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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 :roll:

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 :lol:

Re: Which drop links?

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:04 am
by Gary406
rwb wrote:ip--dip--doo http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130574539572 that'll do :cheesy:
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 8) 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 :lol:

Re: Which drop links?

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:37 pm
by Gary406
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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. :supafrisk:
It's only now that I've put two and two together and realised what the noise is. :roll:

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 :shock:

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? :roll:

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.