front strut mount replacement

[Grant Lenahan]

On older 4000 and 90 series cars, plus VWs, they wore out about every 
40-50k. So you replaced them every time, plus in between. Crazy not to.

Fast forward to the B5 era.  My experience is that these last a long 
time. My S4 ones were great at 80k when I parted company. My mom's 1995 
C4 quattro is 12 years old and they are just great.  But new is new.  
Labor each side is $100+, plus alignment.  or a couple hours of your 
time. if the OEM parts are *really* $15, I'd do it. The cost of being 
wrong is $30.  The cost of being wrong the other way is......

On my old 90q20v, just before I sold (to a good friend) I did the ball 
joints, tie rod ends, strut bearings, surfaced rotors, and replaced OOR 
tyres (50% waranteed). What an amazing difference on a car with 165,000 
miles at the time.

Grant
On Sep 6, 2006, at 8:07 PM, thejimrose wrote:

> hey all - im r+ring the front suspension and control arms on the a4,
> and wonder what the collective opinion is on replacing the strut
> mounts. ive heard they never really wear out on the a4's, but that
> said they are 15$ each..
>
> anyone know what best practice is on those?
> tia
> jim
>
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