When I have replaced them before, I just got them form Tasca parts. Genuine Mazda and yes more expensive.

 

It is hard to imagine that a 12 buck motor mount will last very long. Past experience with cheap rubber bushings/mount says they last for 6 months. I'd probably go to Mazda for these.

 

I have bought from Rockauto in the past (don't recall which one but I usually don't buy the cheapest or the most expensive). At about 95,000 miles on them the rear mount was completely shot and the transmission (manual) was on its way out. So this is much longer than six months alluded to above.

 

Rockauto sells many versions of those parts and I'm sure some are better than others. I'd bet some are just fine. Figuring out which ones are and aren't is the problem.

 

Are the motor mounts for the 2006-2009 the same as the 05 and 04?

 

Recently replaced my 2007 Speed3 factory side mounts at about 180K. I have an aftermarket rear mount that I did not replace. I went with Mazda mounts because the 'sport' mounts are too harsh for an old car like mine, IMO. I thought about Rock Auto, but for the price I just can't imagine them lasting long. My factory mounts were pretty shot, but they were still holding the engine up at 180K. The engine sits a bit higher now with the new mounts!

 

I’ve heard extremely good things about Beck Arnley so I went ahead and bought the passenger trans and rear mounts. They come in next week I’ll keep yall posted

 

FWIW I recently bought a Duralast transmission mount (MT) at Autozone and its part number was identical to the Pioneer brand on rock auto. The price was better due to no shipping cost. Autozone had a lifetime warranty on it too.

 

Cost of parts does not indicate the quality or how long they will last. Understanding the 2 basic components aftermarket and OEM are really about equal in quality.

Performance mounts generally use polyurethan @ 70-85 Durometer hardness. They are designed for performance usage and to reduce drive train component movements.
So, they will in all case make the overall feeling a bit more notable.
I caution the poly mounts if you drive aggressively and shift at high RPM ranges used on any transmission as they can cause case fracturing. OEM transmissions are not designed with reenforced casting ribbing in those areas for solid or very hard transmission mounts.

 

Beck Arnley has been a decades old company that has offered quality aftermarket products. When I was a distributor of their parts most were manufactured in Japan. Now like a majority of products from many suppliers some now come from China. However, any OEM replacement part from them is at least equal to OEM specification and quality.

 

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