nok513
Drag Racing Champion
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- Orange County, NY
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- 2020 VW GTI S
You guys think it's worth buying the engine support bar from harbor freight to use while working on the mounts?
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Engine Mount -- Is It Done?
- Thread starter anotero
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Diggs24
Autocross Champion
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- de plains! de plains!
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- 2015 GTI
no
El_bigote_AJ
Autocross Champion
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- Las Vegas
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- 2019 GTI bunny
Yes,
Cause harbor freight as a easy return policy
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I’ve read people say it get it the way, for me the 2x times I swapped the mounts it was not in the way at all.
Cause harbor freight as a easy return policy
. I’ve read people say it get it the way, for me the 2x times I swapped the mounts it was not in the way at all.
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
No need for a engine support bar to do mounts. I own one and still don’t bother.
nok513
Drag Racing Champion
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- Orange County, NY
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- 2020 VW GTI S
It wouldn't make the job easier or prevent the engine from shifting too much?
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
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- Charlotte, NC
No it’s a completely unnecessary step & expense.
I’ve installed at least a dozen sets of BFI mounts at this point, never had an issue with a floor jack (as seen in the DIY I posted).
Only reason I own a engine support bar is I owned a Quick Jack & had my two post lift on the way, so when a friend asked for help with his clutch installation I asked if he’d buy the support bar to future proof for the next clutch job (which would be on my lift). Since then I’ve picked up a transmission jack too, but I hope it’s a long time till I need to use it lol.
tigeo
Autocross Champion
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- Richmond, VA area
Interesting on the 034 mounts. I've been talking to them and even made a video for them to explain what I think the issue is. They sent me a new mount and it looks just like the one in there so I'm not bothering replacing it. The back bit does stick out a bit and from waht I can see - I do still think it's protruding out the back more than it does before install. The stock mount (I wish I didn't chuck it!) has a wider "horseshoe" portion that covers that little bit of black rubber that protrudes out the back so you don't see this. From underneith the rubber is not pushed out of the tabs that are there to prevent that. I don't think it's a real issue (for me) and at this point and I'm using them/they work but yes, likely would look to BFI next go around. These do give slightly more NVH than the stockers with the DSG but not anything that bothers me. I wish I had taken a pic of the one I have installed beforehand. These look just like the one crxgator posted above as well as the others here.
tigeo
Autocross Champion
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- Richmond, VA area
In this photo, does the stock one also protrude out the back a bit?
El_bigote_AJ
Autocross Champion
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- Las Vegas
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- 2019 GTI bunny
I’ll check it, when I get home
Nerdy Oreo
Go Kart Newbie
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- Rhode Island
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- Mk7 Gti S
What do the stage 2 mounts sound like on normal driving? I hear that they are violent lol
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
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- Phoenix
- Car(s)
- 2018 SE DSG
People have complained about excessive vibrations.
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
People exaggerate lol. I have a single mass flywheel DKM twin disk clutch & BFI stage 2 mounts and it’s about the same as driving my moms ‘05 Corolla. Sure there’s some noise & vibration transferred into the cabin, but roughly equal to people who call regular ol ketchup “spicy”.
This video was recorded on a real camera with a external mic, so it’s the most accurate representation on my channel, but the short answer is if you care at all about NVH just buy BFI stage 1 instead of stage 2.
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
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- Charlotte, NC
Which are really only notable in low RPM/high load situations.
Like backing up hill at idle with the AC on. DSG cars have worse NVH than manual, but in normal driving conditions it’s mostly just noise approximately the same as the factory soundeckor.
El_bigote_AJ
Autocross Champion
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- Las Vegas
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- 2019 GTI bunny
Subjective doesn’t = exageration
People have different experiences and tolerances than each other, doesn’t mean they’re exaggerating. They’re talking about their experiences.