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

[Steve Mills]

I had a friend who is traveling in Europe pick up a set- they are for a
planned project so it's going to be a while before they get installed.

Steve

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:

> Stock AAN are still available...or at least stock OEM units are available.
>  I was going to ask about the S6+ mounts, but forgot.  Thought they had
> become unavailable here.  Where did you source yours?   Have you installed
> them, and if so, what do you think?
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Steve Mills <s.b.mills at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Are the stock AAN mounts NLA? I know S6+ mounts are still available
>> because I just bought a set.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 6:55 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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