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Parts maker choi: SKF vs TRW vs ....? Rear spring replaceme?

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Old May 18th, 2020, 15:33   #1
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Default Parts maker choi: SKF vs TRW vs ....? Rear spring replaceme?

Hi guys!

Due to poor handling and control, I am planning on doing some major suspension work in the following days and need to order the parts, however, I am really struggling with making my mind about the manufacturer. I think the value for money option is TRW. The website (a certain German supplier with delivery to UK) however, offers SKF parts for about half the price ot TRW one. As far as I am aware, SKF is manufacturer with good reputation on bearings, but no info on other parts. The price difference is really tempting, but I do not want to make sacrifices with the quality.
Does anyone have any experience with non bearing SKF parts and would there be a significant difference in quality to justify the price difference? I am aware that Lemforder is great choice, but reason it is not in the list is that my research suggested that many of the parts are identical with TRW as both are part of ZF, and Lemforder is even more expensive than TRW.

The parts I want to buy are:

Inner tie rods;
Outer tie rod ends;
Ball joints;
Drop links;
Shock absorbers (TRW as the have very cheap offer for set of two, but would be more then happy to get an opinion);
Coil springs (planning on Sachs);
Strut mounts (rubber and bearing one - planning on SKF);
Engine mounts (no idea what to go for);

And couple of following questions:
Has anyone any idea how to take off the rear coil springs? Tried to look for a video but didn't get anything on S60. The clearance is ridiculously small.
And another one, there seem to be some lower and upper rubber seats for the springs (not talking about the struts top rubber plate), which are hard to find and very expensive for what they are. Is ot good idea to reuse the old ones or the performance of the new struts will suffer?

Any suggestions or opinion would be much appreciated!

The car is S60, 2006 (facelift), 2.0T with 124k mile on the clock. I believe the described parts are still the original.

Thanks!
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