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Old 07-15-2014, 09:32 AM
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Motor mounts are shot! Best MM for mostly offroad XJ? Brown dog? Ironman4x4fab? M.O.R.E bomb proof?
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Old 07-15-2014, 09:46 AM
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Depends is your jeep more a daily driver or more a trail rig?
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Mostly trail rig but I do drive it to and from the trails.
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Brown Dog, I don't even seem to notice any extra vibrations that people seem to get with them.
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So are you running the poly or the rubber ones?
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Poly. Sorry guess I could've included that. If you can swing it is recommend the whole kit, with the brackets. The mounts are so stout that I'm worried about the stock ones now.
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Ok cool. Thanks
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What are the best motor mount replacements for a 90% daily driver?
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Daily driver you want factory or rubber,If its more off road poly or even solid but both will vibrate more then rubber.
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Daily driver you want factory or rubber,If its more off road poly or even solid but both will vibrate more then rubber.
x2 on this. I'm running Brown Dog Poly Mounts after going through 2 sets of rubber OEMs on the trail. I don't notice added vibration.
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Looks like brown dog poly mounts are the way to go. Never heard anything bad about them.
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Brown dog polyurethanes are awesome.
Mine gave me much more vibes at idle though.
I don't care though, I would rather have bomb proof mounts then have to worry about them breaking
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I got the brown dog rubber mounts and no vibrations at all.
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Only complaint about the Brown Dogs is it took a month for them to show up. The wait was worth it.
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Is this a tough replacement? How involved is it and appoximately how long does it usually take?
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