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Which drop links?
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:22 pm
by rwb
Can you recommend any, or is it just pot luck, or are they all just as bad?
Ta.
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:20 pm
by lozz
its just pot luck ,
im using Qh ones at present. there cheap'ish and seem to last fairly well,
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:01 pm
by gordonw
Down to pot luck just changed mine this morning and fitted cheap ones i now just treat them as a service item and change them before the MOT

Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:42 pm
by Bailes1992
Buy good OEM Links and not budget ones. Lemforder on ECP are a good bet!
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:47 pm
by rwb
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:27 am
by Bailes1992
They won't last 5 minuites

Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:04 am
by Gary406
yes they will do. i only ever buy those ones off ebay 2 for a tenner.
they last me easy 8 months. on my last d8 i had a pair of them on for over a year before headgasket went . links were still going strong with no knocking

when car went to scrap yard
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:03 pm
by rwb
Well then I guess we'll find out sometime between 5 minutes and 8 months

Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:37 pm
by Gary406
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:45 pm
by marty1979
I changed mine last year before the MOT, I paid less than £10 for the pair from Ebay and it's just gone through another MOT without a problem. No knocks, bangs or anything.
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:24 pm
by rwb
Mine's gone through a few MOTs with them.
It's only now that I've put two and two together and realised what the noise is.

Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:25 pm
by Gary406
it shouldnt have gone through mot with failed droplinks because if the tester would have checked the wheel it would have had play in it
or is it an advisory ? not sure TBH never had a link flag up on my MOT cos i always change them before i go
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:30 pm
by Bailes1992
Shouldn't have play in the wheel from drop links?

Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:39 pm
by rwb
I've had an advisory on ball joints, but not on the drop links.
My drop links have been in at least 6 years, and therefore probably since new, so it's implausible that they're not past it
Re: Which drop links?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:46 pm
by Bailes1992
My droplinks were replaced under warrenty after 12 months and I assume the ones on the car now are OEM.
I'l go to Peugeot as I need them if they can last 8 years.