Yeah removing the bumper is the right way to do it. You need to get the bumper off and take off the bumper shocks so the radiator support/IC piping can move forward enough to get the snub on/off between that and spindle on the front of the oil pan... Or something like that. If it can be done another way, im sure great force is being used and other parts are getting bent/ruined. Ive done it twice. Dont use it on an automatic unless you have done some serious shaving. I installed my apr snub when i did my timing belt and took it off and put the new oem updated one. I drove with the apr (shaved 3 times) for about a month hoping the vibrations would go away, wishing my wife would stop complaining etc... Got frustrated and jsut bought the oem and took about 45 mins. I can get the bumper off in under 10 mins now!

 

which other two and greed speed isn't as good ?

 

APR is better than GReedspeed.. go for the APR..

yeah, i can see how it could take some time with your car, but for a N/A 2.8.. there is nothing in the way like piping

 

good point i didnt think about the structual differences between our cars. What do you have where the IC piping would be on a 1.8t? Just radiator support?

 

dont remember off the top of my head.. but its cake on a 2.8

 

yep, once you master the technique of removing your front bumper its easy.

 

so how long should it take me with a 1.8t and following the apr instructions?


ps why is everyone saying the bumper is hard if there is only 4(i think) bolts holding it on?

 

Probably about an hour and a half with no experience.

 

There is abasolutely nothing wrong with the Greedspeed snub. I have used it on 2 cars and installed it on 3. It works perfectly. I have felt the APR vibration on a friend's car. Slight shaving fixed it.

There is a slight diff between the 2.8 install and the 1.8t install. The direction that the snub is installed is reversed.

 

hmm very tempting. Maybe even when i put my bumper on it would be fixed.