Just wondering if £120 is a good price to be fitted, it doesn't include tracking and i supply the parts.
£120 Fitting for cupra wishbone bushes, Good price ?
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It really isn't too dear. It's not cheap, but it's by no means too expensive.
Tracking will need to be done though.
I put Cupra bushes in mine and it took pretty much all day, it's hard work. Best way to do it IMO is to get the wishbones off and then press the new bushes in with a vice. But as I say, tracking will need doing as you've had the wishbones off completely.
Tracking will need to be done though.
I put Cupra bushes in mine and it took pretty much all day, it's hard work. Best way to do it IMO is to get the wishbones off and then press the new bushes in with a vice. But as I say, tracking will need doing as you've had the wishbones off completely.
Yeah i usually do things myself its just rather someone else do it. I would have a go myself , do you thing you could use something like this to press the bushes in with the console's on the car ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Worldwide...t=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item3cbe998938
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Worldwide...t=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item3cbe998938
There's a guide for DIY fitting on briskoda matepossibly in faq too!!
Yeah ive seen it mate , just thinking of an alternative tool rather than the spacers and bolt method
Yeah ive seen it mate , just thinking of an alternative tool rather than the spacers and bolt method
No, you couldn't it the issue is space I started off with bigger diameter spacers than the guide as I had some knocking around, but they fouled on the sub frame. I had to chop bits out of them. You also need to be able to push the bush 10-15mm inside the subframe.
If you removed the subframe from the car you could use that vice! depends how much faffing around you wish to do.
Edit: that price is about standard
That's the right kind of thing but I don't think a 6" maximum opening is enough, sounds to me like it might be slightly small.
There is a specialist tool to do them on the car but the cheapest I've seen it for sale at is £115, so you may as well just take the wishbones off if you're doing it yourself.
The spacer and bolt thing on Briskoda is an interesting idea but I didn't know of that when I did the job.
Think i might just send her to get it done then as il have to drop the subframe anyway because i have an 1.2 azq engine and the sump sits in the way of the wishbone bolt (clever design !)
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Thanks for the advice lads, gonna bite the bullet and book her in
it's not a bad price mate, they are changing the bushes which is a complete
think mine was around £100 and i supply the parts and that was a backstreet garage so £120 from a vag specialist seems fair enough.
as mentioned dont forget the tracking afterwards as i managed to ruin a pair of tyres by not getting mine done!!
as mentioned dont forget the tracking afterwards as i managed to ruin a pair of tyres by not getting mine done!!
They were gonna charge me £ 50 for a 4 wheel alignment , too expensive so gonna get it done after I replace the hub bearing
Sorry to sound a bit harsh, but, in my experience, £50 for a PROPER four wheel realignment is not too expensive - you can be looking at an hour's work on a specialised bench operated by someone that is a trained operator.
I dont think im too send her just yet . Im going to replace the bottom ball joint as ive inspected all the bushes and joints today today when i put my steelies on for winter , and noticed that there is a split in the ball joint and its leakin grease + rear wishbone bush has been recently replaced as theres copper grease on the back of the pinion and its a different bush to the drivers side , its all because my suspension is knocking on the passenger side i bought the car like it. do you think the lower ball joint could be the problem rather than the wishbone bushes ?
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