Yeah this was the passenger side rear mount. I had the same experiance, i went with a solid polyurethane front mount, and experianced little increase in vibration. So i figured a solid passenger rear mount wouldnt be too bad. But the whole dash shakes alot, the windows, sunroof, and hatch rattle even more than before, and there are even new buzzes and rattles that cam from this mount. Like you said the mount is great otherwise as it gives a great feel to the car. The extra vibration is barely even noticible when driving the car, it is only at idle. As far as another source i have no idea. But you could try filling the mount yourself with some very soft pourable substance. It seems to me like filling it with anything that is kinda stiff will increase vibrations alot. The softest polyurethane casting compound that i found so far was shore 60A which was still way too stiff. I've been looking for something softer and might try filling in the gaps on the rear mount if i ever find something.
-Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holland J. Phillips" <[email protected]> To: "Denis Palmans" <[email protected]>; "16v" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Solid rear motor mount > Denis Palmans wrote: > > I've used it on this car for a tiny bit and found it to be too much for me as > > the whole car vibrates excessivly at idle. Its great the rest of the time as > > the engine doesnt move at all, and it gives a very nice feel but for a car > > that's still driven on the street it is too much. > > Is this the passenger side rear mount? I had the Vibratechnics front and > drivers side rear mounts in my '92 GTI 16V for a while, and they worked > (work) great. Then, I installed the Vibratechnics passenger side rear mount > with the race compound insert (the front mount has the race insert and I'm > not sure about the drivers side rear). With the first two installed, you > could barely feel any added vibration or noise, but when I put the VT > passenger side rear mount in, there is now a lot of vibration at idle that > causes everything in the passenger compartment to buzz. The whole drive > train feels like it's welded into the chassis, and the car feels very solid, > with zero drive train slop, which is good. I want to try the street-sport > insert in the passenger side rear mount, but I won't do business with the > only place I know to get the inserts. Anyone know of a source for > Vibratechnics stuff other than ND? > > --Holland > [email protected] > San Jose, California >
