RE: strut mount replacement: mandatory?

[Dave Conner <conner@cfm.ohio-state.edu>]

The UrQ uses the same mount front and rear.
And it is the same one used on the rear of the 4kq...all are pn 857 412 323B

The 4kq has a different pn listed for the front mount  ...  8A0 412 323D

All this is according to TPC's website.

The only question this leaves for me is whether there is 
... "any difference between the two aside from their color?"

Dave C.



On Fri, 16 Apr 1999  Todd wrote:

]It sounds like there are three strut mounts/bearings being
]discussed: front 4kq stock, cheap ($12-$20); rear 4kq stock,
]moderately expensive ($25-$50); and UrQ blue, quite
]expensive ($50-$80).  Apparently, all of them work in either
]the front or the rear.  It is rumored that the UrQ blue
]mounts are on closeout for $20 at TPC.  I will probably get
]these for the front, and have the rear ones inspected by
]someone who is qualified and decide whether to replace them.
]
]Does any of this sound like I am misdirected?
]