More Acura questions: motor mounts

At 25 years old, I'm pretty sure my Integra needs motor and transmission mounts. I can feel the whole drivetrain moving when I shift, and more so when I take off in 1st.

Turns out the Genuine Honda/Acura parts are still available - for about $80 per, from online discount dealers. That's $240 + shipping just for the parts.

Of course, RockAuto has mounts for about $20, but I tend not to skimp on items like this. I've always found that cheap mounts won't last nearly as long as OEM.

Are there other options I should consider for parts?

There's a little shop within walking distance that did some work on my Scion that I did not care to do myself. I stopped in and asked about the job, and they quoted me $350 using genuine parts. For $100, I can't think of a reason to DIY.

Thoughts?

If it's a 1990, I'd just do the front and rear. The side mounts are probably okay.

Could fill them too.

Aftermarket may not last another 25 years but how long do you plan on keeping it?

I run aftermarket on my Chumpcar Integra, mostly due to cost savings and have been happy with them. I think I bought from autohausaz since I tend to order a lot of stuff from them.

Mounts on a Honda are pretty easy. No pressing or anything required.

logdog wrote: I run aftermarket on my Chumpcar Integra

Any particular brand you like?

In reply to EvanR:

After reviewing the offering on their website, I am pretty sure I bought the MTC brand mounts because they were the mid price ones. We've put about 30 hours of racing and 2 track days on them.

Buy some decent aftermarket mounts and DIY. Shouldn't take long and will save you a bundle.

Also, fill the OEM mounts with 3M windoweld or equivalent filler to stiffen them up, that's what I did for my DA and also for a Civic DX sedan. Also did that with the rear trailing arm bushings...woke up the car's responsiveness and made it fairly neutral to a little tail happy, but totally manageable. Stiffer durometer rubber and more solid design aftermarket mounts would be the best thing though... besides keeping everything located much better it will actually improve ride quality since you don't have the major 'slinky' torsional influence from motor momentum being different from that of the chassis, especially on a transverse mounted I4. The Perrin motor mounts for my FR-S is the best thing I ever did for improving it's ride quality.