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No wonder why I don't see these mounts being sold on IE's site anymore . Looks like I am going with solid mounts!

Update! Mounts are out of the car and some Indian-made CRP Industries mounts are in. We'll see how long those last.

So, here are some photos taken to show the condition of both mounts.

Here, the mounts are side-by-side with the studs in the same relative position. As you can see, the right mount (on right) is quite deformed. The top of the photo is the top of the mount.


This view shows the top side of the mounts. This time, the right mount is on the left. You can also see the left mount was starting to collapse a bit as well, as evidenced by the shadow from 11 o'clock to 2 o'clock.


This view shows the bottom of the mounts. Again, the right mount is on the right. You can see where the urethane portion was resting on the subframe. For some reason, even in it's collapsed state, the right mount was quite difficult to remove, most likely because it was not easy to rotate.


So, these will be returned to Ireland Engineering for their evaluation. Just thought I'd share here before boxing them up for shipment tomorrow!

At least your recent breakdown was not a huge hassle.

Again...hoping for a speedy and favorable resolution.

Keep us posted.

IE now has these in a darker green color. Does anyone know if the structural integrity of these has changed too for the better?

I don't understand why anyone would install a mount that is shittier, yet much more expensive than the stock unit.

eyelykeknives wrote:IE now has these in a darker green color. Does anyone know if the structural integrity of these has changed too for the better?

holy zombie thread batman!

IE seems to have taken a downturn in quality in recent times from products ive seen, i looks as if their manufactures have started drinking too much on the job.... i got a set of their poly subframe bushings when they where new and they looked great, i saw a set a while back and they looked like that autozone fiberglass bondo shoved in the shape of a bushing.

im not going to purchase anything from them again, there nice guys and seem to do their best as a company but they fail in quality comparison to places like AKG motorsport.

that said didnt someone use e30 motormounts awhile back? AKG has bad ass mounts for e30/e36 i know alot of theise mounts can be swapped around a bit, ala me running e21 trans mounts in my e36 m3.

I'm not surpised here, I had some IE poly mounts for my e46 engine and trans. After about 2 months the trans mounts were totally destroyed. After about 6 months the engine mounts are destroyed. I will be switching them out for aluminum. Not happy with the quality of IE at all, similar products from uuc have lasted much longer.