iwannadie
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gilbert, Az
I needed to replace my motor mounts and after waiting long enough I went ahead and bought a set of brown dog poly mounts. It should be noted that I just recently replaced the transmission mount with a stock rubber one.
My sudo review / opinion:
Customer service was excellent with quick communication and great delivery time right to my door(nice being local). The mounts look great and obvious high quality right out of the box, made in america only seals the deal further. I had a small tech question which I emailed on a friday evening and got a reply within minutes. You can't beat that for tech service with any company, shows they really care and stand by the products I think. The actual install was as straight forward and easy as all the write-ups show. I did take it slow having never done any motor mount work before but everything worked out great.
My initial test drive was perfect, the vibrations are there but nothing I am complaining about. I only notice the vibration when at a dead stop with the auto trans in D, shift to N it reduces the vibration a small amount. I got on the freeway and it was smooth at any speed/rpm I tried. I certainly do not have the vibration I see some people describe as vibrating the mirrors or so loud you can't have a conversation. I do have a couple small plastic rattles(in my door and dash) now that I plan to fix, certainly not the fault of the mounts for making them show up though. Again, the vibration and rattles are only there at idle as soon as I'm moving everything is smooth. On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being stock no vibrations, I would put these mounts at 3 at idle on the vibration scale. My test drive was in some cold(for me) weather and I figure the poly feels that much harder in the cold? I've also seen some people say after a few days the mounts wear in and the vibration starts to lessen so well see after a few days...
Seat of the pants performance reaction tells me the throttle response is better now. You can definitely feel the motor working under acceleration. If that is a placebo effect or not who knows, but it makes me feel all the better about my purchase with a smile every time I jump on the gas. With my old mounts the motor would rock a few degrees with throttle applied so there has to be some performance restored now.
Overall I can't find anything bad to say. Great price, customer service, quality product and a company that is in the USA to back it up.
I am now planning the full motor mount bracket setup they offer as well and hopefully a transmission mount down the line :idea: .
My sudo review / opinion:
Customer service was excellent with quick communication and great delivery time right to my door(nice being local). The mounts look great and obvious high quality right out of the box, made in america only seals the deal further. I had a small tech question which I emailed on a friday evening and got a reply within minutes. You can't beat that for tech service with any company, shows they really care and stand by the products I think. The actual install was as straight forward and easy as all the write-ups show. I did take it slow having never done any motor mount work before but everything worked out great.
My initial test drive was perfect, the vibrations are there but nothing I am complaining about. I only notice the vibration when at a dead stop with the auto trans in D, shift to N it reduces the vibration a small amount. I got on the freeway and it was smooth at any speed/rpm I tried. I certainly do not have the vibration I see some people describe as vibrating the mirrors or so loud you can't have a conversation. I do have a couple small plastic rattles(in my door and dash) now that I plan to fix, certainly not the fault of the mounts for making them show up though. Again, the vibration and rattles are only there at idle as soon as I'm moving everything is smooth. On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being stock no vibrations, I would put these mounts at 3 at idle on the vibration scale. My test drive was in some cold(for me) weather and I figure the poly feels that much harder in the cold? I've also seen some people say after a few days the mounts wear in and the vibration starts to lessen so well see after a few days...
Seat of the pants performance reaction tells me the throttle response is better now. You can definitely feel the motor working under acceleration. If that is a placebo effect or not who knows, but it makes me feel all the better about my purchase with a smile every time I jump on the gas. With my old mounts the motor would rock a few degrees with throttle applied so there has to be some performance restored now.
Overall I can't find anything bad to say. Great price, customer service, quality product and a company that is in the USA to back it up.
I am now planning the full motor mount bracket setup they offer as well and hopefully a transmission mount down the line :idea: .