S3 8L Front Control Arm Bush - Part Number

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S3 8L Front Control Arm Bush - Part Number

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Good Day gents,

I'm struggling to get the correct part for my car.
can someone please point me in the right direction, which hopefully is not the Stealers.
I have been to Goldwagen, and they supplied a Febi bush which fits a golf4/A3 8L/Jetta 4 and they claim fits the S3 as well.
The Rear Larger bush is the same as a golf 4 .
However, when stripping the control arm, the bush is a much larger one, same shape, just bigger.
Anyone know if Goldwagen keeps this bush, or maybe from another model car will have the same type bush ?
The agent price is a about 1K for both.
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try here and see if the part numbers agree to what they say.
You did not give a year so guessing. But scratch on that site and see.
https://audi.7zap.com/en/rdw/audi+a3+s3 ... 07-407014/
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Thanks Panic.
This is a good site ;-)
Although, I think this part is agents only.
Seems to be 2 types for these cars.
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A LOT of the bushes are agents only.
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Post by Killerwatt »

For a nice upgrade look for the TT rear bush. 8N0407181B wasnt too expensive from stealers.
The front bush can be upgraded to a poly one without hurting ride comfort. It is the same as the mk4 bush and is a is a press fit bush for the rubber ones. So it might be larger in diameter than the one you removed.
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