Just save for the motor mounts if it's going to be a few months. If you want the inserts get the Energy Suspension.
Funny, my thought process was the same. I installed inserts thinking like you that after several months later I would upgrade the mounts. Well two years later the inserts are still performing well supporting a 365 whp aftercooled supercharged engine running on E85. I have no issues with cracks in the header, or little to none with wheel hop as you can see from the short video. I’m glad I spent my money in other hp mods.
https://youtu.be/Hu4JO-BC_ro
..So I pretty much can't even use the inserts for the mounts I need to get replaced. What's my best option? Getting those two oem mounts brand new for about $170 and adding the inserts to the other 2 mounts that can be used with them or just buying aftermarket mounts? Get these mounts: http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=1247474
Get the mounts and use the inserts on those too. You'll need the inserts for the header.
You're correct, the driver and passenger side motor mounts do not use inserts, Either buy new oem units or replace them with some Vibratechnics units. Remember I don’t recommend using the majority of the aftermarket passenger side units. In my experience because the front and rear mounts do most of the work you can easily get by using the oem side mounts. Don’t be surprised if one of your front or rear mounts isn't damaged. I didn’t know that my front one was torn until I installed the insert.
Can you give me link to the vibratechnics? Want to take a look at them
Also how bad is it to be with those two broken mounts? I think it'll be about two weeks before I can't install the new ones and am thinking of barely driving my car for now.. problem it's my dd that I take to work so I'm trying to drive t really soft lol
EDIT: idk why this posted a second time when I edited the first post
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as soon as you get those front and rears replaced it will make it shift a lot better. Your front to back is the most important ... and when i put the esmm inserts in i could tell a world of difference going into 2nd and 3rd. I had broken front and back mounts and used the inserts ... so so much better
im pretty sure that there is some type of ground wire that is attached to one of the side mounts ... id made sure that is still grounded. sounds like a ground issue
Updating this.
I installed oem mounts with inserts. The car feels solid...like stronger or something when I turn it on. When I first turned it on I somewhat felt the vibration. Maybe like 5 minutes later after backing it out the garage I really noticed the vibrations. I thought to myself now I see why people keep bitching about the vibrations cause it felt weird since I wasn't use to it lol. It wasn't bad though. It literally feels like a low setting vibrating massage chair. Even the steering wheel shakes. It doesn't shake all the time like that though. If you're almost stalling it shakes pretty noticeable, but driving it feels normal. Maybe the car sounds louder inside now since it vibrates? Idk. I had a full soda in the cup holder and noticed that the vibration was making it bubble very little from the top where you put the straw in. So just try to imagine how that is if you've never had inserts or solid mounts that produce vibrations to your cabin.
Honestly though after driving it for a while it's normal. I can see why people bitch about the vibrations with the inserts but at the same time it's not even close to being as bad as people over exaggerate it to make it out to be. If you're thinking about doing inserts, DO IT! I've never had solid metal mounts so I wouldn't know how to compare this to them.
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