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26th November 2021, 14:34 | #11 | |
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The originals were made by Delphi, however unfortunately they confirmed some years ago that the original tooling no longer exists and that their current 'offering' is outsourced - so likely no better than other options out there. A shame, as they're by far the best option - we do occasionally get some in with our 'old stock' however I'm honestly not sure if there's any left out there in the wild now. If you do order again, drop me a PM and I'll arrange some discount for the short life. They may be over our warranty in terms of years, but I'd expect more mileage from them. Regards Mat
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26th November 2021, 21:40 | #12 |
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the mehle droplinks seem well made. i bought a set 6mths ago. they are very well packed with grease under the rubber boots. i would not attempt to put more grease in them again as i tried. maybe the sringe idea will work but once the rubber boots have been disturbed, once on full lock they will keep slipping off.they have very weak boot retainer springs. an mot or advisory/ fail actually for allowing the ingress of dirt. to be fair to DMGRS his offerings are pretty good and do have excellent boot cover springs. i have put some new ones on from mat again now and will try to secure the boots on the mehle ones again. if you have already bought the mehle ones , just leave them alone and fit them as they are.
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29th November 2021, 13:51 | #13 | |
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29th November 2021, 18:38 | #14 |
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I've just had a major front end refub done with many DMGRS parts .. can't comment on longevity yet but it has totally transformed the car and their prices were very competitive.
From Dmgrs.... 2 struts, 2 springs, 2 top mounts and bearings, 2 dust covers, 2 drop links Elsewhere... Upper and lower spring isolators, spring assistors (I think that's the rimmer's description) 2 x Kumho tyres from local tyre place Disks and pads plus 3.5 hours labour to fit the above from local garage £1k give or take but has transformed the car, worth every penny. Sent from my moto g(30) using Tapatalk
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30th November 2021, 20:38 | #15 |
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alot of people put too much onus on the droplinks . meaning that there are many other reasons why on some cars they do not seem to last as long as they had hoped. everything from worn top mount rubbers and bearings, weak shock absorbers, weak springs, bump stops, worn steering and suspension joints, and lower arm rear bushes to name but a few. the much repeated say of the fact that they dont last as long as the originals is probably true . however it has to be remembered that all of the above components were new . not withstanding the above , there is also some cheap tat out there to avoid, DMGRS droplinks are a reasonable buy costwise , and at least you know what your getting. ...
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30th November 2021, 20:57 | #16 |
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I agree with the above and have made the same point many times before. I have also made the point that I never seem to have issues with premature failure of suspension components and this is possibly because I tend to go for more or less complete rebuilds e.g. damprs, springs, bushes, droplinks etc.
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7th December 2021, 14:22 | #17 | |
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The N/S drop link lower joint was the culprit, it wasn't as bad as the tester's comment "....ball joint likely to become detached..." but the bellows was intact and there was more than a little play in it so my guess is either insufficient grease or a poor (SIAC/DMGRS) product to begin with. Last edited by rab60bit; 7th December 2021 at 14:25.. |
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8th December 2021, 00:47 | #18 |
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Fitted some myself the other day for local owner, i used two nuts on the end that fit to the ARB
1 2 Spray painted them red 3 These are becoming a yearly fix now unless you can find some really good ones, i always add extra grease no matter what make i use.
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