Driveshaft - OEM or other?
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Driveshaft - OEM or other?
Need a new front driveshaft for my WRX Wagon 100PCD male fitting.
Do I fork out £400-£500+ for a genuine OEM one or get a much cheaper third party driveshaft? And if so, which one?
Alternatively, take a punt on a second hand genuine pair?
For reference, my driveshaft is damaged due to an accident and it's my understanding that the OEM ones don't generally fail unless seriously abused.
Do I fork out £400-£500+ for a genuine OEM one or get a much cheaper third party driveshaft? And if so, which one?
Alternatively, take a punt on a second hand genuine pair?
For reference, my driveshaft is damaged due to an accident and it's my understanding that the OEM ones don't generally fail unless seriously abused.
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Get a genuine one from a breaker like Matty.
#4
Scooby Regular
I think you're right on that one mate. He might have some, I'm sure he broke a wagon. Or try ebay and facebook people are breaking wagons on there.
There doesn't seem to be much stock of anything in the UK admittedly most of the stuff I was after was for a classic. But thats expensive, the price you were given.
There doesn't seem to be much stock of anything in the UK admittedly most of the stuff I was after was for a classic. But thats expensive, the price you were given.
Last edited by NOSSY_89; 19 June 2021 at 07:36 PM.
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I'm not paying £500+ for one, I know that much. I figure I can get a pair of used shafts for £200, worth a punt that one of them will be OK.
Read some old threads on here that suggest that even though the saloon shafts are longer, they still fit fine on a Wagon. Which opens up a lot more opportunities is so. Another poster also said they fitted STi saloon ones without issue. Guess I would need to fit both sides though.
Read some old threads on here that suggest that even though the saloon shafts are longer, they still fit fine on a Wagon. Which opens up a lot more opportunities is so. Another poster also said they fitted STi saloon ones without issue. Guess I would need to fit both sides though.
#12
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There is one on ebay thats the exact same year.
You mentioned you had an accident so assuming its recent because you sold the other wagon to Dom. How bad was the damage, hope you guys were ok and no injuries.
You mentioned you had an accident so assuming its recent because you sold the other wagon to Dom. How bad was the damage, hope you guys were ok and no injuries.
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#13
T-boned at junction. Wishbone folded in on itself. No other obvious visual mechanical damage. Fitted new genuine wishbone with ball joint. ARB bushes. Drop links. New top mounts and new tie rods. Went through MoT with no advisories but wheel bearing starting to whine and still get an occasional clonk from front left when steering. Pretty sure it's inner CV joint. Basically the wheel got smacked bang centre 90dg, so the force has gone through all the drivetrain/steering on that side, even though the wishbone was sacrificial and absorbed most of the force.
My wife was driving with baby in back. No injuries.
Seen a couple of cars breaking on eBay that are potentials.
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Why didn't you go through insurance or have you bought the car back
Glad your wife and baby are ok.
Glad your wife and baby are ok.
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Bought the car back. It was right at the start of lockdown and so didn't get a proper engineers report. They just looked at couple of photos and decided that everything needed replacing and wrote the car off as a CAT S.
If I was doing it again I would replace everything with saloon parts. But I had not long had both wishbones replaced under VOSA recall and I needed the car back on the road ASAP.
If I was doing it again I would replace everything with saloon parts. But I had not long had both wishbones replaced under VOSA recall and I needed the car back on the road ASAP.
#16
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Thought you had another crash. Yeah insurance companies try book value and not actual market value till challenged by the sounds of it. They are very quick to write cars off now.
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Not bad at all.
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