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Top mounts replace with 996 or 997 ones?

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I am about to start replacing my well worn standard shocks and springs with a nice new Ohlins package (POZ MN02), although I replaced my top mounts a couple of years back I was thinking of getting some new ones to go with the new shocks. I have seen comments from folk that have fitted the 997 ones saying they were better than the 996 type, and looking at Design911, cheaper too. Anyone any thoughts?
I am not looking to track the car, so fully adjustable rose jointed top mounts would be a bit of over kill and probably introduce more noise.
The car is a 2001 C4 having covered around 97K miles now.
 
Are you sure you can get 997 top mounts for a C4? The C2 mounts have been superseded by 997 part numbers, but the C4 still shows 996 part numbers on PET.
 
He means the correct 997 mount on a 996. Many people on 911UK seem to go down this route, all on there seem to be running their cars on a shoestring though!
 
Price was not the reason for the question, i was interested to hear if the 997 C4 mount would be better than the 996 one. Materials and designs improve over the years.
 
If the 997 C4 top mount will fit, then I can understand your reasoning, and would go for it. I just wondered why Porsche had superseded the 996 C2 mounts with 997 versions, but not the C4. The only logical reason I can think why they would have two interchangeable parts, is that they have a lot of old stock to use up.
 
Crass comment, T911UK.

The 997 top-mounts are meant to be an improvement, not a saving. 911UK.com is about enthusiastic owners, not 'skint' ones.
 
Richard may well have hit it on the head with stock levels! and we all like to save money.....[:)]
 
Fwiw I need new top mounts on my turbo and design911 have the normal ones and Hamburg ones which are listed as the same barring the Porsche tax, £109 each side which seems pretty reasonable to me.
 
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