Found these drop links

[SuperRedMR2]

Anyone seen these before?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MR2-MK1-MK2-A ... 2ec4161a6f

Any thoughts?

[Jimbo_Jet]

They look just the ticket for my lowered mk1a! Good find sir

Has anyone used them before?

[shinny]

Urgh - adjustable droplinks are an awful concept IMHO. The point of droplinks is you want them identical lengths on each side, so having links that can be set at (or slip to be) different lengths sounds counter-productive unless you're tuning a race car for oval racing

[chrismanchr]

they look a bit expensive also !

[PW@Woodsport]

I just make my own from Focus ones for a fraction of the price, once you set the length of a droplink it never needs adjusting again, adjustable= pointless really.

Cut and sleeve Ford ones to desired length, total cost about £15 a pair.

[mk1 dal]

I just make my own from Focus ones for a fraction of the price, once you set the length of a droplink it never needs adjusting again, adjustable= pointless really.

Cut and sleeve Ford ones to desired length, total cost about £15 a pair.

+1 no brainier , 110% right and professional advice to save you a lot of hard earned pounds .

[T.F.S.]

Lol, I make those and have sold loads of them on eBay!!

Haven't had a single unhappy customer either, they are very strong compared to a cut up ford focus item and can (as per listing) be custom made to your desired length for the buy it now price.

[PW@Woodsport]

Nobody, including me, has said they aren't strong enough for the job or aren't fit for purpose, you can see they very much are.

I'm saying that there is a much cheaper alternative that once fitted does the same job for the same length of time.

they are very strong compared to a cut up ford focus item

Sorry i completely disagree with that statement, what engineering principle are you basing that on? Please explain how your droplink is any stronger than a sleeved Focus link? I've used them for 15 years and never had a single one break. I can't see how a threaded tube with rosejoints "screwed" into it is stronger than a solid welded bar?

Also once the length is set why do they need to be adjustable from then on?

If i was to make any criticism at least Focus droplinks have rubber boots on the balljoint to keep dirt out, rose joints do not and as such will have a much greater chance of wearing out.

It looks a good droplink, but there are much cheaper and JUST as strong ways to do it.

[T.F.S.]

Lol calm down, no need to get your knickers in a twist

I simply think that the ones listed are stronger because they are thicker than a set of frankensteins cut and shut ones, not that I'm here to bad mouth anyone's products lol

It's easy for customers to buy the ones I sell and fine tune them upon figment for length in seconds or to be at the track and adjust ride height etc without having to make a new pair

Also I sell boots to cover the rose joints and I also sell sealed ball joined types for those that want them but they do not sell as well for some reason.

[PW@Woodsport]

Sleeved Ford ones are not one of my products, simply something i do on my own Mr2s for very little cost, fit and forget about it, no need to adjust anything and they last many years.

Yours (or other ones) are no stronger than any other droplink being pulled/pushed in that direction, they have no need to be strong in any other plane of movement, standard 8mm thick rods never break or bend, they only have "push/pull" forces on them and none or very little side forces, so anything more than standard thickness than that is unnecessary. So your statement that your links are stronger "compared to" a Ford link is irrelevant, neither will fail on the centre rod.

Good to hear you do a rubber boot for the rosejoint, it needs them

I can see why someone who wants to constantly tinker with adjustable whiteline ARBs for the track would use your links, but for 99% of us with road cars an adjustable link is pointless.

[SuperRedMR2]

Can the Mk2 rear ARB mod work with the standard mk1 droplinks?

[T.F.S.]

I have made droplinks in the past for MK1 owners who have used the MK2 roll bars so due to that I don't think you can use stock droplinks IIRC.

Should also note that I sell the drop links on here cheaper than I do on eBay.

[SuperRedMR2]

Do you provide a warranty with them?

[T.F.S.]

Normally just the standard eBay 28 day but for you yea I can do that no problem buddy, 1 year ok?

[shinny]

I can see why someone who wants to constantly tinker with adjustable whiteline ARBs for the track would use your links, but for 99% of us with road cars an adjustable link is pointless.

+1

I bought a set of whiteline droplinks as an emergency replacement once. They lasted about 2000 miles into a 3300 mile road trip and when i got them off the rose joints were utterly shot despite having rubber boots fitted. I now tend to find the cheap links you get on ebay as they are fixed to the same length across an axel and last longer. Besides, it's the joins that go on the links, not the bar (unless you have interference with suspension components, as I did with the early design mkII BCs). I can't comment on TFS's links as I've never used them, but I can say the £90, branded, adjustable, rose jointed links from whiteline were a massive disappointment and I find £15 links from ebay are better in every way that counts!

[T.F.S.]

I sell the ends for £4 each delivered..they are replaceable and also upgradeable so in the long run when you have to change your droplinks every year mine can actually end up being cheaper.

You can have the sealed balljoint type you get on the cheap ebay ones if you really want those type, I also sell them at a discounted rate on here.

As for setting up for equal length its really quite simple to do that on adjustable ones, less than 5mins of work.

As mentioned my ones are aimed at people who dont mind spending that bit extra over the cheap ebay generic ones and also for people who constantly tinker with ride height, coilover mounting adjustments etc and want something that will work with every setting.


This type for £55 delivered


Or this type for £40 delivered


Or as mentioned I can supply the more expensive type with the sealed balljoint type ends.

[SuperRedMR2]

It wasn't my intention to spark a row up between any of you by the way.

But I can't sleeve the focus drop link myself so buying one already done is the better option as I can afford an arrangement of things now I've got a higher paid job.

However do the yellow ones come with boots on them?

[T.F.S.]

Yep.

They also come with hardened cap headed bolts and nylock nuts.

[PW@Woodsport]

Seriously i have no problem at all with your products, they look great, but you simply cannot make statements like this....

so in the long run when you have to change your droplinks every year mine can actually end up being cheaper

This is nonsense.

Nobody is changing their droplinks every year, sleeved Ford ones last as long as they would on a Ford Focus, i don't see them needing replacing on them every year? I've had over 5 years use out of droplinks before without issue.

All i'm saying is there is a very cheap alternative that will do the job perfectly well, actually doing the maths, if Ford links cost £15 a pair, that means i can buy 4 pairs to one pair of yours, sorry but yours are in no way cheaper in the long run.

Yours are great for someone who needs to constantly tinker with coilovers and ARBs though

[T.F.S.]

To pay someone to cut down and sleeve a set of droplinks is not free..

But TBH I am not really interested in arguing about it with you, people are free to buy whatever they like so please troll a different section.