I ordered the 3 main motor mounts, front/rear/side. I think it was about $200 or a little less, brand new. I wanted to decrease wheel hop and increase the power sent to the wheels. Here are some pictures.

For reference before:


What I used: I found this at home depot. There is stronger poly, but it isn't in black, and I felt this would suffice. $4.49 a tube. I used 1.5 tubes making a mess.


Side Mount: Pretty happy with how this came out. This one is VERY loose and has a big gaping hole in it.



Rear: not so thrilled on the job i did, i may touch it up. It's very hard to fill it because it's just a big open space with nothing to seal it with, but i think this will do a much better job than stock.



Front: I think this is the most important one, with the side in 2nd. There is a giant opening to fill and then there is a channel underneath. I tried to get a shot of the front opening and channel. Came out pretty well.



Not very hard to do, but i did this with new mounts and they will be installed with my new motor/tranny. So i never lifted my motor myself to get my old ones out, but from what i hear, it's not very hard to do.

 

nice

 

you wouldn't happen to have any pics of what the motor mounts looked like before you added the poly do you??

also, did you just squeeze the poly into the holes?

either way, on the elbow grease you're putting into ur car.

 

the only one i have of before is the first picture, i thought i had more, but i stupidly didn't take anymore. i can take pictures of my old mounts when they come off the car. i'm going to fill them for someone and sell them in the black market.

this poly is REALLY thick, so i just shoved the tube into the hole and filled it until it started to overflow. it fills out perfectly. the only one i had issues with was the rear, mainly bc there is no enclosure. it's relatively easy work, it's just time consuming bc it's so thick, it doesnt come out like regular caulk or silicone.

thanks guys.

 

Looks good. But you've got the idea from 02AV6 and not even a credit? Not cool.

 

Check 02AV6's before/after pics - https://acurazine.com/forums/showpos...1&postcount=20

 

That looks like a mess that I'm not even going to try to do myself

 

when i had even thought of doing this, it was long before i even saw that thread, and typeR had informed me of it too. i'm not trying to 'steal' credit, just showing people what i did. also, judging by the pictures in that link, the front and maybe the side is different than on the CL-S.

ps. it's messy but not as bad as you would think.

 

I'm going to finish mine up this weekend.

I was able to get a broken front mount from the dealer and I used the Window weld a few weeks ago but I have to remove the rear and side on mine and do them. Good weekend to do it since the car needs to sit on jacks in the driveway.

 

dry time is at least 24 hours. i would recommend 48 hours if at all possible. the poly is still very soft, but maybe it still needs to dry some more. i just put it outside in the sun, so i'll see how it goes.

 

anyone know if/how this will effect the ride quality?

 

I was told you feel a bit more engine vibration but nothing that would be considered annoying.

 

no offense but this has been done long before AV6 did it and disscussed long before that...


id like to add...if doing this to the side mount and it is not brand new inspect the lower section for tears and make sure to fill the entire lower section if torn


http://public.fotki.com/typeR/typer/picture_002.html

http://public.fotki.com/typeR/typer/picture_001.html


notice the rusty residue talked about with failed mounts..

 

advice when removing the rear take out the two square vibration dampeners first it makes getting to the rear much easier...i left mine out as they seem to be about 10lbs each maybe it was 10 combined but what ever

 

What TypeR used was 3M Window Weld when it was discussed couple years ago here.

How ironic is that you have used the exactly product 02AV6 used over a year ago and posted DIY: Improve Motor Mounts (sticky under 6th generation) on July 15, 2005 on you know what board and also bunch of times here a while ago.




Common now, no offense but who both of you kidding. But it's ok I'll stop now.

 

Hey av6ent, isn't the point of the forums to learn from each other? Who gives a shit if someone didn't give them credit. Enjoy the thread for what it is, someone doing cool stuff to their car. end

 

lol...sometimes this board makes me laugh. Down with someone who has done something that has been done before!! (say that 10x's really fast!) lol...good luck with it dude, let us know how it turns out. Wouldn't mind trying it myself.

 

I'm sure everyone has something done to their car that someone else had done before them.

 

i know, that's my point. Why flame someone for doing something when chances are someone somewhere has already done it. brian, I'm not refering to u by the way.

 

av6ent
CHILL OUT!!!!!

No one stole anything, we are all on the same page. You don't see me & others trying to get credit for things we've done before anyone else. If it helps out eveyone, who cares who did it first

 

hey man, this is just an informative post. i'm not trying to say i'm the first to do it or that i pioneered it, like i said, i'm just showing people what i did. and btw, i had used a different polyurethane at first, but it was a beige color, so i opted for this because it was the only poly that home depot had in black, that i thought would suit my needs.

as far as vibrations, there might be MINIMAL vibrations while at idle, but for 90% of the time you won't notice anything. but the good thing about this is that it's flexible enough that i doubt there will be any issues at all.

ps. i give credit to 02av6 and countless others that have been strengthening their motor mounts for over 50 years.

now who wants to see what the CL engine bay looks like empty?

 

seen it before. give credit to the first person who took their engine out.

 

careful what you wish for: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=180790

 

Looks good and they do work great along with torque damper I have. And as of Tuesday night, I'm officially broke 12s running best 12.89@108.7mph in which they played an important role.


As far as credit, it doesn't matter who did first, the whole point of the board discussion is to share the information for everyone benefit. Keep the thread going with no hostilities.

 

congrats! nice run.

 

Good luck with your project

 

Simply awesome , from slow a$$ stock car to fast a$$ car.
I'm sure it pulls like a freight train