Just wondered where the best place pricewise is to buy lower arms these days? i am after lemforder or meyle and any thoughts on TRW?
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Iain
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Iain
Cheapest place to buy lower arms
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Ecp are ok if your planing to sale your car but I will never buy from them again there stuff is crap they say the genuine stuff but it's made from toffee save your money and buy gen not that much diffence in price
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ECP sell OE spec parts, yes granted they sell some of the cheaper stuff but they also stock Lemforder and someone mentioned Meyle HD In Belfast which both are OE spec.
You'll find Audi ("genuine") parts aren't made by Audi and made elsewhere, fuel and air filters made by Mann and UFI both of which you can also buy in ECP, GSF etc.
You'll find Audi ("genuine") parts aren't made by Audi and made elsewhere, fuel and air filters made by Mann and UFI both of which you can also buy in ECP, GSF etc.
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Ya having a laugh aint ya, ya take them lemforder stick of and 8/10 you can still see the OEm stamp. It would be illegal to sell them if that was the case,yes I do agree with ya the other, cheap ones are garbage,and it's not the arms but the cheaper bushes. But if Ecp didn't give an option they would be out of business.
At the branch i work at we sell to loads of vag specialists and main dealers
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palfy86
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Ruffrida clearly works for ECP i think lol.
Cheapest place id have thought would be a certain BAY and that Rainforest place lol however im a firm believer of you get what ya pay for so buy cheap buy twice. Meyle HD all the way for me in the New Year.
Cheapest place id have thought would be a certain BAY and that Rainforest place lol however im a firm believer of you get what ya pay for so buy cheap buy twice. Meyle HD all the way for me in the New Year.
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I always get Lemforder parts, great quality parts and they make them for Audi, just the Audi part numbers are not on them,
i had trouble with euro car parts "genuine bosch maf " tried 2 differant ones and they were both crap took them back
ordered one from t.p.s and fitted that no problem still works a treat
this is probably one of the few items i would not buy again from euro car parts
ordered one from t.p.s and fitted that no problem still works a treat
this is probably one of the few items i would not buy again from euro car parts
Nothing wrong with Lemforder from ECP. Last time I bought Lemforder from ECP I could still see the VW Audi stamp where they hadn't ground it off properly.
VAG engine sensors are a different story though, I will only buy from TPS.
VAG engine sensors are a different story though, I will only buy from TPS.
Quattro-matty
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Meyle doesn't make arms for Audi, or at least it's never made them for B6/B7. Only Lemforder and TRW have.
meyle do make control arms for audi
they are sold by quite a few companies
jhm in the states and all german parts in the uk
they are sold by quite a few companies
jhm in the states and all german parts in the uk
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Meyle HD is a an upgrade to factory part. So no, they're not OEM Factory fitted parts. But Meyle HD DO make arms that fit Audis and are better than Lemforder/TRW OEM arms.
I think the confusion has arisen from the way you worded your statement above; "Meyle doesn't make arms for Audi, or at least it's never made them for B6/B7. Only Lemforder and TRW have."
Yeah, sorry for the confusion. I went with Lemforder and I'm happy (made in Germany).
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ECP sell Lemforder which are the exact item you would get from Audi, but the dealer part would come in a vag group box, and the one from ECP comes in the Lemforder box. Audi wanted something like £160 each, and I got both for a little bit more than that from ECP.
Here are a couple of the parts I bought from ECP when I was in theprocess of completely overhauling my front end.
So you either bought the ***** q-drive stuff, or fitted them incorrectly as a lot of people do leading to premature aging.
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Ecp are ok if your planing to sale your car but I will never buy from them again there stuff is **** they say the genuine stuff but it's made from toffee save your money and buy gen not that much diffence in price
ECP sell Lemforder which are the exact item you would get from Audi, but the dealer part would come in a vag group box, and the one from ECP comes in the Lemforder box. Audi wanted something like £160 each, and I got both for a little bit more than that from ECP.
Here are a couple of the parts I bought from ECP when I was in theprocess of completely overhauling my front end.
So you either bought the ***** q-drive stuff, or fitted them incorrectly as a lot of people do leading to premature aging.
Sounds like some folk on here are suggesting ECP fraudulently sell parts which is nonsense.
Component manufacturers supply different outlets and car manufacturers use a variety of suppliers to maintain productivity.
leegsi
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I have seen people fitting these sort of parts and doing them up tight whilst the wheels are hanging in the air.
You need to tighten them up with the weight of the car on the suspension so they are sitting in the correct position as the bush will twist otherwise.
You need to tighten them up with the weight of the car on the suspension so they are sitting in the correct position as the bush will twist otherwise.
