RoryK Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Well I lowered my T sport and in the process she shed some light on my knackered drop links. I have replaced the fronts which were causing some horrible noises, but now I have fixed those the small knocking from the back is more obvious. Now before I go ahead and order some drop links in from my local motor spares shop, I was wondering if any of you have used the drop links on ebay... £15 for a rear set is tempting http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-Celica-1-8i-VVTi-VVTLi-ARB-Rear-Drop-Link-x-2-/290406263528?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item439d8feae8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 yeah, a few of us used these with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted August 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Top man, cheers for the speedy response harwood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 did use some on my 4 a few years ago , replaced the rear shock and bust the 20 year old one so bought a pair off ebay and fitted them , 3 months later fitted lowering spring to the car and snapped a new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwillo Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 I have some eBay rears and went for the slightly more expensive ones.. about £17 IIRC.. Had them on for a few weeks now and handling is much improved. Few people have said that the nuts aren't the best so you might be better re-using the stock nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted August 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Hmm, yeh I used FAI's on my fronts, and have to say its made a noticable difference to the steering, and I still need to get it aligned so I am looking forward to the true result Thanks again guys for the responses, gives me a better idea, after what happened to Sonic I might stick with a pair of FAI's on the back aswell, as the roads around my area are terrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelicaBabe Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Yes from me also, always use ebay drop links and have recommended several times on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair_GT Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 I'm usually a big fan of using genuine parts but not drop links - I've used both and IMO Toyota ones are no better than ebay ones but cost 4x as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 I bought 4 of their vvti versions if theyre any dif? And they fitted and work perfectly as far as I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kar1 Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 i've used ebay ones on the st. no probs here. had a little knocking on the gt, but that was just the arb bush. swapped that with one i had left over from the st. and the knocking's gone. worth a check of that also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nurse Amy Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 I've got ebay ones on my 7, no trouble with them at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) Sorted, I was quoted £45 for the rear set by my local motor spares, we couldnt figure out why they cost more then the fronts though, which cost me £30. Would have thought the fronts would have cost more as they are under more strain. Anyway I need to figure out if my rears are knackered, getting this horrible sorta scraping/rubbing noise from the rear now, its not a constant noise, just happens like its doing it every turn of one of the wheels, faster you go the faster the rub goes, the noise remindes me of a old steam train lol. Had a quick look underneath but cant see anything on the arch that shows obvious signs of rubbing, cant see any contact between the alloy and any other components, and I have checked the plates behined the discs to make sure there are no stones stuck... weird one lol... Guess its up on the jack again on the weekend to figure this one out before it goes in for alignment on Monday, was planning to install my HID's but it will have to wait now lol. Any one you had this issue ? Ideas are welcome! Edited August 5, 2011 by RoryK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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