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Too much adjustability for my tastes/use. Just give me a drop-in-and-go solution that will last as long as my strut inserts and control arm bushings, please.

The other day I messaged the fabricator of those mounts, "Bambridge" on S2F, as he has come up with a stock replacement another member of S2F is currently testing. They are apparently a combination of polyurethane and machined aluminum with a serious bearing. He's not sure when they will be available for sale, but they will be priced about the same as the Comp Brake pieces (about $200 USD/pair).

ur20v wrote:Too much adjustability for my tastes/use. Just give me a drop-in-and-go solution that will last as long as my strut inserts and control arm bushings, please.

The other day I messaged the fabricator of those mounts, "Bambridge" on S2F, as he has come up with a stock replacement another member of S2F is currently testing. They are apparently a combination of polyurethane and machined aluminum with a serious bearing. He's not sure when they will be available for sale, but they will be priced about the same as the Comp Brake pieces (about $200 USD/pair).

They are not the most adjustable option. I see what you are saying but it sounds like you basically pick the middle and be done with it.

PRY4SNO wrote:Really? Nobody has any thoughts or criticisms of those beefy looking solid mounts?!?! My only inclination is they're expensive (100 GBP+bearing per corner) but the fact there's an integrated strut brace just ices the cake.

It sounds like the brace mount is more money and he had not designed one for the front since S2s are factory braced. For about the same money (I'm guessing >$200/corner w/brace mounts), I am thinking I'd rather weld in adjustables.

at least for the front, just cut your tops out and weld in HTMS plates for Ground Control bearings/topplates. you can gain a lot of castor by moving the mount rearward, and then its still adjustable from there. once you get through the labor and initial investment, the bearings are easily replacable. they are also properly design IMO for the different loads they will see, and seem to age relatively well from what ive heard.

Haydn doing my front strut tops, about 3/4 of the way down
http://www.theprojectpad.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=193



Me doing the rear strut tops
http://www.theprojectpad.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=193&p=45638#p45276

and a pic, stock mount in there for "shop push around" purposes and not to dirty up my nice bearings