schnitzelboy

OK, I'm cheap. Blau's out of the OCAP sets and the Meyle's are $570. There are a couple of sellers offering complete sets for less than half that. One seller claims they're OEM:

http://tinyurl.com/a7ekpc

and the other doesn't say where they are from, but sells them for $200.

http://tinyurl.com/ajtsbn

I have my suspicions about the unnamed ones--that smelly rubber that everything in Harbor Freight Tools has in it, but the OEM ones are tempting.

Blk99A4

I've been replacing mine bit by bit. I had my lowers replaced under TSB and I bought the 4 front uppers from FCP Groton on ebay. They have held up ok so far (maybe 30K?) and are not obviously loose when I grab and wiggle them. However I still have clunks but not sure if it is struts, lower arms, etc. If I had to do it all over again I would probably buy the full high quality set. Just getting sick of messing with it.

That's my .02

schnitzelboy

Yeah, I don't trust the Groton ones after reading about the belt tensioner failures, but the ones they're selling as OEM seem tempting. Unless OEM means something other than what I think.

Could OEM be a small city in China?

MyDogDuster

It was cheaper for me to get instead of only buying the parts that needed to be replaced. He used what he needed, I still have 2 tie rod ends and a few of the arms left over to use later if need be.

The parts seem to work very well, no complaints with the vendor.<ul><li><a href="http://www.germanautoparts.com/">http://www.germanautoparts.com/</a</li></ul>

A400

OEMaha Knudehlea

schnitzelboy

Well now I'm thoroughly confused. The seller says they're made by Hamburg Technic Germany, and that they are actually manufactured in Germany. I did a search, and some folks say the Hamburg Technic stuff is great, but a lot say it's actually rebranded Taiwanese parts or seconds from Ocap. Of course, the same folks trash on Meyle and Ocap too, so I'm wondering if it's worthwhile to go with anything but OEM. Anyone have experience with Hamburg Technic Germany?

Joey T

For teh record. Buy the correct parts from Mike at PureMS, or Joe@ Axis, depending on who is closer.

Audi Junkie

Crap. Not worth it for free.

MyDogDuster

For the last 14 months I'be been driving 50+ miles per week on gravel/dirt roads on my daily commute, so needless to say the car get's beat on pretty hard, and haven't had any issues with control arms since the replacement last year.