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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 06:39 AM
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Default Avid Vs Hasport vs Cheap EBAY mounts.

I just got thru finishing a swap in my car. When i was first doing the swap i was at a toss up on what mounts i wanted to use. I have had several swapped cars in the past and have probly used any kind of mount option you can think of.

I have used OEM mounts, Hasport mounts ( old and new ) And cheap ebay knock offs.

Everyone was telling me to run The cheap EBAY mounts and yes i have used them before and i wasnt impressed with them at all, the urethane rips, the welds crack etc: ( even though many people on here swear by them, in the long run they SUCK )

WIth my current build i have chose to go with AVID billet mounts, at first i was kinda sceptical because they look just like hasports and i was thinking they were juist going to be some sort of knock off ....Well, i went ahead and ordered them ( 250 shipped ). I get the mounts and the QUALITY is great, they bling, the urethane looks good and they come with all the bolts needed.

Avid Racing - Premier Accessories for Honda and Acura Swaps <-- for some reason avids site isnt showing the billet ones, but they DO make them. Ignore those prices the are MSRP

Well i start putting the mounts in (My car is a EF btw), i bolt the tranny mount to the trans, and i get to looking at it and its a 2 peice mount =0, it made it alot easier to bolt in/out cause how it was postioned ( unlike the hasport) so i thought it was great, the rear mount is just like the hasport, driver side mount was nice. Then i got to looking, these mounts sits alot lower then the Hasports yet still get good ground clearance ( you also have to bang the lip down on the rear X member to clear the tranny bracket ).

Now with all that aside, hasport DOES make good mounts ( duh ) but for the price , the avids are GREAT and the urethane is great. Hasport also has a life time warrenty and their mounts ( im not sure if avid does )

But yeah the moral of this story. EBAY cheap mounts suck. I hope this helps people out when looking for mounts for their car.

Also AVID came out with a K swap mount set also for EG's.......lets just say its alot cheaper too


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