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Offline spudboy6

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Parts from volksbits
« on: 26 February 2013, 23:33 »
Anyone on here other than me have any complaints about volksbits parts ?

just abit annoyed with them really as everything i have purchased from them has either failed in 6months or been faulty from day one .

i purchased top mounts and bearings - they wore out in under 6months , i emailed them and to warranty them they want me to send them back which is all good and well but i cant have the car in bits for weeks whilst they have the part checked for miss use ect and to see how it failed to then say sorry a badger fitted it causing them to fail and me being sh!t out and buying new ones ,

second was the ignition switch , arse of a job on a mk3 have to have the collum out , fitted and plugged in and was all fine but then the car was running the lights , wipers ect wouldnt work unless the plug was held in , after a fiddle new ignition switch had a lose terminal in it , not prepared for all that hassle again a cable tie went round it ,

third was the reverse switch , fitted it and couldnt get the car in to reverse after , removed the switch car then went in to reverse , re fitted again and all was fine , then realised the reverse lights didnt come on until you actualy moved even if your in reverse nothing until you moved , then after a couple of months i now have no reverse lights at all ( have checked fuse and bridged terminal 100% sensor )

im fed up of it now and wont be buying anything else from them as i cant be bothered with 6months later needing to replace the part again even though they say this is all OE stuff !

rant over !

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Re: Parts from volksbits
« Reply #1 on: 26 February 2013, 23:49 »
lol you have just filled me with confidence. i ordered from them recently so now im worried lol only reason i bought is cause they said it was a genuine part.
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Re: Parts from volksbits
« Reply #2 on: 26 February 2013, 23:51 »
panic over. was just an oil dipstick holder...not much can go wrong with that lol
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Re: Parts from volksbits
« Reply #3 on: 27 February 2013, 00:02 »
panic over. was just an oil dipstick holder...not much can go wrong with that lol

To be fair that was the first part I ever ordered and even that was kack , the dipstick isn't very tight in the holder (orange tube ) needs a small o-ring for that perfect fit

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Re: Parts from volksbits
« Reply #4 on: 27 February 2013, 00:09 »
come to think of it the dipstick is difficult to get in it now and the first time i fitted it and pushed the dipstick right in when i tried to remove the dipstick the whole tube came off the metal pipe lol oh well ill be avoiding them now haha
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Re: Parts from volksbits
« Reply #5 on: 27 February 2013, 23:48 »
My latest and last purchase arrived from them today a front splitter and even that is a lose fit (although JOM make I'm still holding them responsible )

Won't be purchasing from them again will replace all these duff parts, bag them up and send them all back

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Re: Parts from volksbits
« Reply #6 on: 01 March 2013, 22:05 »
My favourite saying is: buy cheap, buy twice!   :grin: