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Top hats vs top mounts
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:00 pm
by macipusy
I willl be installing the GC coilovers with KYB AGX on a 91 SS....the coilovers include spring top hats.....
So I need to go buy 93-01 Impreza rear top mounts?
Is this correct....I'm just a little confused on the top hats vs top mounts...please clarify so I can go buy the parts at a junkyard over lunch
Thanks
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:51 pm
by jamal
top hat, top mount, strut top, etc are all terms for the same thing. This dealie is what you want:
You can find them in any AWD 92-94 Legacy or 93-01 Impreza.
Your ground control sleeves come with spring perches so you don't need to worry about tthem.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:34 pm
by macipusy
How much do these run from a dealer? Anyone have a ballpark?
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:43 pm
by jamal
Group N parts, which are harder rubber, run $110 a set from online places. oakos is sold out though.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:16 pm
by macipusy
Nobody has them....sucks...my install day is ruined....
What is the reason that the stock ones will not work?
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:27 pm
by Adam West
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:37 pm
by jamal
90-91 Legacies have different rear mounts that look like this:
You could try to use them but I am pretty certain they won't work.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:40 am
by ej22t kid
test fit the rear upper spring perch to the legacy upper mount. Depending on what kit you ordered you should be able to use the legacy mt or a WRX rear mt.
ps. you can probably get a mt from GC . it is an aluminum disc that uses hard urethane bushings. only you have to sand about half an inch off the inside because of the way the tower is shaped. bout $129