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 Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 1:57 pm |
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So i have been having a clonking noise at low speeds on the drivers side and after taking the wheel off i saw this....
So my question is....Is it the norm to change only one or, should i change both? What sort of price should i pay for a respectable shock or are the e-bay cheap ones good enough? How long to change as in what would a garage sting me for? Or can an amateur do it easy enough?
Its a GTI 138 on a 52
Cheers in advance...
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 2:21 pm |
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Avoid Ebay rubbish. Try Euro Car Parts. Not that expensive especially with the parts25 discount code.
You need to change both. Also need new nuts and bolts for hub to wishbone and hub to damper.
Need spring compressor and few other tools to do it. New drop links are always a good idea too. I'd consider new top mounts if the car has done a few miles.
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 1:13 pm |
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Ok thanks for the advice
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 1:22 pm |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 11:07 am |
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Better ?
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 11:29 am |
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| bondyshambles wrote: |
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 The mods would just come on and delete it as it was. They may still do because of the width, but at least you've reduced the height by two thirds.
Can't really add much to Edwards advice about fitting. A good piece of scaffolding can help though.
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 11:35 am |
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| macca1411 wrote: |
| The mods would just come on and delete it as it was |
What mod's? 
It's all quiet on the mod front again on here.
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 12:49 pm |
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