psupolo13
05-28-2011, 03:52 PM
Hello and happy Memorial Day weekend to everyone.
Short version first, then in-depth explanation: With a mk4 Roadster complete kit, do the front upper control arms mount on the side or the top of the mounting brackets on the frame?
My dad and I thought that we would get a lot of work done this weekend with the extra day, but realized that we may have gotten a donor manual instead of a mk4 Roadster Complete Kit Manual (the cover says complete kit but there is a lot of stuff about the donor in the manual and lots of build details/pictures are left out compared to our older complete kit manual.
We are confused as to where to mount the front upper control arms. there are two mount points, on the outside and on the top. Our manual from December says to mount on the outside, but the one that came with the kit says to mount on top (although, as stated earlier, we suspect that the manual that came with the kit was mislabeled and is for a donor build).
the complete kit manual says to use the flangeless nut to mount the control arm to the side of the bracket, but our kit came only with nuts WITH flanges on them.
Should we just mount the control arms on the side and grind down our nut to make it fit? we would really like to get back to work but can only go so far without needing to dismantle a lot of work if we make the wrong decision.
Short version first, then in-depth explanation: With a mk4 Roadster complete kit, do the front upper control arms mount on the side or the top of the mounting brackets on the frame?
My dad and I thought that we would get a lot of work done this weekend with the extra day, but realized that we may have gotten a donor manual instead of a mk4 Roadster Complete Kit Manual (the cover says complete kit but there is a lot of stuff about the donor in the manual and lots of build details/pictures are left out compared to our older complete kit manual.
We are confused as to where to mount the front upper control arms. there are two mount points, on the outside and on the top. Our manual from December says to mount on the outside, but the one that came with the kit says to mount on top (although, as stated earlier, we suspect that the manual that came with the kit was mislabeled and is for a donor build).
the complete kit manual says to use the flangeless nut to mount the control arm to the side of the bracket, but our kit came only with nuts WITH flanges on them.
Should we just mount the control arms on the side and grind down our nut to make it fit? we would really like to get back to work but can only go so far without needing to dismantle a lot of work if we make the wrong decision.