Bottom wishbones

Russel · 6th August 2019, 08:17

Well I had my car at the local garage last week and they have said the passenger's side wishbone needs doing and quoted £150 to supply and fit dose this sound right

ceedy · 6th August 2019, 08:47

Decent price as the arms themselves can cost from cheepy junk at 50 quids to decent stuff at over 100

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Mind you price does not reflect the quality nowadays so get the arms with the longest warranties .

Max I've found is 3 years and only 60 quids

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But then is any warranty worth the paper its written on nowadays ?

As none of then will last as long as the originals.

My front OS corner is on its last legs on its 3rd Arm .(replaced by useless garage in 2014 @120k+ )

whereas the NS is original @ 156,000 miles

MSS · 6th August 2019, 10:12

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Originally Posted by Russel

Well I had my car at the local garage last week and they have said the passenger's side wishbone needs doing and quoted £150 to supply and fit dose this sound right

I would say that is rather low (for one arm). I would check the arms that they intend to fit and make sure that a well known make is fitted even though the cost will be higher. These days, I would tend to go for TRW, Delphi, Firstline etc. A TRW or Delphi arm wll cost around £100 to purchase.

Russel · 6th August 2019, 11:53

It's only one arm being done and I do trust the guy doing it (35 years in his little garage) meridian Modena use him

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Russel Loves to post Mg zt-t Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Southampton Posts: 283 Thanks: 127 Thanked 58 Times in 38 Posts	It's only one arm being done and I do trust the guy doing it (35 years in his little garage) meridian Modena use him