top mounts

Post Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:02 pm

Hi guys are these the correct top mounts for my moordoor m40?

REAR:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-3-E30-E36 ... 2ec72499ed

FRONT: x 2 obviously

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lemforder-Fro ... 35dc783315

many thanks

Rotta

Post Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:57 pm

They appear to be, but there's no way of telling if the rear mounts are of the E30 internal construction, or of the stronger E46 design.

Post Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:11 pm

Why don't you just put your vehicle reg on ECP website and select from there? 99% of the time, the parts are correct.

Talking about top mounts, what are the symptoms of them failing?

I've recently noticed a rattling/clicking noise coming from the driver's side rear, when going over speed bumps.

Can't hear anything when driving along a smooth road, so does that sound like a top mount?

Post Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:21 pm

i was going to get them from ecp because im also gettin cambelt kit, water pump, thermostat, all fluids filters plugs dizzy cap rotor arm fuel filter air filter ect ect i was just on ebay and saw those and was going to get them, mine arent failing but im doing new b4 bilsteins and all new spring pads the whole car is being refreshed so i thought id do those also

Post Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:08 pm

Why ECP? CP4L is their online sister company, starts with prices that are usually lower, and has permanent discount codes of up to 15% on top of that.

Post Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:56 pm

Brian, any ideas about what I've said above re mine clicking/rattling?

Post Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:49 am

are cp4l and ecp parts the exact same?

Post Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:03 am

zd3bx wrote:Brian, any ideas about what I've said above re mine clicking/rattling?

Expose the top of the damper rods in the boot, where they come through the top mounts, and bounce the car up and down.
Failed top mounts will be obvious by movement between the two.

Post Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:05 am

rotta wrote:are cp4l and ecp parts the exact same?

Same parts, with the same part numbers, taken off the same warehouse racks and packed in the same boxes by the same muppets.
CP4L parcels often arrive covered in ECP parcel tape.