Did any of you guys with coilover setups using Motivational Engineering Upper Strut mounts for the rears had problems with the rubber supplied breaking. This caused the whole strut to move enlarging the whole on the strut mount intself. Now I have an annoying sound in my car from this damage. Please let me know if you have dealt with Motivational Enginnering about this problem.



Bryan Belmonte

I'll check mine out tomorrow, but I haven't heard any noises. How long has it been on your car and how many miles has it been on?

it has been on there for about 3 months


Bryan

I've had mine on since about april, and I noticed the rubber getting "eaten" a little from the mount. But I don't have any annoying sounds caused by it. It's still in one piece as of today, and I put ~ 10000KM on it.

check with mike at motivational-there is an energy suspension bushing that fits- had my top hat fail and beak, which ruined the bushing. He has the part number so you can get new ones.

Originally posted by jacen99SE
I'll check mine out tomorrow, but I haven't heard any noises.

Mine are still fine (~10,000 miles)

this is really annoying. the strut really ate up the hole (sideways) of the upper strut mount. As a fix, I bought an Energy suspension polyurethane body mount that would replace the cheap rubber that motivational supplied. I am also thinking about calling Motivational and see if they do anything about this problem because this was a cause of that little rubber failing/breaking. If not, I will probably get one fabricated made out of solid steel . This should solve my problem.



Bryan

I used the energy shock tower bushing. If you use a solid mount, be careful that it does not break the top hat on your coilovers because a lot of stress is being put on a small area there.
I also used energy endlink bushings (2 each side) on the top of the system( in the trunk) and some washers to keep the whole thing centred nicely (rather than the soft star-shaped nissan bushing)