Guest cabbydean Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 has anyone on here come up with a solution to these i have good and bad reports about powerflex, gen, ford and pattern parts cant afford to waste money on the wrong solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingergman Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 is the car lowered with big wheels? will wear them out very very quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Imperial Blue Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I used Powerflex for 1 hour, hit the throttle once and they were gone. And in my opinion in a cabby you lose too much comfort. I have the HD version from Ford on my wishbones for 5years, and no problems ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lee81 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 The best option is new wishbones made by QT i think its pronounced quenticential. Its a pattern part priced at around £45 each about 4 years ago. The ball joint and the rubber bushes are all bigger as well as the wishbone being stronger. The ones i had have been on the car 8 years and are still fine now. The ford ones are crap and badly made. the ones I bought from ford had 4mm difference in length left to right. Highly recommended you avoid replacing the bushes with new from companys like deflex or proflex. They have no idea what there doing and have never done any testing. I have seen numerous cars as well as my own with these fitted they foul the subframe and cause the wishbone to snap. Extremly dangerous Hence how the 2nd ford ones i bought died only 2 months after fitting and a near fatal accident due to them snaping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cabbydean Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 cheers guys cant find any info on qt wishbones but qh seem to have good reputation and rockauto have them for 37 quid for both delivered compared to same price for 1 at burtons and its standard ride height with 16" mondeo rims 205/50/16 tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I think you mean QH 'Quintin Hazell' and aparently there ones are not better than the genuine Ford ones. Even in the motor trade they would advise you to get the genuine Ford wishbones 'lower arms' aas many other makes just do not last. The best ones are the heavy duty genuine Ford lower arms for the mk5 Escort van, often refered to as Royal Mail versions. They cost around near £90 though. The best option is new wishbones made by QT i think its pronounced quenticential. Its a pattern part priced at around £45 each about 4 years ago. The ball joint and the rubber bushes are all bigger as well as the wishbone being stronger. The ones i had have been on the car 8 years and are still fine now. The ford ones are crap and badly made. the ones I bought from ford had 4mm difference in length left to right. Highly recommended you avoid replacing the bushes with new from companys like deflex or proflex. They have no idea what there doing and have never done any testing. I have seen numerous cars as well as my own with these fitted they foul the subframe and cause the wishbone to snap. Extremly dangerous Hence how the 2nd ford ones i bought died only 2 months after fitting and a near fatal accident due to them snaping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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