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where is the best place to purchase them from? A link straight to the product would be amazing
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Rev3 turbo btw
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Thanks
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RyanRs wrote:Ok cheers, however that seems a little pricey
ashman wrote:I thought I'd take the opportunity to beef up the engine mounts a bit- the inner rubber on the front mount(bolts to the gearbox) has completely come away from the frame.
I was going to buy poly bushes, but found a thread on here
(Ben Edwards) about DIY mounts.
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So I created a frame for the mount to hold the centre pin in place once all the rubber was removed, then cut away all the rubber for replacement.
One clean engine mount:
Bolted into the frame so I know the centre is in the correct place:
I joined RS as a company, and managed to get hold of this stuff:
And have just poured it in like this:
Should be fully dry in 72 hours..
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ashman wrote:Another, more economical alternative is to do them yourself..
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.sure they won't be a pretty colour, but they work
& last and cost next to nothing.
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.extract from when I did them on my track car:
ashman wrote:I thought I'd take the opportunity to beef up the engine mounts a bit- the inner rubber on the front mount(bolts to the gearbox) has completely come away from the frame.
I was going to buy poly bushes, but found a thread on here
(Ben Edwards) about DIY mounts.
.
.
So I created a frame for the mount to hold the centre pin in place once all the rubber was removed, then cut away all the rubber for replacement.
One clean engine mount:
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http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r420 ... mount1.jpg
Bolted into the frame so I know the centre is in the correct place:
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http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r420 ... unt2-1.jpg
I joined RS as a company, and managed to get hold of this stuff:
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http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r420 ... mount4.jpg
And have just poured it in like this:
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http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r420 ... mount2.jpg
Should be fully dry in 72 hours..
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ashman wrote:£88 vs
£8, the only extra work was making a bracket
(which I enjoyed), and mixing/ pouring the plastic.
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.you have to strip the old rubber bushes out to fit the bushes you buy anyway
Bargain in my book