[s-cars] Another Noobie! (Long & Possibly Boring!)

[David Kase]

I have had 6 or 7 Audi's over the past 12 years - did all my own work and
have never used Blau.  Good service I think but you pay for it with the part
prices.

fap99.com is where I source my new parts from, also used and some new from
Chris at force5auto.com

Dave Kase



On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Tom Heitzman <gyro at stuffinder.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>        I've been following this list for over a year and, in fact, bought
> my 1st Audi, a '98 A4 V6 Avant 5MT (141 K now 156 K) through the list from
> a
> list member's(Rich Assarabowski) son at the beginning of the year. It was
> well cared for but due for Control Arms & Timing Belt/Water pump service. I
> liked it so much I found a '99 A6 Avant w/39Kmi in Palm Beach, FL for my
> wife. I did the Timing Belt/Water Pump on that as well due to age.
> It's now ready for control arms at 51K mi. which leads to my 1st question.
> Has anybody had any experience with OCAP (Italy) control arms? My mechanic
> who works for a VW dealer and does a lot of Passat's
> With same components said the Meyle set I sourced for him seemed to be
> fine.
> Another friend who got me into this whole Audi thing (has a Brumos Porsche
> prepared 200 20v and 2 matching Urs4's) said he's been very happy with
> Blauparts for his cars. (he's got two VW TDI's as well!) I went to
> Blauparts
> website and they're no longer handling Meyle control arms but raving about
> Ocap. With the exception of Lemforder (I haven't seen any prices for
> complete set's) Febi/Bilstein, Meyle and Ocap are all close enough in price
> that I'd just go with whatever most people consider best.
>
>        Any opinions?
>
>        TIA, Tom Heitzman aka Stuffinder
>
> PS After being forewarned about Control Arm/Oil Leaking issues in B5/C5 V6
> cars I've decided to increase the interval between these events by buying a
> Urs6. While monitoring the list Dave Kase mentioned a 51,000 mile car on
> Craigslist in NH and I went up and bought it last Thursday! This will open
> a
> whole new bucket of worms! I'll be looking for lots of stuff for that car
> I'm sure. Since it's going to be my April Fool's-Halloween ride I have time
> over the winter to address the plentitude of minor issues it has. Watch the
> wanted list I'll be looking for lots of stuff, including a car cover it can
> share with the A4.
>
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