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alhope34
09-06-2008, 02:09 AM
Well, I was at Jimmy's Thursday and got my motor mount installed. Good thing I did. Sorry for the crappy web cam pictures, have no real camera till a week from now. Basically, there's an inch long crack in the rubber of my stock mount. No wonder my engine felt like a wet fish in the engine bay lately. I was at 35,899kms when I replaced the mount, '08 MS3.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c63/alhope34/020133.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c63/alhope34/020155.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c63/alhope34/020216.jpg


Guys...change your motor mounts if you haven't already!

Unoriginalusername
09-06-2008, 08:21 AM
looks just like the first few CPE ones lol.... enjoy that SU mount

nicker
09-06-2008, 09:01 AM
wow you have a 08 with 35,000 klms on it! you do a hell of allot of driving dude! LOL

alhope34
09-06-2008, 09:09 AM
Yes, I will enjoy it! Thanks again!


And yea, I do quite a lot of driving. 23-25,000 is highway kms.

mleblond
09-06-2008, 09:38 AM
u got me beat at 26k :P but yeah guys don't wait 35k to change that mount...it should be the first mod on your list because it changes the way the car drives ;)

MSMitch
09-06-2008, 09:40 AM
Looks like I will go with the SU mount. No news on the CP-E one yet...
Al, what was install cost?

Unoriginalusername
09-06-2008, 09:45 AM
Looks like I will go with the SU mount. No news on the CP-E one yet...
Al, what was install cost?

I paid $30 at Street performance i believe if my memory serves me correctly

alhope34
09-06-2008, 10:00 AM
Yep, $30. Jimmy gets it done in 20 minutes flat.

Fobio
09-06-2008, 10:48 AM
Yes, I will enjoy it! Thanks again!


And yea, I do quite a lot of driving. 23-25,000 is highway kms.

glad you grabbed the mount esp with all the driving you do...and I'd agree that it should be one of the first things to change for this car...hard to describe to someone who believes that the stock mount is "the way it should be" tho...anyway, the car deserves it!...so do you!

jspeed_3
09-06-2008, 03:20 PM
wow good timing..had mine changed at the dealer but went with the SU after a few weeks just to be safe and the car does drive alot better with the SU mount so it's worth the $$..

ultimateM3
09-07-2008, 03:15 AM
just wondering, besides by looking at it, how can u tell if the engine mount is broken while driving??

Zoom Zoom Boy
09-07-2008, 10:55 AM
u got me beat at 26k :P but yeah guys don't wait 35k to change that mount...it should be the first mod on your list because it changes the way the car drives ;)

Just curious, how specifically does the SU engine mounts change the way the car drives? In which respects specifically?