One thing I learned the other weekend , when I did a mount and spring change. I found the AK and BK mounts are 2 different heights. The AK polyelast are the stock height.
The firmer Poly BK mounts are about 3/8" shorter. So if you want to close the front fender to tire gap a bit. the BK mounts are your ticket. If you want to restore ride height and performance from collapsed mounts. the AK are what you want. The AK also perform close to OEM rubber mount ride quality. Rubber mounts will always collapse because of the material. The 2 year old BK mounts I removed showed almost no wear. Just signs of the upper and lower washers surfaces. Clean and re-lube the bearing and they are ready to go back into service. Both the AK and BK mounts are great products.

 

Are you referring to the uninstalled height? Do you think the AK poly mounts compress to roughly to the same installed height as the stiffer BK poly mounts?

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Installed my SPF1590AK strut mounts today. Probably driven only 20 miles total, but they are quiet and smooth as stock. I'll try to update with more time and miles, but these seem like the perfect aftermarket mount.

 

Bickering aside :wink3: these threads are why I love forums like this. I'm collecting the parts now to replace my struts and sway bar links this spring when I swap on the summer tires, so this particular topic is super relevant for me. I don't know how old the current suspension is on the car (I've had the car for a year and a half) but the strut mounts in there are REALLY collapsed. Since I've been bargain shopping for PPV struts, I can splurge a bit on the mounts. The SPF1590AKs look like that splurge. Good discussion.

 

My SPF1590AK's are doing really well since I installed them in November. Same ride quality as OEM. No signs of any collapse yet. They came with the orange colored bearings which I have seen some information that these may be newer updated bearings. I am happy with mine, would recommend.

 

SPF1590AKs ordered. The plan right now is to replace the struts while I'm swapping the summer tires on, so I didn't spend the extra money for the overnight shipping.

 

So much for "Free Shipping! In Stock! Ships Immediately!" from the link above. I ordered five days ago and the status is "order sent to factory". I guess it's a good thing I'm not in a rush.

 

Please beware that that Link Shows 1590BKs not AK even though they state they are selling the AKs

 

Installed or Not. The BK are shorter and lower the front end about 3/8" on their own. I took out my Tein springs, and BK mounts, just because the front end always scraped on everything. If I had know about the height difference between the two AK and the BK I would have just change mounts to pick the front end up a bit and see it it was enough to stock the scraping. Now that I have my stock springs back in with the AK mounts. I might go back to the BK to drop the front.
PM an email addy and I can send a photo from my phone.

 

No need to take a pic, I was just curious. I have the AK bushings with KW coilovers and the car sits a tad too low for my liking.. even with the perch maxed out. I'm debating putting BKs on the Pedders coilovers that are on the way since they are more height adjustable.

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That's a bummer. I think I ordered mine from that same site. Got them quickly. I am sure they have periodic stock orders from Australia and do not adjust the website based on inventory. It always says In Stock!

 

That's where I ordered mine from. They even sent me 2 replacement bearings free of charge (which I asked to pay for) when I dropped the damn thing and it exploded all over my garage.

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OMEGA, if the car is too low, do not install the BK's . It will make it even lower, which sounds like exactly what you don't want. Stick with the AK's

 

So the whiteline ak and bk mounts will work pedders coilovers?

 

These are not Whiteline, they are SuperPro

 

Oh ok my bad...do they work with coilovers ?

 

They work with everything. You can't install a front strut without them, regardless of brand. PS the stock set up is Coil over, not just the aftermarket ones.

 

Ok no problem just didn't want to go wasting money.

 

After reading all of these threads. I ordered the AK's to go with my Eibach spring install. Thanks for all the info.

I'm starting to get a bit of rubber squeak pulling in to driveways. Hoping it's the strut mounts, but will certainly be checking the LCAs.

 

It was finally nice enough around here last Saturday (Sunday went back to the suck) to complete my suspension rebuild. I went with PPV struts, new sway bar links all around, H&R Sport springs, and the SuperPro AKs. First impressions are that all of the suspension noise I had before, which led me to bring the car to the dealership to inquire about the LCA warranty extension, are gone. The sway bar links were loose, the struts were in various states of failure, and when I disassembled the passenger side strut I found the balls from the strut bearing laying in there. The ride is stiff, but not harsh. Since my point of reference for this type of car is my clapped out old suspension, I can't compare it to a good FE2 or FE3 suspension. All I can say is that I am happy with the end result.

 

Good to hear your suspension rebuild went well. The PPVs will mellow with break-in.

 

One of my so-called "improved design" mounts just collapsed after less than 9 months so going for the SuperPro SPF1590AK ones and hopefully not have to do the job again for years!
Colin

 

So what was the brand so others won't be fooled into wasting their time and money?

 

Perchance it was Pedders.

 

Or maybe the updated OEM design: 92272959

 

The set sold by G8GTOTA.com

 

I've recently install the superpro polylast bushings and so far I'm happy and haven't had any issues.