Re: strut mount replacement: mandatory?

[todd@qualmedoregon.com]

Well, I thought about it, and since The Parts Connection has
the rear ones for $25 and the front for $12, the $26 total
difference isn't enough for me to justify the "experiment".
Any more than that, though, and I'd either leave the old ones
or try the front ones in back.

I better keep this car for a while, after all I'm putting
into exhaust, suspension, ignition, and cosmetics!  Maybe I'll
sell it to my friend's son someday so I can continue to enjoy
it vicariously...

> On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 todd@qualmedoregon.com wrote:
> 
> > Now this I find interesting.  What is the difference between
> > the two that make the Quattro rear bearings so much more
> > expensive?  Is it really safe to use the front ones in back?
> > For that matter, are the ones already on my car more like
> > the blue UrQ ones or the black front ones?
> 
> The biglist can answer this (and has)... but my understanding is that the
> cars come with blue UrQ-style ones in back, and black ones in front.  Mine
> has fresh UrQ in back and fresh 4kq in front.  I would have used the 4kq
> fronts in the rears, but my wrench said that the rears looked real good,
> so he left 'em.