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How do you know when they need to be replaced?  I'm getting this vibration sometimes when I'm pulling out in 1st gear.  I suspect that this might be the issue. But then again, I don't know much.

Excessive movement, tears, leaking oil from the dampeners, etc. From the symptoms I described, the only way to know is to visually inspect them. Vibrations when accelerating from first is a pretty good indicator something is amiss.

I think I'm fucked. Great! God knows how much this is gonna run me now.

Ask Mike. He had to replace a couple mounts he didn't even know were bad. I think Arie just did too. Shop around for prices on parts and do that shit yoself son!

I sent Arie a text earlier. I'm pretty sure he did too. He's probably buried in his books, studying.

Is that what he's calling it? I gotta catch up on the slang.

Talk to NVA-AV6 he can refill them for you, and they will be good as new. He might even have a set he can send you, and you can send yours back his way (sort of like a core) It will preform as well or better than new, and be boat loads less. I had two mounts gone and didn't have an idea...

I had one of my bad mounts replaced $287, and NVA fixed one, and I think it was $60 just to give you an idea. Please don't take that $60 as a fact though because he may charge more, and I don't remember what was what because I had him do other work at the time.

Thanks Mike. As good as Paul is, I don't think I'm going to be driving to VA for this.  Maybe for something, but I don't know if I will for this. I appreciate the suggestion though and I'll PM him.  I'll also ask my local shop how much they'll charge. 

Have them install the ones you get from Paul and you will still save money. Which one is broken? One or two of them are very easy to change

I'm not sure. I'll check tomorrow.  I'm assuming that's what it is since practically everything shakes in the front end of the car, dashboard, steering wheel.

I dont know generally broken mounts would make you feel less vibration

Not in a FWD during acceleration. His mounts may be so far gone that whenever the engine rocks, he feels it.

From personal experience when mine were fixed I felt 1,000,000 times more vibration. Mine were broken completely in half so it was like the engine was sort of just floating around.

Its possible you got used to the floating engine rather than what your car was supposed to feel like?

So I took a quick look at the mounts, I didnt see any fluid leaking out of the front and side one. It was pouring outside and I didnt get a chance to take a good look at the rear one.  But I did drive it to go for a grocery one and no vibrations today. Wierd because it was doing it all day yesterday?

I'm at a loss. You could have a mechanic check out the mounts for you that has a bit more of a trained eye that way you know for sure. You may have overlooked something but I also blame the fact that you were looking while it was pouring down.

Yeah, you're not the only one Z. I plan on doing exactly that next week when I do my oil change.

Keep us posted bro.

For the record mine didn't leak any fluid at all.  Mine broke in half on the inside (basically the tab that the engins bolts to was free to move) but, the out side never got punctured so the fluid stayed in place.

Yeah, I kinda forgot that you mentioned that Mike. Must mean I don't pay attention to what you say.

I'm used to it!

damn, Nelson. you don't drive hard enough to have your mounts busted.

I hope it's nothting serious.

I'll hit you up in a bit to discuss this and the other sad sad news.  :'(

The other sad news was replied to Arie. Not allowed.

After my conversation with Arie last night, I'm convinced it was just a combination of my shitty driving habits and a typical honda clutch.  He said he noticed it by the way I drove his car.  Basically, I'm just a pussy. Still getting it checked out though, just in case.  You never know.

Haha! Way to go Arie! Another thing you could look into is the slave cylinder mod. I'll have to look for it but it basically makes your clutch act like a standard clutch rather than the soft bullshit that Honda engineered into yours.

*EDIT* Found it! Thread one. (http://www.driveaccord.net/forums/showthread.php?t=45703) And the original idea. (http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=734300)

It's a shame you can't use a K series slave cylinder.