Need to get a VAG guy to check it all out ....sounds like a lower front but may as well do them all .
The uppers replaced makes a huge improvement to the steering feel . Totally transforms the car .
Those parts are fine also try Eurocarparts ....same parts even comes with Audi rings on .

Better done by folks familiar with VAG front suspension because torquing up the upper inners requires certain arm angles to set the bushes .

Try a VW / Audi dealership or local marque specialist .

 

cheers John. I have used Autodoc before for my A8 parts. Good prompt delivery and slightly cheaper than Euro. Does anyone know the part numbers please? Might be good to have a sticky.
thanks

 

As I was replacing strutt I saw one upper was worn bushing so I asked my local parts shop if they could cross match .be pheaton is exactly the same even same number stamped on bush and it was £39

 

thanks. Wonder what system Bentley use for parts?

 

I think the system goes like ....get parts made cheap for VW then put a Bentley serial number on it and charge 4 times as much for part.

 

100%!
what software do they use for part identifying at the dealers?

 

Once it was universal amongst the VAG .

I think it may have changed.Interestingly, I needed a relay for the headlight washers a couple of years back .We have a Audi with dealer 7 miles away , easy off a dual carriageway and Bentley 60 miles in a city centre , with ball ache traffic .

As we went in the Bentley to collect the Audi ( service ) I went into the parts dept , with it in my pocket .Guy said he needed the parts number ( obviously) and he currently had TOTAL access to all the VAG cars on his “ system “ .

So with it in his hand covered in a Bentley wing logo he tapped in the part number and up popped up the Audi identical part, crucially any other cross references in the group ...say a Lamborghini and VW etc .

Prices inc .Bentley was £67 , he sucked air through he’s teeth as the Audi was £18 .

Picked one off the shelf , looked identical.....well it was but with Audi rings .

It works and is still on the car .

Unfortunately he then informed me ( Oct ) that a new system was coming , he’s been having training and the new system only allows each franchise to see there own .The old system was whole VAG .



How ever on F chat a Ferrari forum there is a sticky for x parts with the 308 series .You know shared with stuff with Fiat and other Italian cars + much more .Eg the callipers + pads are the same as 70 Porsche’s .The radiator temp sensor....Ferrari price £70 , it’s exactly identical to VW golf @£7 ...stuff like that .



This forum ought to start something like this as basically we have a head start with the Phaeton+ A 8 .

 

Agree Agree and Agree. We need to get this started, especially for cars out of warranty would be beneficial.
what dealer do you normally go to buddy?
Oh also for my D3 Audi A8 I use to use Skoda parts dep before. Find them cheaper than Audi! Lol
cheers

 

I use Prestige services in Leeds run by ex Bentley techs from JCT 600 for the really tricky stuff .


Certainly think this forum should have a x parts sticky .

1- Exact same ( diff label / packaging ) most likely as part of the VAG
2- pattern parts ....fit identical function
3- other parts

Its then up to readers to choose or ignore and if used go further to try something that does not come in a package covered in B wings , either endorse or write if there’s an issue with it .Put pics up etc .


A mate had a DB 7 ( @ the time Ford were involved with Aston M) and his girlfriends dad worked at Ford dealerships.She had a Ka .
His hazard relay packed up ....MOT fail .Aston wanted £85 .....GF,s dad took the same part out of the Ford Ka and fitted it in the Aston , and had the DB 7 re tested .
Turns out it was totally identical in every way Ford price was £6 or something.

When the DB 7 guy challenged the Aston dealer over the price difference they asked this is the answer that came back ...or something along theses lines ...
” Aston owners expect to be charged £85 as although it is the same part as Ford Ka , £6 would be too cheap and devalue the brand ethos of exclusivity the expectations of the owner are higher “

I think that’s what VAG are ridding on ......more expectations ....hence probably the Skoda price is at the bottom .....for the same part .

 

John, that is the most disgusting answer I’ve ever heard...🤣

But it happens. Since we have a new moderator for the site let’s get him involved. It was once a thread on here about cross referencing part but it’s long been buried. I think it’s the least we as a community can do for the Bentley community especially the first generation GT’s since many are having to damn near finance the vacuum leak fix. And since the engine is out might as well change out all those other engine out parts.

 

could you explain what goes into an arnott suspension strutt that others don't have making them worth the money you demand ?? From dismantling a strutt all I can see is a damper an air bag and the electrical soft/hard selector .the original Bentley strutt seems exactly the same as the Chinese one I had even down to the thickness of the bag.is this a case of other manufacturers catching up with industry leaders.clearly it's down to quality of parts but I'm struggling to see how more superior the expensive parts are to the cheaper ones thanks

 

I just bought a 2010 SuperSports. Overnight, the front driver’s side sinks down noticeably. I bought RMT struts, had them installed last week at the Bentley dealership, and the problem persists. What is the next most likely culprit?

 

Did you figure out what the problem was ?

 

Hey guys - are the Arnott struts recommended here? I recall Johnny HS indicated an issue with a vendor that was claiming to 'rebuild' struts but was actually only painting them. Maybe not Arnott.

Also, are Arnott available in USA? I'll be needing to replace my struts soon and would like to know a source for an Audi or VW part at the lower cost.

Appreciate any leads!

 

​​​​​​Hello @Randy V ,
I missed this from a year ago, but since@Ericc6727 brought this to the top, I will clarify my prior comments.

As to Arnott's "Remanufactured" as they claimed their struts were, the struts themselves were never rebuilt or remanufactured, the strut and the air bladder/bag are two separate items that together make up the struts as we all know, so as per several Arnott reps, the strut air bladder assembly is disassembled, and the strut is then inspected for oil leaks, and tested for resistance as to pressure applied, like testing an old shock, as that is basically what a strut is, plus the electric side of it for dampening, if the strut has no oil leaks, and passes Arnott's pressure test, then it is cleaned and painted, nothing is rebuilt or remanufactured on the strut itself, the strut then has a new air bladder and associated parts installed onto it...

My issue along with other's was, that rebuilt and remanufactured are not the same process, Arnott said that I was wrong and that both were the same, or at least a gray area, I have always been of the belief that rebuilt is only the process of repairing the issue that has caused the failure, that could be just a bad o-ring, whereas remanufactured is to remanufacture the complete item back to factory specifications, I personally witnessed a similar situation many years ago, whereas a transmission shop had a sting operation at their shop, the shop said the transmission was remanufactured, and certain items had been marked inside the transmission by the government agency, well the shop only repaired the issue causing the shifting problem, a bad vacuum modulator, so they changed the filter, fluid, VM.
The shop charged for a full remanufactured transmission, and not just the rebuild they provided, the shop was found guilty of fraud.

Also, the main issue with Arnott is the fact you send in your struts, you may have very low mileage, BUT, you do not receive your struts back, I asked Arnott, " I could get someone else's struts that may have 100,000 miles or more", Arnott replied "yes, it could be less, or it could be more, we have no idea of the actual mileage, but we test them"...

The next issue came with their new in-house design, whereas they never told anyone of the deletion of active dampening until myself and others here and on Audiworld questioned Doug of Arnott about this issue, he always comes back with the cost and the age of the vehicle, none of us involved in any of the conversations ever requested a lower price, or a lesser product..

Then after I pressed a rep for answers on the new design and the vehicles suspension control module fault, he said "after you purchase our product, we will tell you how it works to fool the cm", right then I knew they were not "100% OEM" as he kept repeatedly stating, I kept at it demanding answers so I may share here, AW, and elsewhere, well after being put on hold and passed through 3 or 4 people, I got the truth, "yes, we use a resistor to fool the control module, no, it does not have active dampening"... then it isn't 100% OEM is it.

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/15...lt-components/

Johnny