Rear Shock Absorbers & Rear Diff Prop Shaft Seal

[BigJimmy]

Morning

So the motor went in for service and MOT yesterday at local VX garage and came back with needing two rear shocks and the rear diff prop seal leaking. VX quoting £4564 (£1161 for shocks, and £3403 for rear diff) to replace which seems excessive. I can do the shocks myself but cannot find the parts at the usual places (Euro Car Parts, Motor Parts Direct, etc). Reached out to them and was told they are dealer only parts. Can anyone suggest any alternatives/after-market ones please?

Model: Vauxhall Insignia Grand Sport Elite Nav 2.0 Bi-Turbo AWD (1956CC // 209bhp)
Year: November 2018
Vin: W0ZT6EH1J1153455
Engine: D20DTR

Thanks for any help!

James

[Bigkev]

I would think, looking at your spec, that you have Flexride. Meaning you have extra special shocks that cost a fortune. As far as I'm aware, these are dealer parts only as ECP etc suggests.

Not heard of aftermarket versions either unfortunately.

But I am sure someone will pop along and clarify it.

[exclusiv.]

Try autovaux for shocks.......and surely the diff seal can be changed ?

[BigJimmy]

Thanks chaps. Didn't even know about Flexride but it explains the prices!

I'll give AutoVaux a shout in the morning.

Found a company in Poland who sell refurb shocks for £169 so if all else fails, will give them a go. Looks like you pay an extra £100 on top but if you send back your old ones, they refund that £100.

https://nagengast.pl/en/produkt/opel-insignia-shock-absorber-flexride-ids-rear-right/

Re the diff seal, the VX garage didn't seem hopeful they could source but letting me know by end of the week (supposedly). I asked for the part numbers of both the seal and shocks and well, shocker, they were not prepared to share with me. Little gits aren't they!

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https://www.123spareparts.co.uk/car-parts/vauxhall/insignia-mk-ii-b-estate/2-0-d-4x4-35-154-kw/shaft-seal-differential/128770#10500

[BigJimmy]

Still having a mare with identifying the part numbers for these damned shocks! Confusion added with Insignia being made when Opel/VX was owned by GM, but now part numbers issued by PSA.

Autovaux can supply the prop seal (£18.30+vat+del) - Great!....but they cannot source the shocks unfortunately


So the local Vauxhall dealer eventually gave me the below PSA part numbers for the shocks :-

Rear Left YR00058380
Rear Right YR00061980

With a bit of Google tinterwebbing, seems the original GM part numbers for the above codes are :-

Rear Left 84558680
Rear Right 84558679

However, I looked under the car today and took the GM part numbers straight off the shocks which are :-

Rear Left 84375308
Rear Right 84375307

This differs so I reckon I need to stick to what is on the car already and not be caught up in the dealer confusion between GM and PSA. However, when looking at the refurb company in Poland, they list the OEM numbers in the 133xxxxx format which is the Opel/VX format. My question is, does anyone know the Opel part number equivalent for these two GM parts from the car? Despite Googling, I cannot find a match. Hoping a search of these will turn up a UK supplier.

Second question, I can find the GM (car) versions on a US based company website (Summit Racing) for $225 each (approx £510 for two with delivery & import VAT) and for the sake of £200 (versus Polish refurbs), I'd rather have brand new. Does anyone know if there will be a difference because I'm ordering from US? ie, imperial vs metric hole sizes, lengths, etc?

I'm probably overthinking things and muddling myself up so if you can offer a reality slap, please hit away!

Cheers all

[lizzard-t]

You are over thinking this US Versus the rest of the world. Business. Just because they use imperial don't mean to say it won't fit .
at the end of the day its your money, but I know what I would go for .