pm sent, i got dibs on one of thoes sets!

just a tip when you guys go to install these. the factory inserts havea paper thin rubber that covers part of the inside of the mount. you will have to cut this area out with a knife (on your oem mounts) for the inserts to mate up correctly. most of the time, when you have old mounts, this thin layer wears away on its own, but if your still happens to somehow have it, just cut it out.

if anyone is confused.... youll know what im talking about when you go to install these.

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wanna do a write-up for those of us who are 'mechanically challenged'?

1. jack up the car, and place it onto 2 good jack stands.
2. grap a 10m socket start to unbolt the engine plastics from the crossmember. you dont have to completely take everything out, but just enough to swing out of the way so that you can work on the mounts
3. have a look around. youll notice that the front and rear mounts rest on the crossmember (long under support bar that goes from the front to back, under the motor).
4. get under the car and start on the rear mount 1st. remove the 17m bolt that goes through the center of the motor mount.
5. remove the 2 bolts and 1 nut (14m) that connect the rear motor mount to the crossmember. youll have to remove a small, black, plastic cover to access these bolts.
6. the rear mount should now be loose, but you will not be able to totall take out out... yet...
7. grab your jack and place a piece of wood on it (wood IS important). place the jack under the oil pan of the motor and jack it up a little bit. this is just for safety, to secure the motor as you work under it.
8. now it time to unbolt the front mount. remove the 17m bolt goes through the motor mount. you will need to do this with 2 wrenches because it connected with a nut and bolt, and will just spin on your if you dont use go at it from both sides.
9. remove the 2 14m bolts that bolt the motor mount to the crossmember. you will have to remove the little plastic cover to access these.
10. take a look at the crossmember again. youll notice it bolts to the front of the car frame with 2 12m bolts. unbolt them and the cross member will be totally loose
11. crawl under the car again. you will have to wiggle and move the rear mount in just the right angle to get the cross member to come out. its a bit of a pain and takes a bit of time, but it will come out.
12. now your motor mounts will be totally out. take your new inserts and "slap them in place" (watch the mr2 vid if u dont know what i mean).
13. now start to put everything back just like you got it out. start off by sliding the crossmember in with the rear motor mount and make sure it all lines up . like before, this will be a bit of a pain, but not to bad. you just have to find the right angle. ... then put everything back togher and your all done.


Tips:
1. torque the motor mounts at 54lb to the crossmember on the 14m bolts, and 65lb on the 17m bolts
2. if you have trouble putting the 17m bolt through the rear motor mount, chances are its because your motor shifted a little. take your jack and place it under the tranny. start to slowly jack it up and look through your wheel well (side of the car) and watch that bolt hole as it lines up better and better as you jack the tranny up.

This post has been edited by lagos: Aug 7, 2006 - 9:40 PM

thanks man, I think I might just order a set of these!

you can also get these there a lilter better they are full prothan insert you take out the old rubber & put this in alot more woke if you ask me but it's the full insert. http://speed-source.net/
but there it's $78.00+ shipping thats a little bit more...

This post has been edited by Punch: Aug 8, 2006 - 1:35 AM

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With those you have to modify your mount by removing the rubber, so the process is irreversible. With the inserts you could remove them if you decided you didn't want them anymore and go back to stock mounts. Plus I don't think Speed Source makes them for the 6th gen Celica.

This post has been edited by kirkosaurus: Aug 8, 2006 - 6:39 AM

thoes are what i was refering to before! ah oh owell. ill test these for a while i guess

I just ordered a set for my 94 hatch! hope this does what the Ingalls torque damper did for my cobalt ss:)

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you make them yourself? thats so kickass.... where do i order? how do i pay?

these are nice...may get myself a set in a few weeks.

bboy

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My friend works for an industrial urethane product company. They mostly make different types of urethane wheels and rollers, and also the urethane motor mount inserts.

All info on the inserts is on my urethane insert webpage (link in the first post and also below my signature in my posts).

This post has been edited by kirkosaurus: Aug 8, 2006 - 6:52 PM

hopefully i see mine tomorrow!

got mine today, thanks!

ordered mine today!

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sweet! so I should get mine soon too!

I got mine today! (Canada)

Looks like good quality, I can't wait to take the time to install them!

I'll post my driving impressions after

igot mine on saturday! hopefully ill get to these over the weekend..

For those still waiting I should have the next batch tomorrow.

-kirk

got mine yesterday!

All insert orders are up to date and they have shipped. Sorry for the delay. I'm not getting them from my supplier as promptly as I would've liked to.

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I was actually wondering when I was gonna recieve mine and earlier today I was gonna ask whether you had shipped them yet. guess you answered my question before I asked it. thanks Kirk!

recieved mine today! Thanks kirk!

I dunno when I'm gonna be able to put them in though...

ordered mine yesterday? i think.... might have been thursday.

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You're very welcome.
I guess by your user name you're an axe player. What guitars do you own? I work for Gibson here in Nashville.

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I haven't received an order for Celica inserts since Tuesday.

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are you serious? I was actually considering possibly applying for a job as a guitar-tech for gibson within the next couple of years. what exactly do you do there? do you like it? and if you don't mind me asking, what's the pay like?

anyway, my axes include a Gibson SG special faded, 2 ibanez GRX40's, and a no-name nylon-string acoustic. the ibanez's are cheap, but I like the way they feel, so I bought the second with the intention of completely tearing it down and rebuilding it. right now it's sitting in my garage with the paint 3/4 of the way sanded off, I just never found time to finish it, maybe I'll try to go finish that up tonight, lol. when it's done, it's gonna be a shred monster with extremely high output dimarzio pickups and sperzel tuners anyway, I play these through either a line 6 spider II, or my all-tube peavey XXX combo.

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Quality supervisor for the Epiphone division. Pay is above average, but of course depends on what you do in the company and what skills you have. I have several Epiphone electrics (with all Gibson electronics) and acoustics, and few Kramers (Also owned by Gibson) but my favs are my 3 Ibanez RG550's. One is stripped down now and is being sent to California for the "monkey grip" JEM routing and candy blue paint.

Glad to say I got my inserts 2days ago. They look really strong and of good quality. Gonna installed them soon.
Thanks Kirk for the fast shipping and service.
Eli

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ahh, so if I ever pick up a less-than-stellar quality epiphone, I know it's your fault. lol jk

so, what's the deal with the three RG550's? are you running different pickups in all them or anything, or just wanted to get three different colors, or what?