Coilover Upper Mounts

[R.C]

Most people with pillow ball upper mounts will eventually realise that on a street car they are a noisy pita when they are worn out, it has been talked about from time to time on these forums.

I've been trying to find replacements for a set of Tein flex, but it's difficult finding anyone that will sell them individually without buying new coilovers. Have searched through the forums but appart from people posting up about noisy pillow balls and fitting replacement spherical bearings, not really much other info.

So, surely someone around here knows where to get replacemen upper mounts, preferably with rubber bushings? If so where did you get them and how much were they?

Specifically, for an R33 with Tein Flex.

P.s - if anyone can confirm that the OEM upper mounts can fit to tein flex springs that would be a good start, not sure if they are the same OD. From looking at pics of the standard shocks they look tapered, think the tein springs are straight and smaller diameter.

Cheers.

[R.C]

Ended up finding a suitable replacement, so if anyone has the same issue this may be usefull.

Firstly, I tried going through Fulcrum to get a set of the Aus spec SS coilover upper mounts (these have a rubber upper bush ilo a pillow ball) and also tried to order a set of 4kg rear springs. They were less than helpful, (tried head office, melbourne distribution centre and 2 different authorised workshops and no-one was interested in supplying the parts.)

After that I started contacting other aftermarket coilover dealers, Ryan from ISC who is on these forums was very helpful and ended up purchasing a pair of upper mounts to suit the N1 coilover for R33. They have an aluminium mount with a rubber bush and steel insert which fit perfectly with the tein spring and obviously still mounted to the vehicle. They also have a rubber seat between the spring and upper mount which keeps things quieter.

The ISC upper mounts suit 65mm spring ID and 12.5mm diameter piston rod - same as the tein. Possibly other makes may be interchangeable, just a matter of finding some dealers that can supply spare parts - most I contacted would only sell the entire set of coilovers.

On the road is much better than pillow ball, much quiter and a little more compliance than before. Interestingly with the pillow balls out I expected to be able to feel free play in the bearing - could not feel any at all though by hand. They actually looked in very good condition, they are just not suited to normal (rough) road surfaces. Now just need a set of lower rate springs to get even more rear compliance.

P.S - best thing is that the ISC upper mounts were much less than half price of replacement pillow ball mounts from Tein. Highly recommend dealing with ISC!

[maklaw]

hey buddy could you please,let us know...how much you pay for it...?? if you like send me PM...THNX