[s-cars] upper strut mounts

[Tom Green]

>
I want something more than hype from Meyle before I purchase their  
products.  The promises of high quality in the strut mounts, lower  
control arm bushings and "new technology" coolant reservoirs has  
proven to be hype only in the past for products that have been  
demonstrated to be inferior.

If you are expecting satisfactory service from $12 JLGermany upper  
strut mounts, I think you need to review this decision process.  I  
don't have all the answers but most of
the "bargain" stuff hitting the market is no bargain.

Tom



> The ringmeister wrote:
> I guess I should also clarify that the upper mounts on my car now  
> that are failing were not branded as Meyle anywhere, neither on the  
> box nor the casting itself.  I believe they were sold under the "JL  
> Germany" brand..... Otherwise known as "Creative China LTD" 8^).
>
> Supposedly the Meyle rep was very helpful in diagnosing the reason  
> for the premature failure of their mount and they made a run of  
> updated mounts with improved rubber/metal bonding and a handful of  
> folks on the UrS forums on AW at the time were using them and  
> observed marked improvement over previous product from Meyle.  I  
> think this was about 6-8 months ago?
>
> Wylie Bean