the mk1 kid

03' Gt tdi 150 - mk4 golf.

First quote £600 for new rack - excl fitting

Second recon option £180 - excl fitting

Or

Take a punt on a £50 s/h item from breakers?

I'm leaning towards the recon, but would like to know what you would do??

Tom

PS The labour will be free as i'm going to replace it at a friends garage

DAN P

iTrader: (1)

been told these fail alot so i would get a recon with new seals and boots will take about 2 hours to fit jrop the subframe down a bit she will come out

the mk1 kid

Hi Dan,

Thats promising - about the 2hrs - i thought it might take much longer.

If its not an uncommon problem i'll avoid second hand ones as i dont fancy doing it twice and wasting more annual leave.

Do you know if recon racks are 'tighter' too, or do they just get new seals etc? Mine is/was spot on, and it would be a right kick in the giggle berries if i got a refurbed one that wasn't..?

Cheers

Tom

DAN P

iTrader: (1)

i was told its the plastic gaters let the water in and rust the seals out did it start leaking ?

Ebonycossie4x4

iTrader: (4)

depends how long your going to keep it.

the mk1 kid

To my knowledge no, but i had only had the golf 2 wks, and the drive is gravel...

I plan on keeping it for at least a couple of years....

Tom

PeterRST

iTrader: (1)

Have to bookmark this thread for the next time when people go on about german reliabilty...

I bet it hasn't even done many miles...

DAN P

iTrader: (1)

my mates went on 140k on his 1.8 t i dont think most fords would make it to that number lol

the mk1 kid

It went on 108k, but until recently i had a passat on 149k that hadn't to my knowledge had anything major go on it, but for every story of this nature there are a million others countering it...

I'm awaiting a call from the local recon place...

Tom