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BSH Engine Mounts Review Update 2/12/09 page 3
QD MBE:
Well the marriage is over. I have taken the day off work to remove the mounts.
Please think back (or read back) and remember my reason for fitting. It was to remove the inherent transmission slop in the VW system.
Did it work? Very wholeheartedly – Yes! But, and there is a but................
I could not live with the noise. The majority of the time the mounts are very quiet, as the engine is cruising at a steady speed, however when pressing on, the Grrrr sound, feted by many, was something I could not live with.
I will live with the lesser of the 2 evils, that being transmission slop. I can live with that. :sad1: The Golf Gti to me is about excitement with some refinement, think back to the VW ads, with the car arriving at an exclusive venue with little fuss. That is the Golf for me, not one with a mighty subjective Grrrrr sound.
The mounts are an absolute work of art, and I think are very comparable in Grrrrr sound to the VW racing ones (I had that car for over week earlier this year, so I feel qualified to comment on the comparison), however in aesthetics the VWR variant cannot touch the BSH.
Just a pity that they are too noisy for me................
Great shame, I would like to thank Ben at Dubtek and BSH for their assistance. My original review stands; they are a fantastic product, manufactured very very well, and for the price.................... Pity about the Grrrr not being suited to me.
Please don’t think they drown everything out, they do not, they are just noisier that I wanted, I had hoped they would settle, however I cant wait for that to happen.
I will be passing on the mounts so someone else, who wants the Grrrrrr, included will be my patented Charcoal can fix.
:happy2:
john_o:
:surprised:
sounds like just the lower VWR mount then would be for you stoke ?
QD MBE:
i have that fitted already John. It does a fantastic job of taking up the slop, however if that is taut, then it will act as a pivot, and pass on the slop to the next weakest point. The upper mounts.
:happy2:
tony_danza:
Can you not do a JonnyC and fill the OEM mounts with resin, to replace the oil? I think that'd be a halfway house.
john_o:
crikey mustve been bad then. I have the VWR lower too and my next step is these :surprised:
comparing just
1.VWR mount
2. VWR + side mounts
whats the relative increase in noise/vibration?
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