Group N or OEM STI Mounts?
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:54 am
I just got my Group N engine/tranny mounts in the mail today. Unpackaged them and saw they had a Subaru logo and part number on them and looked to be factory mounts. This worried me because I bought them used from a guy on NASIOC for $175 shipped. Said they only had 5K miles on them and they came off his 2008 STI.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... st27767197



So I looked up the part number on google and came up with this thread about the same thing but this guy ordered them new from a website.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=530759
So according to that thread and the response from Subaru of America these are the correct mounts they just use the same molds to make the Group N parts and thus it has the same part number. Seems pretty stupid to use the same part numbers for different parts but that's just me. There are seperate part numbers for these mounts that are NOT printed on the mounts themselves next to the identical STI OEM part numbers.
RST-4100 STi Group N Engine Mount Set $120
RST-4101 STi Group N Gearbox Mount 5MT $75
RST-4102 STi Group N Gearbox Mount 6MT $75
http://www.rallispec.com/prod_mount.htm
The picture on the rallispec site is too small to get a good close up and see if there's any difference in the mounts I got and the Group N mounts pictured on the rallispec site.
In the NASIOC thread everyone kept saying,"Just check the hardness of your STI mounts VS the Group N mounts and you'll see the difference." But I don't have an STI or OEM STI mounts to compare with.
So what do you guys think? Are these Group N or OEM STI? Anybody have a set of these mounts lying around in both OEM STI and Group N to compare and contrast?
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... st27767197



So I looked up the part number on google and came up with this thread about the same thing but this guy ordered them new from a website.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=530759
So according to that thread and the response from Subaru of America these are the correct mounts they just use the same molds to make the Group N parts and thus it has the same part number. Seems pretty stupid to use the same part numbers for different parts but that's just me. There are seperate part numbers for these mounts that are NOT printed on the mounts themselves next to the identical STI OEM part numbers.
RST-4100 STi Group N Engine Mount Set $120
RST-4101 STi Group N Gearbox Mount 5MT $75
RST-4102 STi Group N Gearbox Mount 6MT $75
http://www.rallispec.com/prod_mount.htm
The picture on the rallispec site is too small to get a good close up and see if there's any difference in the mounts I got and the Group N mounts pictured on the rallispec site.
In the NASIOC thread everyone kept saying,"Just check the hardness of your STI mounts VS the Group N mounts and you'll see the difference." But I don't have an STI or OEM STI mounts to compare with.
So what do you guys think? Are these Group N or OEM STI? Anybody have a set of these mounts lying around in both OEM STI and Group N to compare and contrast?