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addictivev8:
Hi folks,

Recently purchased Sams silver more door, decent car, goes well enough etc. Haven't owned a modded car in a few years so getting used to the ride again after a bunch of wafty V8 coupes.

There are a few issues I'm working through but right now the vibrations at idle is doing my head in, the following is the list of chassis upgrades and I suspect it's the uprated engine mounts that are causing it. Can anyone confirm and suggest an alternative? If not I'll have to revert to stock.

- SuperPro Subframe Bush​/Dogbone Mount.
​​- SuperPro Anti-Lift Kit​
- SuperPro Front Control Arm Inner Bush Kit​.​
- SuperPro Rear Lower Control Arm Bushings​.​
- H&R Lowering Sport Springs 30mm​ drop​​. Perfect stance
- H&R A​nti Roll Bars front and rear (28/24)​
​- Vibratechnics Upper Engine Mounts (Gearbox and Engine)

Many thanks
Abdul

colesey:
Do you happen to know if the engine mounts are the road or track versions?

rich83:
It will be the engine mounts.

addictivev8:
Cheers guys, I thought as much. And no I'm not sure if they're road or track specific, I've sent Sam a message, hopefully he'll advise.

Would I be best served replacing both uprated mounts with oem items or should I run a combination of oem/vibratechnics mounts?

Overall the cars not bad in terms of ride/handling but I think it could use some more compliance in its set up so I may end up ditching the h&r springs and replace them with new oem shocks and eibach pro/sportline springs.

AJP:
You probably won't get back a whole deal of refinement. By all accounts the H&R springs and oem shock combo is really quite compliant in itself. Of course if your shocks are knackered renewing them will be a good start.

The H&R roll bars will also be increasing the stiffness of the ride.

It sounds like the car has been set up really well for handling. Of course there's always going to be a compromise, and that's ride quality and NVH. I suppose you need to decide how much handling performance you're willing to sacrifice in order to claw back a cushy ride. You could arguably put it all back to new oem - roll bars, springs, mounts, dampers and bushes - but you'd end up with quite an inferior car in terms of handling.

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