lower arm.

[JIMMYP]

is there any where apart from vw who can supply the lower arms for the g40?

[Yoof]

We're currently testing our adjustable rose-jointed versions, which should only be a few quid more than stock G40 ones but with the added bonus of having camber adjustment.

Other than VW no one does them, G-Lader site have an eccentric bush version, but I'm not sure how much camber can be achieved, and they're over £200.

[JIMMYP]

what is the eta on those arms?

[dub-disaster]

Yea I'd happily buy a set n test them out as I need some new arms n dnt fancy buying vw ones if yours are only a few quid more n give adjustment to cambre.

[Andy]

We won't be selling any until we've satisfied ourselves that they're good to go. That means getting some test miles on them which'll take a bit of time. At a guess, early autumn.

[dub-disaster]

Fair snuff andy I'll just have to get some standard ones.

[Yoof]

Ant- Thank you for the offer, as Andy says we can't until we've tested them properly. Generaly our attack with subframes was one on a track car (ex G40 Cup Car) and one on a road car.

There's 3 sets awaiting fitting to our 'test vehicles' and then we can go have some fun 

When I went into VW last week, he also mentioned they're now asking for L-reg and younger registrations only for certain parts inc. TCAs.

[dub-disaster]

What do you mean by There Sking for l reg and younger only for tca's. They won't take anything older than l reg for exchange tca's or they only supply parts for l reg and younger for parts like tca's ?
  Gd to see your products are tested. keep us posted when yor done testing them 

[hayesey]

eh? does that mean they'll refuse to sell you certain parts for your g40 if it's older than l-reg?  That's absolutely mental if true.  I can see a hell of a lot of parts being ordered for the few l-reg g40s that exist then

[PeteG40]

i've found approach in vw differs dealer to dealer.  If in doubt - ring hayselden vw in barnsley and ask for john - he also pedals g60 steels etc on ebay from their branch.
He doesn't care - if its a part number and not obsolete he'll get it for you (a few guys on edition 38 have got us spec stuff through him)

seems daft that L reg comment/rule.

[Nick_S]

It does seem daft, but I was told a few years ago by VAGparts that I needed a G40 chassis number to order steering arms when there were only a few left. They do it to try and preserve stock.

[scotsjohn]

Ditto for me; G parts for genuine G's. Supposedly to stop people buying up stock for resale when VW's stocks are gone. If that's genuine then it's a problem for anyone running a conversion.

[Yoof]

As an OEM you're only required to provide spare parts for 15years, unless you go into liquidation (ala TVR) hence the L-Reg (1995) rule.