energy suspension mounts

[chinamanxr]

has anyone installed these mounts yet?? i just ordered them and should be getting them sometime next week. just wanted to get some feedback on them if anyone has installed them yet.

[Psychobroker]

Cross-posting a thread from genvibe about these mounts. I plan on buying them eventually, but it seems as though dmitri had some problems but it VERY happy with them in the end:

http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=9088

[1337trix]

heard lots of good reviews over @ matrixowners.com

for 32$ i guess they're a good mod

[Rice4Life]

I tried to order them but their out of stock . If it will get rid of the lurch every time your on and off the gas pedal at low rpm, I'm all over it.

[chinamanxr]

hey Rice4Life, check out www.ptuning.com. that's where i got mine. i should be getting them tuesday or wednesday and hopefully have them installed this weekend. that webside actually has pretty good prices for our cars... the next thing i'm probably gonna get from them is the progress rsb.. it's only about $105 there.

[Dredd2099]

^then subtract 5% dscnt if from MV.net

[chinamanxr]

damn.. i wish i knew about that discount before i bought my mounts... eh.. now i know.. maybe i'll use it to get something else later on for my car

[xrworkcar]

Got the motor mounts on thur. and installed them yesterday afternoon in under 2 hours, based on instructions from the first post over on MO.com. A little involved but not too tough if you are mech. inclined! Best of all, what a worthwhile mod. The lurch is absolutely gone, and a little more engine noise. Feels more like a race car

[chinamanxr]

how'd you get the rear mount in so quick?? that thing is tough... still having some trouble with it.. any advice?

[xrworkcar]

Put the car up on jack stands, used the floor jack to jack up the tranny slightly, removed the drivers side tire and used extensions to put the ratchet out in the wheel well to loosen the center bolt. There are 4 bolts holding the mount to the frame, two are recessed out of sight like the front mount. One of the other ones is the bolt, the other is the nut. Took those off and pushed and rotated the mount up and clear of the engine bracket, just enough to push the inserts in. My brother helped me from the top to get it back in place. Sorry this is so long, but didn't know how far you got.

[chinamanxr]

i couldn't get the mount high enough to get the insert in... i lifted it but it can only go so far... no way of rotating it. i can get the smaller insert in but not the thicker one

[xrworkcar]

I managed to get the rear mount all the way out by lifting it up as far as I could and then rotating the top towards the firewall. I couldn't get it out from behind the engine, but it was out enough to move freely and get that thick insert in easily. But yeah, before I rotated the top and freed it up there was no way to get that insert in. Also, if you get it out watch the back of the mount when you reinstall it, there is a hard hose that gets in the way just a little. Good luck.

[chinamanxr]

cool thanks.. i'll try that

by the way.. do you hear a lot of rattling when engaging into first??

[xrworkcar]

I only hear the rattle if I don't give it enough gas. I think the clutch engagement is affected enough that I have had to adjust my habits. But it's affected for the good. I don't think there's as much drag when engaging. Quicker take off.