Hi all. Last year at the Mot I got an advisory on the front suspension arm rear bushes being worn on both sides. I'm going down the route of replacing the whole arm with ball joint already attached. I will be doing the job myself with a friend giving me help. I have a few questions if I may. Is it advisable to change the drop links while I'm on, will the tracking need re-done after doing the job, is it best to use skoda original parts or is patten parts OK as I've noticed they are quite cheap to buy online as a unit. Cheers Colin.

Just rang skoda £156 each side without the ball joint no thanks. Can anyone recommend decent patten ones.

50/50 on the drop links - they are easy to replace on their own but also cheap to fit new ones while you're doing the wishbones and need to remove them anyway.

 

I would go Lemforder or TRW for the suspension arms /  ball joints. Mine has original suspension arms but the rear bushes replaced with genuine TT ones. I've replaced the ball joints as well and I think they are TRW.

Cheers mate. I will look out for the 2 recommended. 

I've managed to get a pair of Merle HD ones with ball joints for £114 delivered from a company called JGP (Just German Parts) after scouring the Internet