ESP Mount Kit vs Pieced Together Kit

[bluecb7]

I plan on doing a 5 speed swap in the near future and was planning on buying the ESP auto to 5 speed mount. I also want to upgrade the rest of my mounts while I was at it, so this is where my question comes up. I have come up with two options:

• Option 1) the ESP kit, it uses 1/4 inch steel, 70a polyurathane and runs $275.
  • PROS
    stronger metal
    all equal poly
    less work on my part lol
    
    CONS
    costs more

• Option 2) a pieced together kit consisting of the ESP auto to 5 speed mount ($110), McMaster's 80a polyurethane ($30+s/h), and the other 3 mounts since this is also my daily and can't afford much down time ($50ish) so total of $200 give or take.
  • PROS
    costs less
    
    CONS
    weaker metal on OEM mounts
    un equal poly (possibe prolem?)
    more work for me

Any opinions, is the ESP kit worth the extra money?

[bruno8747]

By no means is the metal on the oem mounts weak. The metal that surrounds the OEM mounts are thicker than ESP.

You can weld in the passenger side bracket for the 5 speed motor mount. And I have never seen anyone have any problems at all with the liquid poly fill. So based on those facts you make the choice.

[slick]

i chose esp so i dont have too much to do and its the simple fact that 3 of the mounts are all the same and they look awesome. and the front one i bought a filled one and i have no engine vibration at all so its really up to you

[sunburn]

Man up........ get the esp mounts

[Leung]

I went for the ESP mounts and it's actually 284 shipped to your door using Paypal.

for the 84 extra bucks i think it's worth it know you'll probably never need to change the mounts ever again and it's easier to install so long as you use an H2U5 tranny because the tranny mount uses the H tranny stud pattern.

[slick]

also with the esp mounts you need that lx/dx rear motor mount but trust me its worth it my power gets put to the ground even though i dont have a whole lot of it

[bluecb7]

By no means is the metal on the oem mounts weak. The metal that surrounds the OEM mounts are thicker than ESP.

You can weld in the passenger side bracket for the 5 speed motor mount. And I have never seen anyone have any problems at all with the liquid poly fill. So based on those facts you make the choice.

I didn't mean that the OEM mounts are weak, but I didn't think that they would be as strong as 1/4" steel.

also with the esp mounts you need that lx/dx rear motor mount but trust me its worth it my power gets put to the ground even though i dont have a whole lot of it

No problem for me, I have a DX.

[slick]

I didn't mean that the OEM mounts are weak, but I didn't think that they would be as strong as 1/4" steel.


No problem for me, I have a DX.

then win win for esp mounts

[quickangel93]

esp mounts are better than making homemade mounts. if your going to pay 200 for a mounts, why not just pay the 75 more for quality parts. this annoys me so bad, there so much honda guys that cheap out on shit, and those guys that dont, that pay for quality shit, never break down.

[baracuda]

esp mounts 100% they are amazing and i love every minute of them. they are worth the money plus they can paint them any color you want.

[sunburn]

esp mounts 100% they are amazing and i love every minute of them. they are worth the money plus they can paint them any color you want.

[turbo90accord]

By no means is the metal on the oem mounts weak. The metal that surrounds the OEM mounts are thicker than ESP.

You can weld in the passenger side bracket for the 5 speed motor mount. And I have never seen anyone have any problems at all with the liquid poly fill. So based on those facts you make the choice.

the metal on the oem mounts are actually not very strong at all. they are made of sintered metal which is basically just powdered metal melted together. i personally broke my drivers side mount which was filled with 90a urethane and it snapped the tabs off where it mounts to the motor. course i was powershifting at 22psi so around 500hp but either way i doubt that would ever happen with ESP mounts which i just ordered friday woopwoop.