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Uprated drop links?

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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 02:16 PM
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Just broke one is n a Car Limits day...search seems to suggest the default choice is eBay? There are some Tiagwa variants but they are three times th cost...any advice gratefully received.

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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 02:33 PM
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They all do the same job and you won't notice any difference between the expensive ones and the cheap eBay ones apart from price. I changed mine recently and went with some cheap eBay ones.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by RobinA3
They all do the same job and you won't notice any difference between the expensive ones and the cheap eBay ones apart from price. I changed mine recently and went with some cheap eBay ones.
I'll second that.

I had whiteline adjustables for a while but they rattled like hell and made little/no difference. Changed them for ebay junk several years ago and haven't had any problems since.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by trails
Just broke one is n a Car Limits day...search seems to suggest the default choice is eBay? There are some Tiagwa variants but they are three times th cost...any advice gratefully received.

Cheers ian
As Robin/FB say, ebay ones are plenty good enough. Although it might be worth you looking at your suspension as a whole.

It maybe that the droplink broke because it was knackered, but it maybe that it broke because you have a poor performing damper, broken spring, seized bush etc. Worth having a good check when underneath!
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 01:32 AM
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Doesn't matter what precious metal the bar is made from or the glitzy coating, it's the joints on them that fail

ADL Blueprint, First line & Borg and Beck ( same company really now ) are good ones to go for
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 01:58 AM
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Thanks all, will order some now.

Ultra_Nexus you would be correct; I,ve only had the car since the end of August and discovered the entire rear end was seized when I had the geo checked initially. Luckily its siezed in the right place...plan is to finish building my other car and then remove front and rear suspension for full sand blast, power coat and bush replacement...no more track days booked this side of Feb so should be fine over the winter. I hope
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