Anybody here running the 034 or Superpro camber mounts have excessive strut bearing noise with stationary/low speed turning? I have been through 6 suspension iterations, if you will, with a combination of these mounts both stock/lowered and still have noise. New strut bearings straight from the dealer each time. They are less than $10 each but at this point I think they're ruled out. Currently running the F part number, but ran E part before.
I had the 034 mounts (bought used) installed both lowered and at stock height. Had more noise on the right vs the left but the shop said they thought it was the 034 mount and not the strut bearing. I don't really buy that due to some other issues I had with their work and chalked it up to install issue. No big deal though. This setup was last run at stock height.
Decided to lower the vehicle on B8s with H&R sports, on the super pro mounts. This was on the E part number, lots of noise. Picking the car up today with F part numbers but shop says noise is still there despite then having multiple techs look/verify everything is good on the install. They're not seeing anything that should be a problem. I'll drive it for 500 miles or so, see if it quiets down but then I guess I'll go back to stock mounts. I love the way the car feels with camber but can't live with that noise, makes the car sound like crap, haha. Might look into LCAs or something but they don't give the camber of these mounts.
The best guess that we could come up with is that offsetting of the spring due to the non centered strut bolt mounting is causing uneven pressure on the bearing so it's not rotating smoothly. Kind of a bummer as my understanding of the point of these mounts is to allow you to continue using otherwise stock suspension setup. I've run camber plates on past vehicles and these are much less harsh, as expected but honestly the overall noise is much worse and constant. Those past setups would sometimes have low-speed turning noise if I was close to full lock but it was much more tolerable than what I've had with these. I could explain those but the noises I have now are embarrassing LOL. Any ideas, similar experiences around here?