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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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Default Solid Mounts - Reduce Vibration & Drone?

Hey I know a lot more people in this section are running solid mounts, so what do you think of installing sound deadener to reduce vibration and drone. Anyone tried this?
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 12:20 PM
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Sound deadener won't do anything for the vibration, the only thing sound deadener will do is quiet the car.

Most people in here, once they switch to the solid mounts... usually don't care about the noise anymore either.
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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when i got my k-member i went to solid mounts and i love it...i get zero "vibration" from the motor that i notice, also allowed me to tuck my X-pipe up alot further when before it was banging the floorboard during acceleration due to the rubber mounts... do it and dont look back IMHO !
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I noticed this going from a stock located TQ arm to a relocation kit from UMI that it does send some vibration through the chassis since its more or less a more solid connection. So you just gotta be able to deal with that.
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Yeah, I've already got the solids. I got them because the headers wouldn't fit with the stock mounts. I'm getting rid of my BMR Track Pack (torque arm) so maybe that will reduce some of the vibration of the plastic interior.
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You can hear the engine better without all of the sound deadener.
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