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Post Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:51 pm

Does anyone know who they are made by and how much?

U see i bought some GSF ones for my 325i auto for the MOT in under 6 months they are fucked, rubber boot split both sides and the ruber delaminated on both aswell. Hammered they were in a car which is a rolling sofa A to B car

So don't buy italian OMG front ARB drop links from GSF!
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Post Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:22 pm

Yep, it's worth paying a couple of quid more for genuine ones, this has just reminded me i've had some front ARB bushs for about six months that i've not fitted yet :roll:
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Post Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:00 pm

tbh ive got ECP ones on mine, not had a problem, and iirc the difference in price was a bit more then a couple of quid? think i got both sides fo 9ish?? wheres from bmw was 20ish??

tbh i supose i dont drive my car as hard as you, anyway, i think its to do with luck of the draw and no consistency with ECP parts tbh.
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Post Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:26 pm

bmw ones are Ԛ£29 per side
GSF are about Ԛ£12 and utter crap. I had the same problem with my sport, they were again totally f**ked after 1500 miles including a ring trip! So i went main dealer.

But for my auto turd i thought i could go without bmw stuff for everything!

So who are the ECP ones made by don't say OMG!
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Post Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:30 am

Go for genuine ones! Few quid extra but worth it.

Honda ones are Ԛ£70 each + vat so don't moan! :eek: :D
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Post Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:04 am

Mine need replacing but I was going to make something like this.

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Post Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:54 am

most definatly ed think yther would be a market for these
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Post Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:57 pm

ive had my ECP ones fitted for about 6 months now with no problems so far and i give mine lots of abuse winkeye i think they cost about Ԛ£14+vat
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Post Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:05 pm

fowler wrote:most definatly ed think yther would be a market for these
Here you go I have fitted mine, well I have got to make a lower bracket yet but you get the idea.


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Post Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:08 pm

ed325i wrote:
fowler wrote:most definatly ed think yther would be a market for these
Here you go I have fitted mine, well I have got to make a lower bracket yet but you get the idea.


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they look cool

where ya get them from ?
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Post Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:10 pm

I got the rose joints from e bay.