BLADE Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Yep, that old chestnut... Probably going to need both ball joints for my GTi's MOT next Feb (as was flagged up last year) Local dealer confirmed not available, as has been discussed here before. I've walked the tightrope that is ordering through AutoDoc and surprise, surprise after I'd ordered the RTS 3rd party ones, they're attempting to send me Stark 'equivalents' - which I don't think are. Has anyone had any recent luck sourcing these?? many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaparana Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 ive only every found them on autodoc, i doubt the stark ones will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLADE Posted December 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 After some, ahem, discussion, with AutoDoc, they've sent what I actually ordered. Couple of RTS ball joints which appear to be the right part for the GTi. Good result in the end, took 1 week to arrive, so not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaparana Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 I’ve had the exact same thing happen today, but caught it before they sent the wrong ones, they always do this with stuff one person said they were out of stock, the next said they would send the right ones can be a pain but often cheapest place for car parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 I can’t understand why people have issues with these ball joints, I think I must be lucky with my local auto parts place, I just turn up, give them the reg and they just hand over the right bits. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaparana Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 A lot of places list the non gti ball joints for the gti, vin number or not, At least there is an aftermarket supplier for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLADE Posted January 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/6/2022 at 9:24 AM, Pete said: I can’t understand why people have issues with these ball joints, I think I must be lucky with my local auto parts place, I just turn up, give them the reg and they just hand over the right bits. 😂 ... err, as said it's about getting the right bits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 18 hours ago, BLADE said: ... err, as said it's about getting the right bits... What does that mean exactly? Of course it’s about getting the right bits, which is why I posted. My point being that you order the bits for a car which has a registration on a database, so there should be no confusion. If you felt that my comment was aimed at you as the buyer then you are mistaken, you don’t go out of your way to buy the wrong products just so you can make a thread about it on a forum, or at least I’d hope not anyway, it was aimed at the seller and the systems some sellers must use and others do not, as I previously mentioned, I have had no issues from the company that sells parts to me. No offence intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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