dogbone mount

[john_tdi]

just had my polyflex dogbone fitted, and boy does the car vibrate. That normal? will it calm down?

 

[T. Spark]

Ive got one fitted on my car (yet!) however when I read up on them, most people said it vibrated badly, some said it settled down and got managable (personally think they just got used to it) others say it stayed the same (old people moaning after buying a performance product and expecting it to feel OEM)

Im going for one, who cares if it vibrates abit inside the cabin, should give better grip off the line so worth it

 

[john_tdi]

it don't half vibrate alot tho. was expecting bit more but it's just daft. i can feel it in the steering and through my back on tick over.

 

[T. Spark]

Well I believe its the same mount for all thw tdi's so if you ever get sick of it, sell it me cheap

 

[john_tdi]

looks like i will im going to give it 1000miles then if not better it's off.

 

[T. Spark]

PM me in 1000 miles please

 

[olaf]

I thought 'what have I done' when I first had mine........but it does calm down and you do get used to it so it is nowhere near as noticable.

 

[john_tdi]

i hope so. Its still horrible to drive. spark will pm if its coming off, also not forgot to get post cost for the other item

 

[T. Spark]

PM me mate

 

[MattFrench]

I had mine done at jabba sport, along with a full set of polybushes. Mine was a 'special' one for diesels, Id say its hardly noticeable on mine, Worth changing.

 

[devonmikeyboy]

I had mine done at jabba sport, along with a full set of polybushes. Mine was a 'special' one for diesels, Id say its hardly noticeable on mine, Worth changing.

If it`s not noticeable why is it worth changing?

 

[MattFrench]

I thought uprating the dogbone mount reduces wheel hop, which it certainly has done in my car, I was referring to that the increase in vibrations through to the car were not really noticeable.

 

[NickyJam]

in my books defo...once i get the remap though

 

[Husbandofstinky]

Stick with it, it drops off eventually. The first week or two are the worse. Even after several months still thought about going back to oe.

It does ease off as it beds in.

 

[john_tdi]

well. as my wife drives the car alot these days, im removing it tomorrow. Im putting in a full new dogbone bar plus mounts. It comes as one whole new unit (cant buy just the oe mount).

tbh, i don't find the mount that much a benefit.

 

[WW_VRS]

Jabba changed the mount, the original one was for petrols not diesels and caused much more vibration, so several at Briskoda.net drilled it. I might get mine fitted to the near-250k-on-the-clock Fabia Estate PD100 I'm running at the moment, to get it settled in on the old beasty before that gets converted

 

[jonjay]

I thought 'what have I done' when I first had mine........but it does calm down and you do get used to it so it is nowhere near as noticable.

Yep same happened to me but the advantages far outway the vibration. Yes it vibrates more but beds in nicely after 500 miles or so. You instantly realise its there as power goes down to the wheels much sooner.

 

[T. Spark]

Yep same happened to me but the advantages far outway the vibration. Yes it vibrates more but beds in nicely after 500 miles or so. You instantly realise its there as power goes down to the wheels much sooner.

Did you get the jabba jobbie then? How much was it?

 

[john_tdi]

well, ive got a brand new dogbone, with front and rear mounts o.e. and i'm well happy. tbh just having the new oe is much better than old oe kit, for obvious reasons. I still dont think the uprated mount was all that. It's also dawned on me why the vibration was so bad, because I've got the allards egr replacement pipe minus shudder valve, matched with the sfs hoses.

 

[olaf]

The anti-shudder valve only affects the shuddering on switch off I believe?