Suspension Geeks: Strut mount question

[ggehrke at gmail.com (GGehrke)]

On 2/23/06, Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have H&R coilovers with the Bonrath Strut Caps.  The coilovers still use
> the upper strut cap.  The boraths lower the car without losing the amount of
> travel.
>
> My son's car has H&R Coilovers with the stock strut mounts.  They tend to
> wear quite fast.

Interesting.  That's what Brian McGarvey told me too, but when I
talked to Potter about it he talked me out of the Bonrath caps - said
unless I was thrashing the car on the track they were unnecessary.


Anyways, I have a lot going on for the next day or two but I'm
thinking I'm going to go out this weekend and try to find some books 
on suspension tuning.  I'll learn, poke around in my current sciroccos
(after all I do have what basically ammounts to a
parts/experimentation car), probably install the H&R Kit as is when it
arrives, and maybe down the road keep modifying it.  Before I throw
away the old strut mounts, though, I'll probably try cutting them up
to see if it's feasible.  I might try to get the machine shop here at
school to cut me some plates out of scrap, too.
If I try anything drastic I'll be sure to fill the list in on the details.

-Grant-