Just got mine, usual great service, thanks guys

 

Bren... you got any 6 speed kits in stock. Car is in the garage on Wednesday so hoping to receive them before then.....

 

Ordered...

 

Bren,
Any more 6 speed kits in stock?

 

Ordered

 

Hi Bren,
What has been done to these mounts to make them harder?
Three of the rubber mounts have a Subaru part number on them

 

Its all to do with the shore hardness of the rubber. To do a straight copy of the original units including the same shore rating for the rubber takes exactly the same amount of effort to do the same job with stiffer rubber. Im assuming thats what your getting at, that these might be identical to the originals. However, like I say, considering the zero extra effort going into producing rubber with a stiffer shore rating it would be pretty stupid of Hardrace and ourselves to sell a product as uprated and then supply something the same as the original. It would be pointless and deceitful.

I dont have a Hardrace unit to hand but if its got an OE part number on it then that will be part of the proiduction process. The Hardrace are a direct replacement for the original bar with stiffer rubber. The easiest way to produce them is to therefore take a mould from the original, hence, I suspect, the OE part number if its found on the parts.

Its common practice, Even Nismo use the same mould for their uprated mounts as Nissan use for the OE stuff. Same mould, same part number, different shore rating for the rubber used.

Hardrace is a small branded line of products from a far larger factory that specialises in producing OEM spec replacement suspension and rubber based components. Thats what they do. Shore hardness testing and rubber manufacture is their bread and butter.

Proofs in the pudding, fit them and then tell me theyre no stiffer than the originals

 

Thanks for the reply Bren
Just got a little confused when the garage that is fitting them told me that the part numbers on the rubber elements are Subaru part numbers.
Can't try them out yet though as one of my header pipes snapped when I was taking the car to get them fitted

 

No probs, youll immediately feel how different they are from the originals once fitted

 

Hell yeah.

Got the kit fitted on my car and boy , a lot stiffer than OEM.

Steve

 

Got the car back today, they sure are stiffer

 

Bit of a dig in the archives and google pointed me in this direction lol are these still up for grabs ?

 

We still have the 5 speed and the 6 speed ones available. If you want to place an order please give us a call on 01274 683633.

 

I placed an order yesterday for these top service recieved and brilant price thx chris

 

Just a quick thankyou for the fantastic service from Apex . Ordered mine yesterday and received at 9 this morning . Very helpful staff, would recommend them without hesitation .

 

Why pay Subaru group n prices when you can pay group apex lol wicked service will defo use again thx ann and Bren ...

 

I have these fitted to my race RA and they are superb quality and you always get excellent quality and service from Apex

 

Glad youre all happy

 

any chance i can get these bren? my engines rocking suide to side lol i need mounts!

 

We have good stock of both the 5 and 6 speed kits ready to go at the special price

 

Is it a major job to fit any or all 4 of these..........i.e. Engine out?

How long would you say it should take for someone with the right knowledge/tools to fit the set?

 

i to would like to buy some of these. also is there a fiiting guide for these?

 

Its a couple of hours to do the job, you dont need to take the engine out.

We have stock, just give us a ring to order, 01274 683633. I dont have a fitting guide Im afraid, maybe someone else on here can oblige?

 

So the 2 engine mounts just need the bolts undoing and the engine lifted slightly?

Where does the longer bar type one with the bushes in either end go and is it easily accessable? Is this from the engine bay or from underneath the car?

Then i assume the 4th one is a gearbox mount? Is this just a case of removing the old and replacing with the new (4 bolts?)

 

Youll need to keep lifting the engine until the suspension has fully decompressed, as you support and raise the weight of the engine then the car will follow the engine upwards.

The longer mount is an upper gearbox mount.

The main gearbox mount just swaps for the original, nice and easy.

 

And is this done with the gearbox in place?

Does that also replace an existing mount like the other 3 or is it an additional brace over standard?

 

Yes and yes it replaces the standard component, its not an additional brace.

 

Thanks for answering all the (stupid ) questions,my car is going in the garage tomorrow to have a load of stuff fitted and while it's in i will get the guy to have a look and see how long it will take him and be in touch (hopefully) to order them .

 

No problem

 

do you still have this and for the same price bren?