Bad knocking sound on full lock

[RhysQ]

alrighty, i have done a little research and it seems the prices VW here quote for the top mounts and bearings are insane! top mounts are about $55 EACH and about $45 EACH for the bearings!

i looked around the web and this company send to australia. these are Bilstein replacement parts, they also have Boge, Sachs and Lemforder. cost shipped here is $149, which I'm yet to find somewhere here that could beat that price, and I reckon Bilstein quality would be superior to OEM VW (Sachs I think they use for those parts). also, part numbers are the same.

see this link for the parts I found. i have been advised you need to order this x2.

[noone]

How do you know they fit?

[Stuwey]

Try your local HSY; they have all sorts of parts for VW, BMW, and Mercedes, all OEM stuff but heaps cheaper.

Worth a phone call!

[RhysQ]

How do you know they fit?

Like I said, the part numbers are the same. I wouldn't post something up here that just 'looked like it would fit'. I did the research with the relevant part numbers in hand. If you look on the left hand side of that page, you will see that I have searched VW Polo GTI 1.8T. I didn't just rely on these results, I checked the parts against a VW program with every bloody part number you can think of.

FYI, the part numbers needed are:

6Q0 412 331 B - front strut mount
6N0 412 249 C - front strut mount bearing

OR, when you need a set, the code is

6N0 412 331 E, which is the same as quoting the above two codes.

[RhysQ]

I also got the pricing stuffed up, because I included VAT. Price delivered would be closer to $137.

[jesum]

How do you know they fit?

i have lemforder mounts and bearings on my car. they fit just fine and look exactly like the OEM ones except the Audi/VW logo has been scratched off (and they're cheaper too!).

[RhysQ]

OK I've just done some numbers for a possible GROUP BUY.

For the set of 2 Bilstein mounts + 2 Bilstein bearings = 39 EURO excl. VAT = $63 AUD

Shipping: The guy from the company said that for the 41.65 EURO shipping cost, I get up to 25kg of stock... and each set (as above) weighs 3.12kg. SO... for 5 sets, that cuts shipping for EACH PERSON down to only 8.33 EURO ($13.50 AUD)

Simple maths there and you're paying approximately $76.50 for the full required set delivered here. Maybe a few dollars more if we pay through paypal, they always have a crappy exchange rate.

Food for thought people, who's interested?

[RhysQ]

i have lemforder mounts and bearings on my car. they fit just fine and look exactly like the OEM ones except the Audi/VW logo has been scratched off (and they're cheaper too!).

how much did you pay??

[noone]

I did the research with the relevant part numbers in hand.

Great. No offence implied, I had not looked at the link.

OK I've just done some numbers for a possible GROUP BUY.

I'm in. With my issues to date, I'd be keen to change over my topmounts and bearings. Good work, great to see people looking far and wide for solutions like this.

[Servo]

I'm in just for the fact that they will be there when I need them.