The "hopkit" consists of a bracket attached to the strut tower, a bracket attached to the engine block, and a small shock absorber. It was standard equipment on ALL '87-'89 16V cars. It was NOT on any 2.0L 16V cars. However, it can be retrofitted to later cars, or to 8V cars. The "hopkit" actually had sort of an unofficial recall in the early 90s. And it was also added to a few G60 Corrados because owners were noticing that at certain speeds, the right front wheel felt like it was hopping up and down violently. Kinda like you were running over a bunch of bumps in the road. I felt this in my '88 when I didn't re-install the hopkit after the motor swap, and believe me, it's frightening. It really feels like the car is lifting off of the ground. As far as buying all of the parts new...forget it. The shock absorber is $135 by itself, and they never wear out, so buy it used. But don't mistake this kit as a cure for your failed/failing rear motor mount. If anyone wants a diagram or part numbers, let me know.
-Dave '91 GTX 16V In a message dated 1/31/00 6:12:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I'm not sure... I thought that they only came on 87 and 88 16v's, but it's > entirely possible. Anybody with a 90-92 that can confirm this? _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
