Cv Joint - OEM Parts or not?

[Guest]

Hey boys and girls - cv joint on driver side is rooted - OEM is silly price! Any reason why not to use good quality non genuine parts for this? V7 STI.

Thanks in advance for replys

[Scoobydoo]

Most people get them from BNT. I have in the past, and they were fine.

How much are they from Subaru? You're looking at about the $100 mark from BNT

[Guest]

Hahahahahha - $679 plus Grab Snatch Take

[Koom]

Doesn't Subaru only sell the whole axle? i.e. Outer CV, axle, Inner CV?

[Guest]

They do for most but the guy said they do just the cv's for mine - whole kit - iner, outer, boots and axle $1295 pls GST

[Treecrusher]

6 speed or 5 speed? I've got 2 complete axles for a 5 speed in the garage you could have for less than the price of a new joint.

[Guest]

Its a six speed

[Treecrusher]

Sweet as.

I've always used after market and have never had a problem. (not replaced one on a 6 speed yet though).

I did 2 outers on a mates nissan a few years ago, went to see how much originals were and they quoted me over $1600 ex Japan. The guy then told me there is some law about carrying second hand parts for cars they sell for 10 years (i.e. have to carry parts for a car until it is 10 years old) but that they price things so high that they never have to actually sell them. Don;t know if he was full of s**t or not, but sounded good.

[Scoobydoo]

Holy F**k... screw that for a joke!!

[Guest]

Sweet tahnks for the offer though. I'll head off to BNT and see what the go is?

[Guest]

Update - to all those that need to do any cv's in the future for 6 speed STI its factory parts only!! No one does a aftermarket part(Ripco say they do but as normal when you go to fit it - its f8cking wrong!!)

Cv outer $650 plus - 1 in NewZealand - 10 days x Japan for anything else.

Complete half shaft inc inner and outer $1300 plus - also 1 in New Zealand.

Start saving your pennys :'(

(I got the last 2nd hand complete from Waiuku) ;D

[Scoobydoo]

Did you try BNT? That's the last place I got a CV joint from, it was for a 97 GTB though, not my Spec C

[Guest]

BNT dont even have a listing for them.

[R.D]

DAYM, how often do these need replacing?? please dont say around the 150,000km mark normally

[Guest]

Hahaha! For your first geuss that was bang on!!

[readosnr]

i usually sent people to ADL for cv joints as as far as i am aware they never had a problem with sourcing from adl

GENUINE SUBARU axles are sold as

-outer cv joint fitted to axle shaft with boot kit

- inner cv joint (DOJ) with boot kit

-or complete axle with both joints ready to fit

[Guest]

 readosnr said:

i usually sent people to ADL for cv joints as as far as i am aware they never had a problem with sourcing from adl

GENUINE SUBARU axles are sold as

-outer cv joint fitted to axle shaft with boot kit

- inner cv joint (DOJ) with boot kit

-or complete axle with both joints ready to fit

Correct ahmondo! Do adl have the parts for 6 speed STI?

[R.D]

man.. half the knowledge i learn about subies is just how dang expensive they are. c'mon minimum wage, go up!!