03 MCS .The front mounts where both broken and the right one looked the worst . It was protruding quit a bit further than the left one was
I installed new KYB mounts along with the Madness mini strut tower reinforcement plates .
Everything went together just fine ,however after a few days of driving I can see that the right stut is again quite a bit higher thru the mount than the left side. It looked fine when I installed it!!!
It looks like it broke again although the reinforcement plates make it a bit hard to see .
I was wondering if I maybe twisted the spring the wrong way but I cant see how that would matter
Any ideas are greatly appreciated

PLEASE see latest updated post below as I reinstalled the strut mount

 

That sounds rough. Unfortunately I have no solution for you. Can you post some pics?

 

ill try to take some later today

 

 

I learned the hard way on another vehicle (Lexus RX300) that KYB mounts are crap.

 

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I also noticed that the 3 mounting studs are protruding at different lengths . Everthing underneath is fllat so it must be that theyre manufactured that way .

 

So what the best ones to get
Hate to have to do it twice

 

I wonder if the struts might be bad .Dosent feel like it but theres 120000 mi on them

 

Stick with OE or Lemforder.

 

Any more ideas as to what happened or why
Should I replace the struts when I redo the mounts

 

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View into top of strut mounts . What happen to the bearing on the right mount? Obviously failed the big question is why . Just a defective mount ?

 

So I just replaced the right strut mount that appeared bad and upon inspection looked ok even though it was about 3/8 of an inch higher than the other side . I also have the madness reinforcement plates installed
I also changed the swaybar end links and made sure the strut top hat wasnt deformed and the spring is oriented correctly .
when the car was still off the ground both sides where even . After driving a short distance the right side looks to be about 1/8 of an inch higher than the left .
The car drives straight with no issues .There are no other suspension problems that I can see as the previous owner had just about everything replaced
Am I worrying about a non issue ? Is this normal ?

By the way it turns out one mount had open bearings and one is sealed thats why they looked different inside . I called KYB and they said some are sealed and some are open and thats the way the stock ones are also