I recently went with BFI stage 1 full mounts on Both trans and engine side. As others have said nvh is not bad, you do hear some added engine sounds transmitting to the motor but they work well.
not the experience with the company for customer service...I did have an issue with the trans side center bolt loosening up and shifting the mount and the driver side mount top half was sitting loose once installed, to where you could move it With you finger. Contacted customer service and they said it was no big deal the trans mount shifted like that and to just straighten and tighten back down, no in the SAME breath - he tells me it’s normal
For the driver side to have pay on some cars, and the idea that the mount is essentially just sitting on the bottom mount with voids in the top is ok( voids in which create the excessive moment with zero resistance in terms of 70a ratings on the poly)
I try to tighten that bolt down to fix the void and to my surprise it’s not possible to tighten it down any more as I break 2 different Allen sockets trying to. Recently they changed the driver side mount to al Allen bolt (looks better) and I think whats happening it’s that bolt is maxed out on its threads so you cannot tighten anymore.
I explained that issue to BFI and again then say the void is fine, but don’t want to address the issue of the bolt threads being maxed out... I told him that the void is still creating the extra un wanted movement and it’s still letting the motor slightly buckle ... He proceeds to tell me the movement issue is not due to the void and something else is wrong with my car, I showed him the vid above where the stock mounts where causing the drivetrain to slap around and he tells me that’s normal and I misdiagnosed my problem... and now still 1-2 months later, I’m still waiting to hear back from them on what to do about the bolt being maxed out.
ended up stuffing some 1/16” sheet pieces of rubber in the mount between the bushing and the top plate, and thats fixed the issue...but for $600 bucks I don’t think that should have been my fix.
I should have got these as the design for a motor mount that has a mounting method that takes a the horizontal loads into account as well is pretty common and proven all around the car industry VS having just a single vertical bolt.
I was not sure about the shipping timing On these when I got then and I was in a rush to get the mounts so I went BFI, but should have just waited.
https://cp-e.com/shop/product/cp-e-xflex-volkswagen-mk7-passenger-side-mount/
