996 mk2 GT3 anti roll bar links drop links
Discussion
I had a mini victory with the replacement of all four drop links or anti roll bar links this week:
OPC quoted the following:
Front Part number:-99634306991
Front Price:- £244.91inc vat
Rear Part number:-99633306990
Rear Price:- £160.09
So that’s £810 in total for the full set for front and rear and very expensive for four metal sticks!
The OEM ones have TRW written on them so I assume they are made for Porsche by TRW who I read online are in legal proceedings with Porsche for selling parts with Porsche rubbed off. In short I couldn’t get them cheaper and had almost given up.
After some Googling I found that the rears have a size of 160mm between centres and the fronts 180mm between centres. The Mazda 323F use the same sizes and orientation for the rears so I ordered them from Euro Car Parts and £22 for the rears seemed too good to be true. I can confirm they are just as good and fit perfectly. I know all the chemicals in your body say this cant be right but apart from a hologram on the packet they are fine.
Rears 632900495
OPC quoted the following:
Front Part number:-99634306991
Front Price:- £244.91inc vat
Rear Part number:-99633306990
Rear Price:- £160.09
So that’s £810 in total for the full set for front and rear and very expensive for four metal sticks!
The OEM ones have TRW written on them so I assume they are made for Porsche by TRW who I read online are in legal proceedings with Porsche for selling parts with Porsche rubbed off. In short I couldn’t get them cheaper and had almost given up.
After some Googling I found that the rears have a size of 160mm between centres and the fronts 180mm between centres. The Mazda 323F use the same sizes and orientation for the rears so I ordered them from Euro Car Parts and £22 for the rears seemed too good to be true. I can confirm they are just as good and fit perfectly. I know all the chemicals in your body say this cant be right but apart from a hologram on the packet they are fine.
Rears 632900495
Edited by nigelonich on Saturday 5th March 15:23
nigelonich said:
I had a mini victory with the replacement of all four drop links or anti roll bar links this week:
OPC quoted the following:
Front Part number:-99634306991
Front Price:- £244.91inc vat
Rear Part number:-99633306990
Rear Price:- £160.09
So that’s £810 in total for the full set for front and rear and very expensive for four metal sticks!
The OEM ones have TRW written on them so I assume they are made for Porsche by TRW who I read online are in legal proceedings with Porsche for selling parts with Porsche rubbed off. In short I couldn’t get them cheaper and had almost given up.
After some Googling I found that the rears have a size of 160mm between centres and the fronts 180mm between centres. The Mazda 323F and Kia Carens use the same sizes and orientation so I ordered them from Euro Car Parts and £44 for the lot seemed too good to be true. I can confirm they are just as good and fit perfectly. I know all the chemicals in your body say this cant be right but apart from a hologram on the packet they are fine.
Front 632680085
Rears 632900495
About £10 each.
How dare you fit substandard parts on your GT3? It is now totally worthless. I will save you and give you £1.50 for it and will buy you a coffee. Deal? OPC quoted the following:
Front Part number:-99634306991
Front Price:- £244.91inc vat
Rear Part number:-99633306990
Rear Price:- £160.09
So that’s £810 in total for the full set for front and rear and very expensive for four metal sticks!
The OEM ones have TRW written on them so I assume they are made for Porsche by TRW who I read online are in legal proceedings with Porsche for selling parts with Porsche rubbed off. In short I couldn’t get them cheaper and had almost given up.
After some Googling I found that the rears have a size of 160mm between centres and the fronts 180mm between centres. The Mazda 323F and Kia Carens use the same sizes and orientation so I ordered them from Euro Car Parts and £44 for the lot seemed too good to be true. I can confirm they are just as good and fit perfectly. I know all the chemicals in your body say this cant be right but apart from a hologram on the packet they are fine.
Front 632680085
Rears 632900495
About £10 each.
Well done for beating the system.
In a similar vein...
The Porsche 928 steering shaft has a rubber doughnut in the middle which sits close to the exhaust manifolds and deteriorates with age/heat, making the steering vague at best and dangerous at worst. Porsche would only sell you half the shaft with the doughnut attached for £475+VAT. The doughnut carries a VW T4 part number - £12inc VAT for a Febi Billstein from ECP...
My 996.1 CS has the adjustable Manthey links, but yet again I sourced SKF bearings, which are a fraction of the cost that Manthey charge to replace theirs, which incidentally are made by SKF. When the time comes I will be changing any suspension spherical bearing myself...
Edited by Cheburator mk2 on Friday 4th March 16:18
Gassing Station | 911/Carrera GT | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff