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Old 18 February 2015, 01:33 PM
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I have knocky droplinks! is it worth replacing them with something like whiteline or should I just go for a replacement OEM set? (road car only)

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Old 18 February 2015, 01:45 PM
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Is this front or rear? if rear it could be the shocks themselves.. I had a knocking noise on my hawk wrx wagon. changed the rollbar and links and knock still there. shocks cured it.

that being said whiteline links will improve the reaction time of the stock bar over the plastic OEM ones so I would change them anyway.

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Old 18 February 2015, 01:51 PM
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I had the knocking shock problem so replaced them all with KYB Ultra, scoobyclinic fitted them and noticed that the (I think front) droplinks needed changing.

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Old 18 February 2015, 02:15 PM
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If we're talking fronts I'd go for the adjustable whiteline jobs, not the cheapest but the ball joint type and should be pretty durable, I got some from AS performance for around £95 iirc, still got to get round to fitting them though! I currently have Superpro ones fitted which are also decent/good quality, again the balljoint type and around £60
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Always upgrade

When my fronts went I think OEM were about £80. Spoke with Chris at CDF and bought matching front and rears and then got the matching arbs
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Originally Posted by 328isport
If we're talking fronts I'd go for the adjustable whiteline jobs, not the cheapest but the ball joint type and should be pretty durable, I got some from AS performance for around £95 iirc, still got to get round to fitting them though! I currently have Superpro ones fitted which are also decent/good quality, again the balljoint type and around £60
These ones? http://www.advancedautomotives.com/s...-07-4943-p.asp

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Old 18 February 2015, 02:27 PM
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Aways upgrade, whiteline are very good and CDF racing too
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Originally Posted by mjharper

Yep that's them :-) Guessing you have a newage though? Will just have to make sure they're compatible with your car or find the ones that are. I've had two sets of the Superpro's but both on classics..
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Speak to Alyn at AS Performance. He sorted my upgraded front and rear drop links. It does make a difference, even on the standard bars
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Talk to a whiteline dealer and they'll make sure you get the right ones for your car
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