Manuel928S4

Hello,

I was about to purchase the Lindsey Racing Ultra Mounts and, while checking, found some CRP mounts on FCPEuro for around $17 the set. After reading some threads, I have doubts if they are the same as oem mounts made by Rein, or if those are some of the cheap ones that don't last.
I'm planning on keeping my car for a long time and would like to take it to the track whenever possible and, would not like to do a motor mounts job again. Should I just go ahead and buy the lindsey mounts or should I try the CRP ones?

Thanks

Oh, and my car is an 88 944 na

MAGK944

Jfrahm

I installed Meyle mounts last month, replaced the 160K 1992 originals. The Meyle mounts seem pretty good, are liquid filled. Ask me in a few years if I have regrets. The only issues I can imagine is if they crack and the liquid leaks out or they collapse.
The OEM mounts still had liquid in them and were deteriorated but still working OK.

V2Rocket

"CRP" is an appropriate name..lol

neunfünfeins

CRP = Continental Rubber Products, which is a legitimate, and sometimes preferred, German OEM to Porsche/VW/Audi, and others.
Hoses, belts, tires, etc.

That being said.... $17 motor mounts sound pretty sketchy regardless whose name is on them.

MAGK944

neunfünfeins

While that may be true in many cases, CRP is a 'legit' OEM that still produces a significant amount of product in Germany, and has been an OEM for many years for the vehicles and products I mentioned.
I'll take exception to the 'uninitiated' comment. I have years of parts history in the VW/Audi world, and CRP has been for years "the standard" for many many products.
VW never manufactured any of this stuff themselves, so who did they get to do it for them?
Gates may be 'the OE' for our 944s, but millions of ContiTech timing belts have been zipping around millions of German engines since the day they were born.

Want original German cloth-braided metric hose stock for vacuum, vent, fuel (low-pressure) lines, etc.? Try finding any other manufacturer of it.

CRP, ContiTech, Continental...
[I have no affiliation, I just know what I know]

Meyle on the other hand... not an OEM to my knowledge. At one time (~20 years ago), they actually made some stuff in Germany... then you started seeing Turkey, India, China... now it's no better than any other Chinese made crap.

Aivar88

hahaha, 17$ motor mounts, might as well glue some piece of rubber in there and call that oem. spill some oil in there too, now its hydraulic.
there is no free food.

neunfünfeins

Yeah all that said about CRP.... they seem to have 'sold out', at least with respect to these motor mounts. Made in China.
Great, now I gotta really start watching carefully the CRP products I buy along with most every other brand...

RM512

Break out the wallet and buy the Porsche mounts. You will not regret spending the dough; I found out the hard way.

Jfrahm

I used aftermarket mounts on previous cars, I did not keep the cars for 5 years afterward but never had a problem. Kept them for a few years. Both 944S2.

Wisconsin Joe

Yeah. Welcome to the modern age.

There were favorable reports on Reim mounts in the past, but the ~$20 ones I got are likely not going to be all that great.
We shall see. The replacement job wasn't all that big of a deal (compare it to a 928 or Cayenne Turbo if you want some laughs), so if I have to replace these in a year or so, not that big of a deal.

The old adage "You get what you pay for" is still very true, especially when it comes to parts for expensive cars.

Voith

Rein mounts are 100% OE porsche mounts with porsche numbers and sign removed with probably dremel tool.

https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...-mounts-2.html

Right one is Rein with porsche numbers and P triangle removed however P triangle is still visible.

Jfrahm

Lately I have found that "you get what you pay for" is much more true on the far-left edge of the curve and in the creamy middle there is a lot of great value at a low price before you get to paying 3x or more dealer prices for a part.

The cheapest price I find is usually junk, and if the supplier is not pretty well established it might not even be usable out of the box. Straight from China no-name parts are often like this. I tried this (mainly for laughs) on some HID bulbs for my Audi and the $4 lamps from China were junk, probably quality control fails bought as scrap. I got my money back and learned something. The same bulb from a USA supplier for $10 works perfectly, the supplier is not in business to go out-of-business and does not want returns and unhappy customers so that makes sense. I think new Phillips bulbs were $100-ish at the time.

Similar story: I buy a new Bosch fuel pump for my truck, USA supplier, $80, part made in a 1st world country, and once installed I find it's got a bad check valve and needs to come back out. I replace it with a $30 pump made in China but from a reputable seller in the USA and that pump works perfectly for years, to the point where when I got another truck and replaced the fuel pump (ahead of it wearing out) I got another $30 pump from the same seller and it's been in there humming for 8 years.

The Meyle mounts I installed I have a lot of confidence in, the seller backs them with a lifetime warranty and Meyle has a reputation for adequacy and good value (IMO) so I thought it was worth trying to save $250 or so on the mounts.

MAGK944