Mace spacers don't fit after new engine mounts.

[Jamiejamie]

So i finished installing my new engine mounts and now my bonnet won't close with my 12mm plenum spacer and 25mm manifold insulator. I don't want to remove them and would hate too after what they cost but unless I buy a new bonnet I can't see any other way. Any ideas peeps?

 

[kniever]

did you use genuine or after market mounts? cos is whats making the difference

 

[Jamiejamie]

After market but thier a replica. The same hydraulic filled ones.

 

[lufkin]

i have the same spacers, and got genuine mounts not long ago, no problems at all

 

[strgas]

space the front cross member to give clearance

 

[Jamiejamie]

Yeah theirs people who have both spacers and a strut tower brace and still have room so yeah I dunno lol. Yeah spacing the cross member sounds like a plan.

 

[pjdm1980]

Got ant pics of the gap between the sump and cross member, a eye level shot of the manifold and strut towers and any other measurements?

 

[GRPABT1]

Get genuine mounts, problem solved. Or just sell the snake oil and spend the coin on something useful

 

[Jamiejamie]

I compared them with genuine ones, thier exactly the same, same size same material same hydraulic fluid. Im talking about 20mm here so I was going to have issues with whatever mounts I got. The gap now after new mounts between sump and crossmember is the sumps about 10mm above the crossmember instead of 10 below which is where my 20mm has come from. I was thinking about spacing the crossmember butt I've altered my bonnet instead and all is well again. Just a pain in the ass.

 

[thekid93]

take off ur engine cover??