[s-cars] 034 street density mounts on the S6

[Steve Marinello]

Actually, forgot to note that they point out that they will feel 25%
stiffer, which is what they felt on the A4, but not on the S6.



On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:

> There was talk about the failures right after I bought mine, but I never
> saw any specifics.  IN any case, 034 states that they are 50 durometer and
> about 10% stiffer than stock. Maybe, but without the fluid center, they
> seem stiffer than I expected, and remember, I had already put their similar
> mounts on my sons' '04 A4q USP.
>
> Don't know that anyone has come up with another option.  ECS came back and
> said they could not see the RS$ mounts working and that they talked to
> their suppliers and could find nothing available.  I think we're screwed.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Steve Mills <s.b.mills at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There have been a rash of early failures on these also. Talk to Mark
>> Swanson- he's seen a number first hand.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:00 PM, James Murray <james.murray at ericsson.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> Do you happen to know what grade durometer 034 uses on their street
>>> density mounts?
>>>
>>> Cheers, /Jamu
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:
>>> s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Steve Marinello
>>> Sent: October-04-12 8:47 PM
>>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>>> Subject: [s-cars] 034 street density mounts on the S6
>>>
>>> Meant to write this a month ago after getting them put on the car.
>>>  Don't.
>>> Tom, don't know what you want out of your car in terms of NV isolation,
>>> but unless my mechanic screwed up worse than I think, it's unacceptable.
>>> The car has both the engine and tranny Street Density mounts, and a new OE
>>> snub mount. Every bit of that familiar 5 cylinder character is felt when
>>> stopped at a light.  Really not intrusive when running, but it reminds me
>>> too much of an old muscle car with a hot cam when stopped.  Need to find an
>>> alternative.  Since these are the same mounts as for the A4, thought I
>>> would ask ECS about the RS4 mounts, but they don't have them listed as an
>>> app for this car, although they said they would check.  So anyway, my two
>>> cents.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
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