Upper Control arms - Revision N?

[B8_Dude97]

Okay so Indy shop let me know my front uppers are on their way out. Got qouted 288 for labor and 6 something to source the uppers from Livermore Audi. However I found this fcp kit here https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/aud...5-b8caupperkt1

The kit made by trw seems pretty solid

So to get to my question is this: the parts in the kit are fine except two of them were superseded(looked up on genuineaudiparts and also in my quote from the Indy shop)

8k0407509a was superseded by n
8k0407510a was superseded by n

The other two arms in the kit are still the current revision

So am I gone to use the a revision arms or was there a good reason for the n revision

Second question is if 288 labor for all 4 upper front arms is a good deal


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[van462]

The 2009 (I assume were revision a) had upper control arm bushings that lead to a lot of steering wheel vibration.

[TDIaholic]

The vibration was caused by the rubber inner bushings on the LOWER rear control arms, which have since been changed to fluid filled bushes. Uppers have not changed significantly. I would just get TRW or Lemforder and not pay for the Audi logo as they also make the Audi OE arms.

[B8_Dude97]

The vibration was caused by the rubber inner bushings on the LOWER rear control arms, which have since been changed to fluid filled bushes. Uppers have not changed significantly. I would just get TRW or Lemforder and not pay for the Audi logo as they also make the Audi OE arms.

Yea that's the direction I was leading towards. The arms are about 160 a piece versus 210 for all 4 trw arms and hardware for the same thing minus Audi logo


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