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Old 10-08-2012, 02:48 PM
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I don't mind paying for good stuff but it seems like the motor mounts people are recommending are pretty expensive. I want the rubber mounts for less vibration. I'll use the jeep as a second DD and to my buddy's lease, no major offroading.
I need some brand recommendations.
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Originally Posted by lhope40
I don't mind paying for good stuff but it seems like the motor mounts people are recommending are pretty expensive. I want the rubber mounts for less vibration. I'll use the jeep as a second DD and to my buddy's lease, no major offroading.
I need some brand recommendations.
Thanks for your help.
I used Brown Dog mounts and brackets because the brackets on my engine already had some broken bolts...
They were expensive, but are of excellent quality!

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Brown Dog sells motor mounts with rubber bushings if you're worried about vibrations. That's what I will be getting in the near future.
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I used a stock replacement when i changed out the drivers side, cost me like $16 and suits me just as good as a $100 mount
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Im running stock mounts no issues what so ever.
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I had some brown dogs on my stocker. Vibes were ok without ac on; awful with it on. Even with the through bolt torqued loosely. I put some advance $17 special mounts on after I took the Brown Dogs off. I prefer the oem style mounts a lot more. The only way I would put Brown Dogs back on is for an built off roader.
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Thanks for the info guys. I'm assuming the oem mounts are pretty much the same from the local Napa or O'reillys?
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I had some brown dogs on my stocker. Vibes were ok without ac on; awful with it on. Even with the through bolt torqued loosely. I put some advance $17 special mounts on after I took the Brown Dogs off. I prefer the oem style mounts a lot more. The only way I would put Brown Dogs back on is for an built off roader.
Did you have poly or their rubber ultra flex bushings?
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Originally Posted by lhope40
Thanks for the info guys. I'm assuming the oem mounts are pretty much the same from the local Napa or O'reillys?
Yep they will be.
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Originally Posted by lhope40
Thanks for the info guys. I'm assuming the oem mounts are pretty much the same from the local Napa or O'reillys?

Make sure you check for broken bolts on the engine brackets! I had to use the Brown Dog style ones due to bolts breaking on the bracket on the engine side. I have the rubber ones from them, and the vibes are noticeable, but not horrible. After driving around with my engine flopping around in the old stock ones, I'll make the trade, even if I really only DD
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Reason people like me and other people are getting poly brown dog mounts is because the stock mounts cant handle the abuse people throw at them off road i had new motor mounts less then a year old i checked them out they were completely cracked all the way around
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