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Old Nov 8, 2005 | 08:42 PM
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I've heard that Heim-joint end links (Hotchkis) may be "noisy". True/untrue?
Explain the noise...
I don't x cross, but do apprieciate nice handeling, and thought this to be a nice pgrade to my '04 A4 MSRC w/Z06 swaybar coupe.
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Old Nov 8, 2005 | 09:34 PM
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Yes, if they aren't lubed and/or torqued properly. LG makes a teflon lined set that are silent and maintenance free. As for them being a performance improvement, I doubt you'd notice the difference, unless maybe you have the old plastic endlinks. They're more designed to be adjustable for corner-weighting the car.
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