I need 4 new engine mounts, new head lights, new horn, new front rotors, powersteering belt and a gasket behind the cat.

How bad is the engine mount situation

 

not bad. you can change out all 4 mounts your self. all you need to do is put your car up on stands and support the engine(carfully!!!!! use a piece of wood to distribute the weight so you dont bend or dent anything.) and do one mount at a time. you can get the mounts any part store.

 

time to upgrade to urethane mounts. like's like 80 bucks for all of the mounths, it will give you a smoother ride, less wheel hop and more traction as a result

 

I don't know about a smoother ride Ron. Poly mounts will transmit motor vibration through to the body. All 4 mounts changed out to them will be an experience. Two is ok, but 4 is rough.

 

changin all of them out is a PITA i'll be the first to admit it. but the urethane shouldn't make the ride rougher, i thought they were meant to disipate engine vibration and therefore make a smoother ride, and redude wheel hop...... incorrect?

 

You dont want to make all 4 to P/U... Silvers right, its ugly. Though Ron is right about the wheel hop.

 

Well ****, i was driving through ocean city last night and i shifted into third and heard a loud bang and then the car had a reallyhadvibration going through it and soulded like somethign was rubbing on the drivers side in the engine bay, drove it home and have to touched yet. im thinking it has somethign to do witht he motor mounts but im not sure, what do you guys think. And the shop allready ordered all the parts to fix my car, do you think they used the poly mounts or something else.

 

i think that if you put P/U mounts on the front and back mounts you'll be fine

 

Yeah poped the hood today and the damn bolt for the mount of the front drivers side came out, it looks like the threds inside the actual car/ frame (what ever the bolt goes to) is stripped

 

there are no threads for mounts on the frame, the threads for the bolts are in the mount itself.