Hello,

I am in the need to repair the front suspension in my Conti GT 2005.
Obviously, Bentley does not produce suspension arms, usually on all german manufacturers Lemförder is the OEM producer.

I am looking at the original diagram https://www.scuderiacarparts.com/de-...123/2115/37938

I managed to easily find OEM for the rear suspension arms (both lower and upper)
3W0 407 693 A
3W0 407 694 A
4E0407151K x 2 (this one goes without 3W even in Bentley catalogue)

But somewhat struggle with the front
3W0407505
3W0407506
3W0407509
3W0407510

If I look at the Phaeton catalogue, I see the corresponding
4E0 407 505 E
4E0 407 506 E
4E0 407 509 E
4E0 407 510 E

So basically 3W0 replaced with 4E0...and postfix E at the end.

Do you think these are exactly the same parts? Because if I pick the VAG number and check the corresponding OEN for Lemförder, it does not have a corresponding Bentley OEN ... or they just do not maintain it...

Usual thing is, the part in Bentley box is 4x OEM which is exactly the same.

Many thanks for your thoughts.

 

Don’t laugh, but if I can remember correctly, when I did mines they had the Audi logo on them. After looking at travel time and price from overseas I THINK I went with RockAuto. I may have a post or two on here about it when I practically redid my entire front end except for the sway bar.

 

Looking to replace my front control arms. Found this full front for $825 OEM https://www.bentleypartsusa.com/bent...r-control-arms

 

825 USD for OEM set looks extremely cheap (OK, a very good deal). And adds another dimension of confusion, because I see on scuderia 500 Euro for a single arm (lower) + c.a. 200 for each from the remaining. Which would add up to c.a. 2500 Euro for a set.

I further browsed this forum and it looks like people successfully managed to use A8/Phaeton control arms. I have ordered all the parts Lemförder / Moog and will report next week whether they fit.

​​​​​​I understand premium and all that, but selling exactly the same part (not even with Bentley logo) for 4X VAG cost is kind of crazy.

 

Will keep an eye on this. Autodoc is good site if you have part numbers.

 

So looks like the site claiming they have OEM lied




. Got some parts in today and they don't appear to be OEM. Not sure on the quality of these parts but they fact they stated OEM and they are not makes me think I should just return them.

 

Here are the ones I bought off RockAuto a few yrs ago. Just to give you another idea.

 

@DR3ADKN0T looks like low quality replica. They should be made in Germany, not in Taiwan.
so yeah, in that price range it was not realistic.

 

Yeah, logic told me as much beforehand but the site claimed OEM so I took the leap. I made sure to get a printout just incase and the card I used has good support if they give me the run around and I need to dispute it.

Looks like the brand is TRQ which is made by A1 Auto? Haven't seen much but most people say its avg quality but prob wont last as long as OEM. I will most likely just return them and stick with RockAuto. Most people on here seem to have had good luck with MOOQ and alike,

 

TRW or Lemforder are OEM.