TheBlueScarab
A2OC Donor
Here are some photographs of the offside front lower suspension arm of my '03 reg 1.4Tdi A2 - after it collapsed while I was driving it, fortunately at low speed (as I was on a single-track country road, with passing places, and had just braked to let a car come from the other direction). Had this happened at (say) motorway speeds the outcome could have been quite different, as the wheel actually moved back in the wheel-arch and was rubbing against the mudflap, making a loud graunching noise - it could have jammed at a higher speed and caused the car to spin ? This car passed it's MOT the month before, so the extent of the corrosion was not obvious, it has rusted from the inside outwards.
The intact one is the nearside, needless to say the car is currently in a workshop having both arms replaced (and the new ones will be wax-treated inside).
The intact one is the nearside, needless to say the car is currently in a workshop having both arms replaced (and the new ones will be wax-treated inside).