christallon

Love, love, love, the Wevo's

Laker

Black or Blue Pillows?

christallon

Blacks, but I do have a set of blues in the garage that I will try at some point. I am told the trick combo is blue bottoms with black tops. Apparently this reduces the drone in the cabin, but provides stiffer support. Maybe I'll try that.

Best part about the Wevo's, other than the smart look it provides in the cabin, is that when the pillows wear out, just replace them ($45) I think. The hardware is good forever...

911Jetta

That's my set up. I thought I had a damaged lower Black pillow, so I ordered a set of Blue pillows as a potential reinforcement. When I went in to change the pillows, everything was fine...but with Blue pillows in hand, I had to try it.

Hayden, at Wevo, confirmed that it would be an acceptable configuration for a "street" car. I didn't notice a difference (from an all black pillows) as I've already removed the sound pad and have primary bypass.

Anyone with sagging mounts...get new mounts (whatever brand), it will really tighten up the handling!

964enthus

hi
what size of gap would you consider as normal and what size would be
excessive ?
NB : no sign so far of vibration or engine movement in bends ...

user 783003

Got them in from Pelican today. I ordered them 2 days ago, had no expectation of them being in by the weekend.

My old ones look like this:

Left side


Right side


I read somewhere, maybe above, that you should use an impact wrench trying to get the bottom nut off. I tried with a standard 3/8 drive and and extension.

Here's what happened. Could have been much worse.



Will be asking friends tomorrow if anyone has a small air compressor and an impact wrench.

Makmov

It is really a 1/2 inch drive job.

Unkle

Do you ever use thread releasing fluid? Usually makes light work of anything. I can't undo any reasonably torqued bolts exposed to 20 years of heat without it. Leave it soaking for a while and it would come off. (called Plusgas in the uk)

964enthus

interesting photos ,thanks
there was a really BIG gap !!

JasonAndreas

Did you put a jack under the motor and try to raise it before loosening the nuts?

user 783003

Yeah, I did. Still that tough. Granted, it was from Harbor Freight, so not the best extension in the world.

user 783003

Got them on. Went out and bought a 1/2 drive, deep 19mm socket and a 12" extension. Had to use half of my floor jack handle as a breaker bar. Once that was done, it was a 30 minute job. I'm amazed that the top bolts are only supposed to be torqued down to 17 foot pounds. I had hand tightened them down past that before I put the torque wrench on them.

The streets are wet today, so I can't report on handling, but there is no difference in drone in the cab. The shifting (I have a tip) seems smoother. Also, at idle, the car doen't vibrate as much. Will post pics of the old mounts later. The black rubber/plastic in their centers was cracked in a few places. That can't have been good.

Pesty

My car wobles around a bit at tickover. Is this a sign teh engine mounts are past their best? What are you refeing to when you talk about sag?

Cheers
( I see another wad of cash flying out my bank account )


edit

are these any good and how easy is it
http://www.wevo.com/Products/Chassis...gineMounts.htm

user 783003

These are the old ones once out. See the cracks in the black rubber/plastic.

nvrlft

From inside the car mine look just like this. 993 mounts have been ordered