Mark V8

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I was under my car today fitting brake pipes and have spotted that the beam is just touching the floor

Anyone else have clearance issues ?

I can make a couple of small spacers and drop the front of the beam a bit...

Adam-M

Mines touched the floor while using the solid alloy mounts, so I machined some spacers (I think 6-8mm thick) to give me clearance and also spaced out the steel beam pad to get it parallel

Mark V8

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Thanks Adam

Not just me then!

Adam-M

From looking at my pic mark I’d say 6mm and it leaves about 6mm of the reduced stem to enter the guide hole on the floor

Mark V8

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What is it like to live with on the solid beam mounts Adam ?

I'm using some polyurethane ones from Burton.

Adam-M

Not on the road yet mate, they’re not as thick as the polybushes from my old beam so I think that’s partly the reason why the beam touched the floor

Caddyshack

I didn’t really notice much of a difference with solid beam mounts. If you are making a spacer then a hard poly 6mm spacer might give you a tiny improvement in nvh.

Adam-M

I’ll see what she’s like once I’ve got it on the road mate

Mark V8

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Went into work on Saturday and knocked up some spacers, still have the beam plate ones to make but wanted to know 100% it was enough before I went too far!

Had to space the centre tube by the same amount - 1/4" to avoid crushing the bush.