Knackered suspension

Lads,

My 00-reg Legacy is coming up for 100k miles and my suspension seems to going AWOL at the moment, probably not helped by driving a bit too fast on some god-awful roads around these parts... 

It started a few months ago with a tinkling in the back end that proved to be a loose drop arm link, but the weekend before last the front N/S started feeling weak. I finally got my local garage to hoist it up and take a look yesterday and they reckon the shock has gone soft so that the spring has broken, and that they'll need to replace the front springs & shocks both sides, as well as replacing the two drop arm links at the back.

They rang me today to say that they could only get the parts by going to a main dealer (which they didn't want to do) and that they'd cost around 1,200yoyos  (+ labour!) :shock: and (fair play to them!) could I get them cheaper somewhere?

So what's the story, what would you do? Where would you go to get the parts, or would I be better off taking the car to a specialist somewhere?

Cheers!

Dunno if much help,(not sure of the leggy set up......)
But I replaced springs and shocks on the front end on mine a little while ago(MY97 Impreza STI) sourced the parts from the local motor factor(AFAIK €350), although I did have to wait 2 weeks for the springs to come in.........

Parts were then fitted by Advance Pitstop for a whopping €40 !!

So, thinking it can done cheaper than you were quoted ............... :dunno:

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Dunno if much help,(not sure of the leggy set up......)[/quote]

I think it was basically the same on the original Imprezas, seeing that they derived from the Leggy, but not sure now...

[quote author=http90 link=topic=3960.msg41075#msg41075 date=1192153953]
But I replaced springs and shocks on the front end on mine a little while ago(MY97 Impreza STI) sourced the parts from the local motor factor(AFAIK €350), although I did have to wait 2 weeks for the springs to come in.........

Parts were then fitted by Advance Pitstop for a whopping €40 !!

So, thinking it can done cheaper than you were quoted ............... :dunno:[/quote]

That sounds much more like it, but the mechanic is saying he can't get the parts from his motor factors, only main agents. :dunno:

I'll have to start ringing around myself, unless anybody can suggest a good source?