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dkp_cobra

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« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2015, 13:57:17 »
One small notice: these ball joints are from Saab and are not used for the early MK IV's as you can see here:
   
   

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« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2015, 14:53:32 »
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Originally posted by dkp_cobra
   
Nik, you are a rich man. Calling £29.96 each +VAT cheap.

   Oh I laughed out loud!!!
   I`ve been called MANY things, but rich was never one of them!!! [:D][:D][:D]
   
   I do, however, have experience of fitting the cheapest parts* (coz I ain`t rich, and I`m the son of a Yorkshireman, who make the Scots` reputation for tightness appear generous!), and yes, I saw copy parts even cheaper than those, but I wouldn`t EVER fit them to one of your cars!!! [xx(]
   
   (Oh, and if you buy the TWR ones on eBay, the £29.96 appears to include VAT AND shipping...[;)])
   
   
   *£100 for an entire VW front suspension, compared to £500+ (or £1100 fitted!!!) from V.A.G, but was shot within 10,000 miles!

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« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2015, 15:47:24 »
Maybe the increased grip of modern tyres like the Avon ZZ, increases lateral loads on suspension parts.

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« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2015, 23:53:49 »
FF, memory serves, I replaced the passenger s,ide or perhaps was wheel bearings a thousands miles or before she went overseas,Im

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« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2015, 10:30:51 »
Hi Jim, I remember well (i'm younger [;)] !) you told me it was the rs ball joint (and you asked here for that in an old thread) ...
   
   @Flyinghorse : To me, it was the ball that popped out, or the thread that broke... What I recall is that the nut was still in place, with a part of the tapped part . And the upright was intact. It is strange that i can't find any pic, as I thought that I took some...

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« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2015, 11:08:27 »
Yute' isn't wasted on the young!

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« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2015, 16:18:05 »
Ahahah ... In French, we say : "Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait" (can be translated : "If youth knew, if old age could") [;)]

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« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2015, 00:24:45 »
Sounds good in either language

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« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2015, 16:53:59 »
Pleased to hear you're OK and your car is back on the road. Black is a big improvement - but then I would say that, I'm biased.

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« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2015, 22:35:53 »
All well and good, but it was the ORIGINAL COLOR.

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« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2015, 09:14:50 »
I like Red Hair in her body tight black dress :-)
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler!