Alex, It's not obvious in the photos, but the old mounts are also metal and rubber. The new mounts that I got are the Sportline rear and late W124 front, which are a slightly different design than the early fronts (I just liked the newer version better, and they fit all 124's.) The main thing to notice is how the subframe sags on the old, cracked mounts. With the new mounts, almost no sagging... the subframe is locked much more tightly to the body.
I can tell you that replacing the mounts is not fun, even with the proper tools, at least with the subframe in the car. If the subframe was removed, it would be much easier. If you intend to rebuild the subframe yourself by changing all the links & mounts, I'd pull the whole thing out. I intend to do that when I fix mine (probably next winter). Here's a procedure showing a DIY forward bushing swap: http://www.w124performance.com/docs/mb/W124/subframe_bushing_install.pdf (6MB PDF file with lots of pretty pictures) :-) -Dave M. > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:31:18 -0800 > From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 squirrely rear end, Part II > > > Thanks, Dave. Those new mounts are obviously quite a different design than > the old ones---the old ones seem to be solid rubber while the new ones are > reinforced with metal, is that right? Do you have any idea when the switch > occurred? > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo > '93 Isuzu Trooper > > On 3/22/06, Dave M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Alex, > > > > I'm not sure I can help much... but I do have photos of old vs. new > > subframe mounts. Check them out here, and compare to what's in yur car > > now: > > > > http://www.w124performance.com/images/W124_subframe/ > > > > :) > > > > -dm
