Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Aundie on 17 October 2012, 16:27:09
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How are first line wish bones?
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Shite. Sorry, but they are! Pure and uncut, shite.
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Being slightly more helpfull, have a quick look through oof and have a look at the various opinions and ways of sorting wishbones.
There is refurbing
Fitting poly
Fitting new Lemforders
Etc etc. a well covered subject tbh. :y
Wb's to avoid
First line
Febi Bilstein.
Ones from buypartsby
Any no name brand.
The problem is the bushes, and the quality of... :)
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Not forgetting Delphi either >:(
What I mean to say is do forget them permanently coz they're at least as bad as first line :-\
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Oh yes, how could I forget, Delphi too. More shite.
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Stay with original, 157k on my wishbones & bushes on 2.2 ::) ;D
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Stay with original, 157k on my wishbones & bushes on 2.2 ::) ;D
No, they're shagged, as you know ;)
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Stay with original, 157k on my wishbones & bushes on 2.2 ::) ;D
Not long left in them then :'( my originals managed about 150k... :-X
But it is a valid point, if the car is a keeper and you can stomach VX prices then new genuine ones are actually reasonable value for money given just how long they last :y
A good compromise is refurb the current wishbones, rear bush and balljoint about £80 per side, (similar price to Lemforder wishbones), and a pair of front poly bushes are about £35 :y
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Stay with original, 157k on my wishbones & bushes on 2.2 ::) ;D
No, they're shagged, as you know ;)
Still good as new :D
Ish ::)
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Stay with original, 157k on my wishbones & bushes on 2.2 ::) ;D
No, they're shagged, as you know ;)
...and where probably shagged for a good while.
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Stay with original, 157k on my wishbones & bushes on 2.2 ::) ;D
No, they're shagged, as you know ;)
...and where probably shagged for a good while.
Last time I had new tyres @ 135k up in the air at WIM, asked them to check, they were still good!
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Just because they are still there doesn't mean that they work ::) unless they're so old that they've gone hard...
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If you are thinking of fitting poly bushes I have a pair of used (sh@gged front bushes) wishbones that you can have gratis to refurb if you are anywhere near leicester. I changed mine for Lemforder units earlier this year, to soon to tell how long they last but originals lasted 110K .
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Fit the original stuff (or OEM if you prefer)...these were made by Lemforder and fitting them has transformed my omo .... Don't buy Delpji as I did previously as they didn't last long
Buy the Lemforders....got them from Allgermanparts at £65 each with free postage on a pair
I never looked back
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agree, All german parts very helpful and good kit at keen prices ;D ;D
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got a cheap wishbone as was required today have ordered lemforders to fit next week problem i have is can't get ball joint back in can get wishbone low enouhg but can't push hub back enough to line it up!!any ideas?
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Get the longest lever you can find, put one end in to the hole in the centre of the wishbone from above, and as much weight as you can muster on tother end :y make sure the pin of the ball joint is pointing outwards.
Bit fiddly locating the ball joint single handed, so get the pennies ready for the swearbox :y
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longer bolt goes where?
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Front iirc :-\
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Cheers al finished in the dark and rain more money in swear box than I paid for crummy wishbone least I sort of know what I'm doing when I get lemforders old bone had front bush missing!!
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:y