ball joints which is better 16mm or 18mm

[chippyba]

Just curiosity really as not sure to change my hubs to the larger size
Opinions plz

[Scott]

18mm was on the GTi-6s so that instantly makes it better by a magnitude of 6.




Hopefully someone will come along shortly with a real answer

[samass]

as far as i thought, it made no odds?
only advantage i can see is the 18mm ones will be stronger, so therefore 'better', but if you're ever in the situation where you'd have benifitted from a stronger ball joint, id reckon that the rest of the car would be shagged anyway...

i have both on mine, cuz im thats how i roll.

[Scott]

if you're ever in the situation where you'd have benifitted from a stronger ball joint, id reckon that the rest of the car would be shagged anyway...

[samass]

jus sayin....

[spike2002]

Pug upgraded them on the 6 from 16mm to 18mm why i have no idea. probly not worth the hastle of swaping them over for a extra 2mm

[samass]

Pug upgraded them on the 6 from 16mm to 18mm why i have no idea. probly not worth the hastle of swaping them over for a extra 2mm

but
but
girth!

[spike2002]

Samass does ur car handle better on one side lmao

[Matt]

It's all about the girth!

[Curt]

Bigger balls FTW

[samass]

Samass does ur car handle better on one side lmao

actually....yes!

but thats down to other, tread related factors...

[Matt]

Bigger balls FTW

I think this needs to be sigged!

[Rippthrough]

16mm = lighter!

Anyway, the 18mm's give a bit more strength for the lard arsed later models, and wear a bit slower.

[Ruan]

GTi6s in Ph2 guise seem to have both 16 and 18mm though...

[mark_airey]

GTi6s in Ph2 guise seem to have both 16 and 18mm though...

Standard issue, Peugeot consistency

[Dangti6]

GTi6s in Ph2 guise seem to have both 16 and 18mm though...

Yep. Later on they changed over to 18mm but most ph2's have 16mm. Usually the 2.5's that went over to 18mm.

[puglove]

GTi6s in Ph2 guise seem to have both 16 and 18mm though...

Ph2 has 16mm
ph2.5 has 18mm

I can not see any benifit what so ever in swapin from 16 to 18. Iv had both on my 6's . Currently on 16mm and i see no difference.

[londondan86]

Thought this thread may help clear up any confusion: http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-2589.html

[samass]

[Toms306]

Which is better?

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Yes, I'm bored.

[HDIkyle]

I also have both lol

I have had a phase 2 with both as standard so just whatever they had in the skip at the time really

[puglove]

I also have both lol

I have had a phase 2 with both as standard so just whatever they had in the skip at the time really

Another, case of peugeot of their parts bin

[Ruan]

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lan...word2=18mm

And there's the answer.

[puglove]

Lmao ruan lol, good way to decide

[Matt]

Flol Ruan!