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Desperate Den Omega King Offline Posts: 11881	Drop links OE or pattern? 06. May 2011 at 10:18 I’m getting that soft but persistent rattle on undulating surfaces but no noise on smooth surfaces. If I have to replace the links (either front or rear) is it better done with OE parts or will pattern ones - such as found on the Bay of Pigs - do the job? There’s no problem with handling or tyre wear as far as I can tell.
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #1 - 06. May 2011 at 10:25 The advice used to be a good make like FAI or Febi bilsten these have become harder to find, dont know much on the current ebay crop quality but a few years back, some were pretty crap. Think im on Febi from Vauxhallworldparts and they are spot on.
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #2 - 06. May 2011 at 10:28 yes : http://www.vauxhallworldparts.com/partsearch/partdetail.php?partid=342&partlinki... but out of stock at the mo.
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Desperate Den Omega King Offline Posts: 11881	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #3 - 06. May 2011 at 10:49 Cheers Jb.
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moggy Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 366 birmingham Gender: Drives: 3ltr omega elite 1995	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #4 - 06. May 2011 at 15:56 Den, sorry to hijack your post,but the ones i looked at on eBay are 230m/m.The ones on jimbobs link are 225m/m why is that and does it make a difference.Moggy
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Re: Drop links OE or pattern?
Reply #5 - 06. May 2011 at 18:10

moggy wrote on 06. May 2011 at 15:56:

Den, sorry to hijack your post,but the ones i looked at on eBay are 230m/m.The ones on jimbobs link are 225m/m why is that and does it make a difference.Moggy Thumbs Up!

I'm not at all sure Mog as I haven't been under the car yet to look at my own or measure them.

I wonder if someone else has an answer before I take anything off.

This may be an overall measurement from the top body of the link to the bottom (that could vary between manufacturers) and not the measurement between the centres of the locating studs, which would be the more critical of the two, I would imagine.

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amba Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2151 Medway towns Gender: Drives: 1998 2.5 Elite Auto saloon.Fitted with 3.0 cams and Irmscher Alloys.	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #6 - 06. May 2011 at 18:47 I bought a pair recently from Jason at Allgermanparts. They are Lemforders and cost with delivery around £36 from memory.Totally rock solid and when I was fitting them I just felt they were a quality bit of kit,heavy gauge rod and properly sealed rubber ends. Come highly recommended from me anyway.
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Desperate Den Omega King Offline Posts: 11881	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #7 - 06. May 2011 at 18:59 Cheers Amba.
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moggy Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 366 birmingham Gender: Drives: 3ltr omega elite 1995	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #8 - 06. May 2011 at 19:06 Den,they seem cheeper on jimbobs link.BTW £13.95 for two on ebay Still not sure about 230/225 m/m
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mrgreen Senior Member Offline Posts: 766 Salzburg/austria Gender: Drives: 2.2 facelift caravan	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #9 - 06. May 2011 at 20:59 i fitted lemforders after the advice i got on here not expensive and easy to fit, loads of advice saying stay away from the bay with these so i spent i think probably an extra 20 but lemforders i believe are the original suppliers my car has 170 km on it and it's the first replacement so they must be o.k!
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JasonH Senior Member Offline Posts: 953 Bristol Gender:	Re: Drop links OE or pattern? Reply #10 - 06. May 2011 at 22:13 I replaced the originals that had done something like 150k miles and were only a bit tired with some relatively cheap droplinks (about £15 pair) and the replacements lasted about a year....
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