Round 2 - broken car!

[gazbutmk5gti]

Oooh, Went over to another forum :embarassed: and found JBS sales posting and realised they must work today. Phoned up and after a little explaination they are ordering two new brackets and fitting them for me. Top service again

Now all I have to do is convince myself that the original bracket was faulty!

Are they an aftermarket part Hurdy, I was thinking about it after we spoke earlier and I'm pretty sure you re-use the VW ones with a different bush to take the larger diameter roll-bar. I'm sure you do with the eibach ones anyway

fair enough, must be a manufacturing defect in the part, sort of puts you off though doesn't it

The pic below shows what Autotech supply with their ARB and is lifted from the JBS section on UKMKIV's

[Saint Steve]

Arent those bits not sold seperatley ,the clamps i mean, or is it a complete new ARB assembly?

[Hurdy]

Arent those bits not sold seperatley ,the clamps i mean, or is it a complete new ARB assembly?

Mike at JBS is ordering the clamps on their own.

[bacillus]

Or borrowing them from another in-stock kit.   

[R32UK]

Sorry to heard about that mate. Hope it get sorted soon... and just be glad you didnt get it fitted by a dealers!!

....Why? - The product would still be under its own warranty.

But it would also mean that something else will be damaged/broken whilst in at the dealers

[E30M3]

Hurdy sorry to hear about another problem.  Atleast your safe and were not under heavy conering !!

I've seen OEM brackets snap, but never an aftermarket one, but that bracket did look a bit puny !


Hope this all will get sorted with the minimum of fuss !

[NEWEY]

hope it all gets sorted soon. dont seem to be having much luck at the moment

[vRStu]

I removed the Eibach bars from my car just before it was sold.  The OEM brackets aren't available seperately, only with a new ARB so mine had been welded up, what a pig to get off I can tell you.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Blimey! You can't be happy about that! That's a bit shoddy after only a few months 

Pretty p1ssed of TBH.

I'm thinking I might ask for both brackets to be replaced as the other one will have been overstressed too and could be part of a dodgy batch

Ooooch. 

Get both replaced.

[Hurdy]

Well, it is now Friday and I've just phoned JBS again.

Still no sign of the brackets, but "they will phone me if they turn up!"

********  **** ***!    I phoned JBS up last Saturday and was told that they would order it Monday and it would be "next day delivery" through UPS. Now I'm being told on Friday
that the part is coming from abroad and may take "some time" to arrive.

I can understand that JBS are at the fate of the post, but they could have been up front about it from the start so I could have had time to look for an alternative

Looks like I will not be coming to the Prosport RR day tomorrow unless there is a minor miracle in the next 6 hours and it also looks like I may even be on the bus on Monday to get to work for the first time in XX years!

At this point I'm even thinking about going to get the bracket welded by a repairer and charge JBS for it!

Not happy at the moment, I've been on holiday all week and not been able to use the car at all!