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8P S3 console bushes and B6 Passat wishbones: tight!

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Freem82:
OK thanks for the reply, one last question, do the gti ball joints fit on the passat arms ? I've just replaced mine.

pudding:
I believe they do, but I used Passat ones to keep it all consistent.

breeze:
Yes they fit. I used front and rear bushes and balljoints listed for the GTI in the end. All fitted no problem.

If I were doing it all again I think I would buy Passat arms new, with the front bush pressed in. I bought used arms and ended up needing to get a mechanic to press the front bushes in, which in London 2022 prices was £60. I think Lemforder fully made up wasn’t much more.

Another thing I found… my car had quite a lot of front axle lift under acceleration. With anti lift kits being all the rage I strongly suspected that was what I needed but wanted to try OEM first. The factory spec Lemforder bush seems to have massively improved the lift. I bet S3 bushes would be even better, just wouldn’t recommend with the B6 arms.

Freem82:
So are the console housings that will come with my b6 arms that I've just ordered not be compatible with it then ?
My plan is to build them up then I can just unbolt the steel ones off my car and then put the b6 ones on straight away to save time.

pudding:
'Anti-lift' is just race car marketing BS used by Whiteline, Super Pro et al to make a stiffer bush sound more amazing than it really is - in order to justify the hideous price of them.

Anyway, re: Passat consoles, no idea mate.  Cross reference the GTI's p/n and see if it also applies to the Passat. I think they are the same tbh.  It's pretty much just S3 and TT that have incompatible differences.

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