Parts Supplier

[dipsomaniac]

http://www.germanaut...o.uk/index.html

 

don't know if anyone has used this company but i just bought some febi bilstein droplinks for my v6 from them and was very pleased with price (£22 pair incl del) and delivery time (3 days during christmas rush).

Edited January 6, 2013 by dipsomaniac

[sparky Paul]

Looks very comprehensive, new suppliers are always handy.

 

I hope you have better luck with the droplinks than I had with febi-bilstein top bushes/bearings. I fitted these when I replaced the front shocks/coils a few years back, and I don't think they covered 6000 miles before the bushes collapsed and had to be replaced again.

 

The original ones had done 80-odd thousand miles and were still good... until I had to burn the top mounts off. :)

[dipsomaniac]

suppose only time will tell paul. offside anti-rollbar bush was an advisory on last mot. thought i should replace droplinks while at it and didn't want to spend a fortune as car is 15 years old and i only do < 4k per year. droplink prices are crazy and it is not always clear that spending £10 on a droplink is any better than spending £5

[sparky Paul]

I've had a few different sorts of drop links. The best ones were Motaquip branded, but the boxes contained genuine VW droplinks... this was years ago, before non-OEM droplinks were common - I don't imagine they still supply VW parts.

 

Currently have Delphi-Lockheed ones fitted, which were not the cheapest, but they seem to be lasting very well, despite the state of the roads round here. The worst ones were without doubt the cheap no-name ones off eBay, they were a complete disaster and didn't last 6 months. At least the droplinks you fitted are branded, in my experience that does seem to count for something.

 

As for those top bushes, I'm sure that they must have been faulty in some way. The repacements I fitted were only cheap ones and they have been fine.