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Old 10th March 2020, 08:02 AM
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It’s something you could try, for little money and rule out. This was my thoughts too. Never had an advisory re: suspension, and my mechanic friend has given it the once over, as did an Indy a couple of years back.

The Febest bushes were £45 on eBay. Droplinks are cheap enough. All easy to replace. You need splines, M12 or 14 from memory for the ARB.

When I disconnected my ARB from the droplinks and rotated it in place, you could hear the creak I’ve come to know well. Especially in the colder months.

Re: the noise without the undertray. At all speeds it’s not noticeably different. Surprising given the TDi lump.
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Without the tray, my front wheelarch liners blow into the tyres at speed, sadly they are a bit worn/damaged by this.
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Without the tray, my front wheelarch liners blow into the tyres at speed, sadly they are a bit worn/damaged by this.
This was my concern too. I’m keeping an eye on them, and have secured them as best I could.
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I recently bought these as had some knocking on the front:

4X MEYLE HD CONTROL ARM

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Great piece of kit!
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I have done all my upper and lower front arms. Still got this noise you describe when cold over speed bumps. Anti roll bar next then I think...?
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I have done all my upper and lower front arms. Still got this noise you describe when cold over speed bumps. Anti roll bar next then I think...?
Spray the bushes with WD40, if the noise stops before it evaporates, you know it’s the bushes. I’d put money on it being them TBH.
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These were the bushes I fitted. Obviously specific to the diameter of the fitted ARB.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F402110953874

I removed all the remnants of the bonded bush from the ARB before fitting.

I’ve read of this lasting for a good long while, but if it doesn’t I’ll buy the OEM bonded ARB from Audi.


Update 2 on the noise levels re: undertray, I’ve noticed a slight increase/change of noise in heavy traffic. Nothing major.
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Link to AudiWorld thread I found:

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/a8-...iment-2932568/

Seems in the US the parts are $5, and if you search eBay for ‘ Febi part number 10023’ you can find them for under a tenner for 2!

Although the listings don’t state they are compatible with the D3.

OP of that thread reports 2 years use without issue.
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useful info johnmed did you buy these bushes to fit on a standard diameter ARB or the thicker sport one?
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Mine’s standard.
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