I Have been fitting Steering & Suspension components manufactured by FAI Auto for many years & I have been quite satisfied with the quality & price. However the last couple of years have shown a marked increase in amount of premature failures of their Anti Roll Bar Link Rods.

The problem appears to be with the very poor quality rubber used for their dust covers. I have seen them come back in after only a few months & found them to be perished very badly.

As far as I am aware, this problem does not effect the other products in the FAI range, such as Track Rods & Ball Joints.

I have mentioned this to our factors & they say that they have reported it back to FAI, but they get the standard response.... "Oh! We haven't heard of any problems"

Here is an example of a couple of link rods that we fitted 11 months ago to a Fiat Stilo.......



Is it really just me?