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Offline nickt

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GSF - really genuine?
« on: 29 March 2005, 10:11 »
Just about to order a complete exhaust system for my 8V GTI.  As expected vw is expensive, I save about 1/3 if I get the parts from GSF.  The guy on the phone gives me the impression that I am getting the same parts cheaper.  I noticed on the online ordering two of the parts have (BQ) next to them, does anyone know what this stands for?  After doing a search on GSF I see that some guys feel that the quality has gone down recently.

Any opinions on whether I should spend the extra money, for the peace of mind of getting an actual genuine exhaust for a car that a plan to keep for quite a while or should I trust GSF more?

Nick
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: GSF - really genuine?
« Reply #1 on: 29 March 2005, 10:28 »
GSF are rubbish. I have bought plenty of stuff in the past that is marked genuine parts, however they certainly haven't been of dealer quality.
If you want to save money, go to Euro Car Parts, they are like the old German and Swedish before they turned sh!t.
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Re: GSF - really genuine?
« Reply #2 on: 29 March 2005, 10:29 »
I use GSF from time to time and have had no problems with them
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Re: GSF - really genuine?
« Reply #3 on: 29 March 2005, 10:44 »
Just to re-ignite the argument.
No offence intended to some people, but a lot of people won't really know if the parts are of sh!t quality or not.
This is a GSF genuine top mount for a mk2




This is a VW genuine top mount for a mk2




Anyone spot the difference?  :laugh:
I have seen too many parts of this sort of quality from GSF to convince me to steer clear.
Go to Euro Car Parts instead, highly recommended.
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Re: GSF - really genuine?
« Reply #4 on: 29 March 2005, 10:49 »
Oh?

I'm about to take my top mounts back to GSF cause they looked like the ones in the second picture whereas the ones on the car look like the ones in the first picture.

Now I'm confused!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Re: GSF - really genuine?
« Reply #5 on: 29 March 2005, 10:54 »
New mounts should look like the vw ones.
I've also got some bad mk3 top mounts as well  :laugh:
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Re: GSF - really genuine?
« Reply #6 on: 29 March 2005, 11:03 »
So you're saying my GSF top mounts are right cause they look like the ones in the second pic when fitted?
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Re: GSF - really genuine?
« Reply #7 on: 29 March 2005, 11:11 »
As said above.
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Re: GSF - really genuine?
« Reply #8 on: 29 March 2005, 11:18 »
Coool, I won't take em back then.

Sorry for not understanding your first post, been a long weekend!

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« Reply #9 on: 29 March 2005, 19:19 »
All the parts I have bought from GSF have been fine, and I have the common sense needed to know that a part is not the correct one, even if i have to compare it with the one I am replacing.

Some people may have had problems with GFS, I was just stating that I havent.

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