Wishbones... Where from?

[Gaz205 50]

Can anyone suggest a reputable outlet for standard spec wishbones for a ph1 1600 gti? Or does anyone have new ones for sale? 

 

thanks 

Gaz

[Biggles 65]

I get First Line ones from my local motor factor.  They've survived 4 years of rallying OK so the quality seems fine.

[farmer 327 1 Cars]

TRW have been ok for me and QH

[Tom Fenton 1,524]

Febi Bilstein from Mister Auto have been decent for me.

Motaquip also decent.

However, I always say these days that how many folk will do serious mileage in a 205? When folk were doing 12-15+k miles a year in a 205, then yes it really mattered! But now, I’d wager most of them won’t do 15k in 5 years. So is a cheaper product just as acceptable? Only the owner of the car can decide!

[Gaz205 50]

Averaging about 1k a year so yes good point Tom.

thanks for the answers. I usually use ECP but looking at mister auto they are a lot cheaper. Do they email discount codes at all ?

[Leslie green 81]

Mister auto had an 8% discount recently up to 12% depending how much you spent but I think they have regular sales much like ecp 

Edited January 28, 2018 by Leslie green

[Gaz205 50]

Thank you , they seem very reasonably priced on that site compared to ecp even before discount.

[speno 239 2 Cars]

I would poly bush them too ... Only kidding 

[Leslie green 81]

ECP does seem to have got very expensive and a lot of what they sell is cheap tat like klarius exhausts that fall apart after a few months . I got full rear lights of mister auto for £28 a side phase 2 valeo ones last month.which i thought was ok ,sellers on ebay are asking that for used ones ! I did buy a full walker exhaust too but they only sent out the back box and only after 2 weeks did they say I wasn't getting the front pipe as it was too long to post ...wasn't too impressed with that !

Edited January 29, 2018 by Leslie green

[Anthony 1,000]

23 minutes ago, Leslie green said:

I did buy a full walker exhaust too but they only sent out the back box and only after 2 weeks did they say I wasn't getting the front pipe as it was too long to post ...wasn't too impressed with that !

 

Odd, I bought one off them last year when they were doing them cheap and they were happy to send to the UK mainland - guess they've either changed their shipping policy since or it's because you're in N.I?

 

To be honest, I wasn't actually that impressed with the subjective quality of the Walker exhaust, certainly didn't seem as well made as one's I've seen/had from years back.

 

[farmer 327 1 Cars]

They don't like posting to NI from experience 

[Leslie green 81]

 I guess its because its over 1.5m Anthony, I selected the 2 piece system so the front is very long , if id selected the 3 piece system id might have been ok as the bits are shorter , it was Parcel farce wouldn't send it as it arrived in the uk from France fine , they send the other stuff and the backbox out fine though , although 2 of the little stick out taps on one rear light were snapped off and the rear silencer had punched a hole in te box it was in due to being dropped ,luckily no damage .

 

Is the system still available from Peugeot does anyone know or have you one squirreled away Farmer ? ,if ecp had done it they I could have collected at a local depot and it would have been handy but all they have is Klarius last time I checked and I don't fancy paying Milltek prices for a stainless !

Edited January 29, 2018 by Leslie green

[farmer 327 1 Cars]

Got 3 or 4 systems 

 

Pre 89 3 piece and 2 piece sleeved

[Gaz205 50]

12 hours ago, speno said:

I would poly bush them too ... Only kidding 

next you'll be telling me to put an Mi in 

[Andy 105 1 Cars]

Yes. Speno has several to choose from ! 

[pug_ham 240 3 Cars]

On 28/01/2018 at 8:41 PM, Tom Fenton said:

Motaquip also decent.

Unfortunately the last set of Motaquip wishbones I fitted were disappointing with noticeable slack in the balljoint after 18 months use & I fitted a new one to Kezzer's GTI for an mot for it to fail a year later on the same balljoint for play.

 

Pity too as the have the oe bushes as standard.

 

g

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Yes Motaquip went to Ocap which are total rubbish, Febi not much better as had loads of these fail without too much abuse, I get TRW ones now and so far so good

[Anthony 1,000]

Any idea when they changed Miles or how to identify "good" Motaquip from the rebadged Ocap ones?

 

I've kept a couple of pairs of new Motaquip ones from a few years back for a rainy day as they were historically good, but not much point if they're likely to have the balljoints fail in short order.

[Gaz205 50]

11 hours ago, Andy said:

Yes. Speno has several to choose from ! 

I think he's had enough money off me recently Andy haha

Edited January 30, 2018 by Gaz205

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Dead easy to see, OCAP is stamped on the bottom of the ball joint, ECP rubbish but I guess before they sold up quality went down the pan

[speno 239 2 Cars]

On 30/01/2018 at 6:58 PM, Gaz205 said:

I think he's had enough money off me recently Andy haha

I think you got a bargain there 

[DamirGTI 323]

Lemforder wishbones , for me , where the best durability wise next to the OE ones .. but are also getting notoriously expensive these days , they usually have Hutchinson bushes which are pretty stiff and last just as long as the Kleber ones .

 

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