Engine Mounts

[seb_will]

Morning all, i have been advised to change my engine mount on my 16v gti, i have heard the that  Vibratek aluminium mounts are the business! But does anyone have any information on them??

Plus anyone got any advice on any decent golf gti mags, thanks in advance!!!

[M]

Aren't they for heavily modified engines?

I'd recomend 'The Golf' magazine.  They cover everything 'golf' related as well a few other VW models.  Lot's of good articles and info along with DIY guides.

M

[modulater]

Yeah "The Golf" is probably your best bet for cars and articles and theres a lot of suppliers in it. they don't have a "max power" attitude to cars like a lot of the other mags do.

vibratek are very good but also expensive.

[golfvr6]

Standard mounts will do the job well enough, from VW though, if you get them from GSF your engine just might fall out  

[richandhazel]

LOL.......that made me chuckle  

[golfvr6]

Rich,

If you don't believe me about GSF's great quality goods , i'll get modulator to send you a pic of his top quality suspension mounts that he only put on last year  

[richandhazel]

I don't doubt you in the slightest. I think I have probably just been lucky........so far.  

[golfvr6]

GSF were good years ago, they seemed to go downhill since they introduced French parts   For the last year or so everything that myself or modulator have bought from them has been absolute sh!t.

[quentin]

Thanks for the advice. I posted yesterday to the GSF forum querying the parts required for my mk II. Guess I'll just go down to the local VW dealer now.

Is there anything special I need to do to replace them? Can I just take the load of the engine with a trolly jack and replace them one at a time?

[golfvr6]

Thats basically it, support the engine ,unbolt and replace the mounts. If you use a trolley jack under the sump make sure you spread the weight with some wood or a brick