can i use my OEM top hats on my suspension?
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can i use my OEM top hats on my suspension?
hey whats up guys. i have a 91 EF and its currently on stock suspesnsion. i recently bought aftermarket suspesnsion for my car. tokico whites for the fronts and tokico blues for the rear, on eibach lowering springs. now when i bought it, it didnt come with top hats, it was just the springs and the struts. now my question is, will i be able to use my OEM top hats thats currently on my car? do i have to buy specific top hats that will fit my suspension? or do i even need one 
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Re: can i use my OEM top hats on my suspension?
hey whats up guys. i have a 91 EF and its currently on stock suspesnsion. i recently bought aftermarket suspesnsion for my car. tokico whites for the fronts and tokico blues for the rear, on eibach lowering springs. now when i bought it, it didnt come with top hats, it was just the springs and the struts.
No.
You need 4. Do you even know what "top hats" (I hate that term, it's incorrect and meaningless) do? Of course you need upper shock mounts. You can't attach the suspension without them.
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Re: can i use my OEM top hats on my suspension?
Top hat:
Google search for "top hat", and then search for "upper shock mount", and report back on which returns more relevant results.
The part in question is the upper mount for the shock. It is also the upper spring seat (for most, but not all, Honda cars). In no way, shape, or form, is it a "hat" of any kind. It doesn't go on your head.
Google search for "top hat", and then search for "upper shock mount", and report back on which returns more relevant results.
The part in question is the upper mount for the shock. It is also the upper spring seat (for most, but not all, Honda cars). In no way, shape, or form, is it a "hat" of any kind. It doesn't go on your head.
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Re: can i use my OEM top hats on my suspension?
Kids, this is why you should be very careful to be 100% completely accurate when you're being an **** retentive term ****. Otherwise, like kristo just did to me, someone else comes along and makes you look foolish.
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06-01-2011, 07:12 AM
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Top hat works just fine as term and shoudn't be used for OE flat mounts. Where it makes sense is for the shock extending mounts that actually look like top hats.
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