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My car didn't even have any! That's my excuse and I'm sticking ot it.

Um that mount is already beyond gone, isn't it? If that's the right side mount, that's what it looked like after I took it out this weekend: It's supposed to look like mount in this post...

Which brand of mounts did you use?

Oh, I had this exact same problem. Here's how I solved it: I took an old CD-ROM drive that I had laying around and then cut apart the sheetmetal case using a pair of tin snips. I picked spots near the end of the sheet that already had the |_ shape to it so I would have to do minimal bending...

It's my understanding that out of all the mounts the rear mount is the one that you want to get the OEM mount for. I have a small chart here of some of the options available for mounts.

22K miles on it? Wow..

Whee, just replaced my stabilizer links tonight (for the right size this time). Guessed 35 and got it right \o/

Yeah... the kit that I got has a part that's listed as actually being for the automatic transmission (BJ0N-39-06YE, DEA A6481). I'm trying to figure out if others who've done the swap have been successful with using this part. I mean I can afford the OEM parts, but I'd rather not. I drive five...

Oh I completely agree, but once you spend say.. 100% of the original purchase price of your used car on extra upgrades, you might as well have bought a slightly newer car to begin with :P

Is there any place to find OEM mounts for less than $500 though? My car was only $4900 (incl. TTL) and I can't fathom spending 10% of the total cost on a single repair.

I'm also planning to replace my mounts right now and have been researching this a bit. Basically the way this works is that the the mounts come with rubber in them already. This rubber has voids in it so that the rubber can flex when the engine is moving around and absorb some of the engine...

To add on to this: MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE RIGHT REAR END LINKS!! There's B26R28170 which is for mazdaspeed protege and then there's B30H28170B which is the "sport protege5" (the standard protege5) part number. It's extremely vague on the internet to find the right one. You're looking for...

Haha oh god yes. Do you know how many hours it took me to figure this out? Very many.

Whoo.. turns out I need some of those too. Guess I'm going out to the junk yard tomorrow. On the other hand, maybe I should look at a prototype wire making place and see if they can make a couple. Hmmm.

I'm starting to regret buying this 12 year old car now a little bit... It's creaking and groaning way more than I want it to. I guess I need to drop it by a mechanic and have them look at it to see what all needs to be done and then see how much of it I can do myself and how much is beyond me.

Ooof.. I have the same thing! From the front, from the back.. everywhere. Already have replacing all 4 motor mounts on my to-do list, but jesus all these little repairs are starting to add up a lot. Also, I went to change out my low beams today. Turns out that the previous owners switched from...

Oh d'oh thanks! I did come across that link earlier, but I thought it was a repeat of the automatic transmission one. Also it didn't say protege5 and I am not very smart. It's hard to tell if the mount is good or bad, but the insert is definitely bad. Picture. I guess I can always order all 4...

I spent most of last night browsing this forum and the general consensus was that the MM were absolute trash. Although those posts were older so maybe the quality improved some? Do you have a link to the amazon item? I've only seen the set of 4 for the automatic transmission -- can't seem to...

So... my car recently has started vibrating more and the front has been clunking around when I go over bumps (even more than before, whee). I took a look at my motor mounts and the rubber appears to be completely shot. Link to pictures. My options appear to be this: ... ouch.. nothing...

So.. did my suspension about two months ago and my car started chirping from the rear every time I go over a bump. Took apart the strut and it appears that at the top the coil has been rubbing against itself. (argh) There's a pit in the coil and also some rust around where the coil has been...