and cut some springs
or not, i drank wayy too much
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Stupid question to ask you, but i'll ask anyway.
Did u take it for a drive after the install? She also needs to go lower.
edit..i'm too tired and didn't read that people already asked this
question.
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lol I don't think Dan J Reed will be cutting
springs anytime soon....
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| Quote, originally posted by JRon24 » |
| where'd you get those nifty strut tower caps? |
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?
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| Quote, originally posted by Gibson5469 » |
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?
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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.
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same **** happened to me a loong time agoiirc,
these thing don't work on any aftermarket suspensions
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| Quote, originally posted by Dan J Reed » |
| Yea, I duuno, I'm pretty bummed..
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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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
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| 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.
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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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dan,
dont worry, the new strut bushings will settle 10mm or so over the next
few months.update this thread in september. i bet its lower.
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i hope it settles some for you
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ut oh
i was planning on installing mine next week. hopefully yours just needs
to settle. want to install mines dan?
i found these before and after pics in the archives
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