Suspension Brakes 1st Gen Most liked posts in thread: Broken Strut Area?

Rather than buy some more oem top hats that will fail again I'd recommend a set of IE fixed camber plates. A block of wood & a BFH will fix the mushrooming.

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Also check to see if the area's where the numbers are stamped into the steel are flat or "mushroomed". This will also need fixed if "mushroomed", and strut defender plates fitted to help prevent this from happening again.

 

Of course, it might help if you were to tell us where you are located.:confused5: Online help can be useful, but, if you are close to where some of us live, it just makes more sense for a visit....

 

If parts like this are such a great help and idea, why do people take them off again and sell them?

I see this a lot on forums, someone buys an expensive CAI or suspension or exhaust and a few months later it's for sale in the classified.....just makes me wonder why, that's all.......

And Scott, he did edit his post to show he'd found the answer already....

Those strut towers do not look like they need any attention to me. I'd leave them be and just put new strut bearings in - the OEM ones lasted this long (8 years), why not go back to those?

 

You need a new guide support, or upper strut mount as most people call them. MINI Cooper Strut Mount It's a easy fix. The cover your missing should be easy to find, i thought we had one but i don't see it. Any car at a junk yard should have it in place. you just have to find a car with no sun roof, or I'm sure we could get you a new one. I bet they are around 7 bucks.

Chad
Detroit Tuned
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There is a set of used IE plates in the MoM classified section.

 

Welcome to M\A and good luck with your repair.
Everyone has provided great advice above.

 

Love these guys that spam all kinds of forums with a question and then never come back.....

 

A block of wood and a big freaking hit will pretty much beat down any mushrooming. If that is the only issue your MINI has, I sure would not be ditching it anytime soon.

BTW, thanks for mentioning where you are located.

And, unless you send a private message to whomever you wish to get a reply, you will not get a reply unless you happen to check back in the thread of the forum you are interested in reading.

 

BFH = big farking hammer.

Don't worry about posting your questions in more than one place. Pretty sure everyone has done that a time or two.

 

HEY.....welcome back! Glad to see you here. Hope you will reconsider selling the car. This is simply a wear item that most cars will have fail on them. Get a new one and have fun with the MINI.