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Dan J Reed JOM Lowering caps (Before/After) « » 8:31 PM 6-27-2006

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Installing some JOM "lowering caps" - um yea. Its easy, but a total waste of time IMHO. :thumbsdown:

I had to replace my strut bearings anyhow... and fix a dust boot and bump stop.. so here goes..
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AFTER = WASTE OF TIME = No noise, but the fact is - these did nothing to lower my car.

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Re: (EDM_v-dub) » « » 8:33 PM 6-27-2006
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Tell me about it.

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georgekelp Re: JOM Lowering caps (Dan J Reed) » « » 8:36 PM 6-27-2006

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That's lame!

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If you changed them with VR mounts, then the vr ones just counteracted the drop of the lowering caps.
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If neither of the above that is really super lame man.

I'll keep this in mind in the future.

Dan J Reed Re: (Luke9583) » « » 8:36 PM 6-27-2006

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Yea, I think part of my be the new strut bearings... my old ones were really, really hammered..

Big time.
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when i put new strut mounts in my car got raised up quite a bit. my old ones were really shot and one was even ripped.. i bet thats what raised your car.

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Sirsmit418 » « » 8:40 PM 6-27-2006

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i think its actually higher..

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civcklr Re: (Franco...) » « » 9:00 PM 6-27-2006

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ATHF RULES......

I saw about a 15mm drop after installing mine...

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Dan J Reed Re: (MerryBerry) » « » 9:40 PM 6-27-2006

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Yea, I duuno, I'm pretty bummed..

I mean, on the upside now that I got a nice 1.0(-) camber per side - car handles LIKE A DREAM! - and the strut bearings were falling out... so meh... I was there...
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JRon24 Re: JOM Lowering caps (Dan J Reed) » « » 9:44 PM 6-27-2006

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where'd you get those nifty strut tower caps?

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vote for this.

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Old school MKII styles man!

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Acri2903 Re: JOM Lowering caps (Dan J Reed) » « » 10:04 PM 6-27-2006

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that was a 1/2 hour wasted, you could've been installing a turbonator, gosh!!

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bosoxfan455 Re: JOM Lowering caps (Acri2903) » « » 10:26 PM 6-27-2006

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1921 posts wow that really sucks sorry to hear. i thought mine helped out alot too.
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wait so they really show no difference? that's lame...

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Dan J Reed Re: JOM Lowering caps (nfx) » « » 10:33 PM 6-27-2006

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Quote, originally posted by nfx »

and dan why is your car so high?

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GinsterDbS Re: JOM Lowering caps (Dan J Reed) » « » 10:38 PM 6-27-2006

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slickrick592 Re: JOM Lowering caps (GinsterDbS) » « » 12:24 AM 6-28-2006

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1763 posts my car sits lower than all my friends 60/40........................maybe my kit is older and has more sag or the caps actually worked on my car. i need new strut mounts
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lilbacon3 Re: JOM Lowering caps (Dan J Reed) » « » 12:29 AM 6-28-2006

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"WTF is wrong with those JOM engineers!?"

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eurozex Re: JOM Lowering caps (slickrick592) » « » 12:29 AM 6-28-2006

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I have caps on my Weitec 60/40 and it clearly sits lower than another mk3 VR at my work with a weitec 60/40. I dunno I had them on my mkII and they didnt do
anything. guess its hit or miss

94jetta~~ Re: JOM Lowering caps (eurozex) » « » 12:36 AM 6-28-2006

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Offline that sucks a fatty **** like whoa man. Geth them to refund you the money and cut some springs or not, i drank wayy too much
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eurican Re: JOM Lowering caps (eurozex) » « » 12:38 AM 6-28-2006

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Offline Stupid question to ask you, but i'll ask anyway. Did u take it for a drive after the install? She also needs to go lower.

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brobsrabbit Re: JOM Lowering caps (94jetta~~) » « » 12:38 AM 6-28-2006

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lol I don't think Dan J Reed will be cutting springs anytime soon....

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Gibson5469 Re: JOM Lowering caps (JRon24) » « » 12:42 AM 6-28-2006

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Quote, originally posted by JRon24 »

where'd you get those nifty strut tower caps?

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LG6R Re: JOM Lowering caps (Gibson5469) » « » 11:44 AM 6-28-2006

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Quote, originally posted by Gibson5469 »

Early style 2.0 bearing equipped cars had the caps, I've put them on my vr6 bearing equipped car (thanks to the PO after a coilover install) and for
some reason they pop off?

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my butt just vomited all over this thread IMHO.

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same **** happened to me a loong time ago
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yo vanilla Re: (Dan J Reed) » « » 12:02 PM 6-28-2006

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Quote, originally posted by Dan J Reed »

Yea, I duuno, I'm pretty bummed..

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meh... I was there... thought I'd give it a shot.
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But still, 45$ - down the crapper.

As for things comming down, the springs and cup kit are well used, very well used.. and I am sure unless I get some sag 4 years from now out of the
mounts, I'll never see that 15mm again.

I'm glad you could all learn from my mistakes. Moe was right.

well think of it this way: if the strut bearings raised your car, then think of how much higher the car would have been if you kept the stock caps

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Dan J Reed Re: JOM Lowering caps (MerryBerry) » « » 12:04 PM 6-28-2006

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Vanagon, 98 Jetta don't stay on.
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They dont work because of the ammount of "drop" the 2.0 vs the VR6 struts travel (meaning, at the top of the strut where its held into the fender... the top "cap" as it
were).

If you put them on the VR6 or new style - the cap bottoms out on the strut tower and pops off.

IMHO VW got rid of them with the new design as a cost saving measure.

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Re: JOM Lowering caps (Dan J Reed) » « » 12:46 PM 6-28-2006
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dan,
dont worry, the new strut bushings will settle 10mm or so over the next few months.
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soccergk Re: JOM Lowering caps (jhayesvw) » « » 1:01 PM 6-28-2006

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ut oh i was planning on installing mine next week. hopefully yours just needs to settle. want to install mines dan?

i found these before and after pics in the archives

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