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Hi
Any particular brand to go for? Best value for money?
Gonna replace them when lowering and ECP want £52 for 2 droplinks!?
I thought they were about a tenner each!! 
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Peugeo...cb9&000016
Dont want some crap ebay ones that snap over the first bump but £50 seems a bit excessive! 
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Think they are £12 each from my local car parts place!
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Thats what I was expecting really...I take it your local isn't a chain?
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gsf do them for about 12 quid a peice i think
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I get trade at a place called auto supplies so I think I pay about 8.50 each for them but think they are just local!
£50odd is taking the piss a bit tho, bet you wouldn't pay much more than that from pug!
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Ah didnt think about gsf....I still get dubgen discount there too...hmm!
Lol...
http://www.gsfcarparts.com/427pc0230
What the hell are ECP playing at with such a daft price! Cheers guys, looks like I'll head to gsf then!
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May as well look for the group buy that ended up being £60 for rose jointed ally ones if you're going to pay that much lol.
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meyle HD ones are a good bet as they have 4 year warranty. may be hard sourcing some holla at Kris B think he can supply them
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Got the GSF ones now. 
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you get what you pay for really. i would expect to see the more expensive 1s last longer that the really cheap 1s. i brought some off ebay which i wish i hadn't as the boots are slpit already and they only been on there about 3 months
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In a way you're right......I mean, pay twice as much for a VW over a 306 and it'll last much longer....oh wait. 
But tbh, the GSF are still branded (I wouldnt buy cheap chinese crap off ebay lol) so hopefully they'll be fine.
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i should of prob brought some off GSF but i forti would give the ebay 1s a try as only like £10 for a pair
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What on earth Tom, I paid £22 for a pair from ECP about 6 weeks ago!
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I've had lemforders on the HDi, one is shot within 3K so i'm never buying them again. Shite.
I've had boggo GSF cheapies last 10x that mileage at least.
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(09-11-2012, 04:44 PM)C2K Wrote: I've had lemforders on the HDi, one is shot within 3K so i'm never buying them again. Shite.
I've had boggo GSF cheapies last 10x that mileage at least.
Had an identical result with my lemforder ones, complete f*cking rip-off
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(09-11-2012, 04:10 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: What on earth Tom, I paid £22 for a pair from ECP about 6 weeks ago!
Yeah thats all they should be!! They're probably the same ones I got from GSF anyway. I got SKF top mounts from there which are same as ECP lol.
(09-11-2012, 04:44 PM)C2K Wrote: I've had lemforders on the HDi, one is shot within 3K so i'm never buying them again. Shite.
I've had boggo GSF cheapies last 10x that mileage at least.
Lol, I would expect lemforders would be better than the cheap ones!! We'll see how long the GSF ones last anyway....chances are I wont keep the car more than 6 months anyway tbf lol.
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(09-11-2012, 05:20 PM)Kezzieboy Wrote: (09-11-2012, 04:44 PM)C2K Wrote: I've had lemforders on the HDi, one is shot within 3K so i'm never buying them again. Shite.
I've had boggo GSF cheapies last 10x that mileage at least.
Had an identical result with my lemforder ones, complete f*cking rip-off
A lot of people slate droplinks other than rosejointed and pug ones but most dont realise that they do wear out substantially faster the lower your car is! Even by 30mm they will still wear out fairly quickly. Normal height and under normal conditions, most will last years and years
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(09-11-2012, 05:31 PM)Kwik Wrote: stuck record mode on
meyle hd, meyle hd, meyle hd
joints will still wear and knock if your lowered.
And kwik, out of anyone i would of thought you would be there person to know that skipping records have had it and should be binned 
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Mine is standard though. I've bought Gsf ones lots of times and generally they are replaced infrequently. Only fitted lemforder due to the fact the boots had perished and I was there doing my clutch.
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you joker vinyl will never die!
but it's the 4 year unlimited milage warranty that makes meyle hd the way to go.........
http://www.meyle.com/EN/Spare-parts/MEYLE-HD.html
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I;ve had Meyle HD stuff before and wasn't overly impressed. Wear rate didn't seem any different to cheap crap.
Basically what you're admitting is that yes, they'll wear out just as quickly, but you get free replacements
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lol i never thought of it like that
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