Shock suppliers...

emjaybee · 08-09-2015, 23:51

It's that time!

At last!

New shocks!

I want to fit Monroe gas shocks front and rear. Standard length.

Trouble is I am having some trouble finding a supplier. Has anyone got any ideas?

I want to get them on in the next week or so.

don simon · 09-09-2015, 14:17

Have you tried speaking to Monroe directly?

emjaybee · 09-09-2015, 19:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by don simon

Have you tried speaking to Monroe directly?

Now you're just being ridiculous!

(Damn, why didn't I think of that

)

I'll drop them an email and see if they can point me in the right direction.

don simon · 09-09-2015, 19:54

As an ex-employee of Brown Brothers I would have told you to go there as they did Monroe. But between leaving and coming back from Spain they've disappeared.

The Patrolman · 09-09-2015, 20:36

Ebay

emjaybee · 09-09-2015, 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by don simon

As an ex-employee of Brown Brothers I would have told you to go there as they did Monroe. But between leaving and coming back from Spain they've disappeared.

Where were Brown Brothers, I'll see if I can google 'em up!

don simon · 09-09-2015, 21:53

As a motor factor they've gone, as have Edmund Walker and Partco, apparently. It's all Eurocarparts these days...
Give Monroe a call, they'll sort you.

emjaybee · 09-09-2015, 21:55

Yeah, we used to have some independants around here but they all vanished when GFS, Euro etc pitched up!

don simon · 09-09-2015, 22:10

I haven't got a clue what happened as I was in Spain. Dana, who owned Brown Brothers, are huge and still have a presence but I think it's just paintshops only now. They were happy days.

emjaybee · 09-09-2015, 22:30

Aaah !

That explains why I got spray guns, tacky rags, solvents etc. when I googled them.

emjaybee · 20-09-2015, 15:43

Finally got it done.

New Monroe Adventure Shocks front and rear. The time spent a couple of months ago freeing off the nuts paid dividends, did front and rear in two and a half hours.

Ride is now less like a dinghy in a swell!

emjaybee · 20-09-2015, 15:45

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09-09-2015, 14:17	#2
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	Have you tried speaking to Monroe directly?

09-09-2015, 19:54	#4
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	As an ex-employee of Brown Brothers I would have told you to go there as they did Monroe. But between leaving and coming back from Spain they've disappeared.

09-09-2015, 20:36	#5
The Patrolman Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Redcar, Teesside Vehicle: Y60 Patrol 4.2 PeTroll Posts: 2,122	Ebay

09-09-2015, 21:53	#7
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	As a motor factor they've gone, as have Edmund Walker and Partco, apparently. It's all Eurocarparts these days... Give Monroe a call, they'll sort you.

09-09-2015, 21:55	#8
emjaybee Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Oxfordshire Vehicle: 3.0Di SVE '05 5 door. Posts: 1,536	Yeah, we used to have some independants around here but they all vanished when GFS, Euro etc pitched up!

09-09-2015, 22:10	#9
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	I haven't got a clue what happened as I was in Spain. Dana, who owned Brown Brothers, are huge and still have a presence but I think it's just paintshops only now. They were happy days.

09-09-2015, 22:30	#10
emjaybee Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Oxfordshire Vehicle: 3.0Di SVE '05 5 door. Posts: 1,536	Aaah ! That explains why I got spray guns, tacky rags, solvents etc. when I googled them.