Z1 Solid Aluminum Trans mount - Noise Abatement Tip

Corsairprime

How many of you out there have swapped out your factory sprung trans mount. Did you buy the Poly bushed variety or the Solid Aluminum variety? Well I picked up the Z1 Solid Aluminum one. It works great and is a quick install. 20 Minutes start to finish. Well the other thing you get is all of the noise that a solid mount can transmit to the body of the car. I resolved never to look back and elected to find a solution to damping this noise. I thought that the the polyurethane bushings on the other variety of trans mount and it gave me an idea. What if I got a sheet of silicone rubber and cut small spacers in the shape of the trans mount attachment points. This was a great idea. The smallest sheet of silicone rubber I could get was 1/8" x 12" x 12" on Amazon for about $14.

Well today I spent an hour or less removing the trans mount cross member and added the small silicon cutout shapes. I used the factory cross member to trace small spacer shapes and cut small holes in them to create the four spacer pieces. I added the spacers to the Z1 Aluminum trans mount and the Factory Cross member where they bolt to each other and the car body.

The results are a welcome reduction in overall car vibrations and noise transmission through the Z1 Solid Trans mount. You still get all of the benefits of a solid trans mount and a whole lot less noise. The gear whine is muted but welcome. I am glad I did not remove the Z1 Solid Aluminum Trans mount. It really adds to the rigidity you are looking for but with the 4 small silicone spacers the noise is greatly reduced.

If you are a Z owner that has added the Z1 solid trans mount you might consider spending a bit of time and add 4 silicon spacer pieces to quiet the noise. I'm glad that I did.

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Corsairprime
2014 Nismo #462, GunMetal Grey, GT-R Start Button, AAM S-Line/R-Line intake and S-Line exhaust, Berk HFCs, Osiris Tuned at JoTech

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Thanks for the insight man. I could use pictures because I'm dense, but the idea is plenty. Thank you, will be trying this when it comes time to replace those bushings.