rear shocks for a 14" syncro

Post by **more speed** » 12 Mar 2008, 17:00

Hi Chaps,

VW want £85.00 for a rear shock absorber, GSF dont have any at the moment but maybe able to get some from germany. Any other places i can get some from and not pay VW prices. If GSF had them in stock they would have been £40.00 each.

Cheers

Post by **Ray** » 12 Mar 2008, 19:30

JK @ £49.79

Post by **more speed** » 13 Mar 2008, 10:17

cheers Ray, now ordered.

Post by **KarlT** » 13 Mar 2008, 13:26

But what about the quality?

Post by **andysimpson** » 13 Mar 2008, 19:20

KarlT wrote:But what about the quality?

Will be the same quality as the rest of their stuff.

Post by **more speed** » 13 Mar 2008, 19:56

Sachs quality i assume as thats what there selling, what did vw fit then.

Post by **Ray** » 13 Mar 2008, 19:57

Sachs

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 13 Mar 2008, 20:39

OE from VW was Boge.
Boge is part of the same company as Sachs (ZF)
The Sachs and the Boge dampers are made on the same production line, they are the same part.
The Sachs is much cheaper than the Boge.
JK sell them at a very, very good price.
If I sell them at the same price as JK I make about £4 per damper.
Basically, not worth the effort.
I do have 2 complete sets on order, one already spoken for, one for the shelf, for garage use.
I didn't see the point of buying any, or even stocking them and putting them on the website because JK get much, much better prices than I do from ZF as they buy much more than I do.
Hence why they can do Lemforder, Sachs, Boge etc at such good prices.

Post by **more speed** » 13 Mar 2008, 20:49

GSF could do the Boge ones for 40.00 + vat but had none in stock.
Stated they would have to get them in from the factory in germany and i would have to pay the extra shipping charges. I asked them to ring me back with a price, they never did, hence JK.

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 13 Mar 2008, 22:03

They would take 4-6 weeks to come from GSF as they buy from ZF.
ZF don't hold stock in the UK hence the long, long wait.
I would be surprised if you could actually get GSF to get you some.

Post by **..lee..** » 13 Mar 2008, 22:12

i can possibly get a full set for £0.86 but i dont know when.

i hear this all to often in the motor trade.

was told by peugeot once part was on backorder for 3 weeks so got a new part custom made up. 8 months later needed same part for different car. still on backorder.

bloody french.

Post by **andysimpson** » 13 Mar 2008, 22:17

..lee.. wrote:i can possibly get a full set for £0.86 but i dont know when.

i hear this all to often in the motor trade.

was told by peugeot once part was on backorder for 3 weeks so got a new part custom made up. 8 months later needed same part for different car. still on backorder.

bloody french.

Sounds just like VW

Post by **syncropaddy** » 14 Mar 2008, 14:51

Sounds just like VW

My Passat is stuck in Glasgow awaiting a fuel pressure pump since last month and wont see one until April. 1042 on back order with VW Germany I was told!!

Post by **andysimpson** » 14 Mar 2008, 19:02

syncropaddy wrote:
Sounds just like VW

My Passat is stuck in Glasgow awaiting a fuel pressure pump since last month and wont see one until April. 1042 on back order with VW Germany I was told!!

Yes there are a few awaiting them.