My german ones are the worst. I can't imagine what those from a big trading
partner would be like.

I probably had replaced one OEM on my 90 (bought new, so I know the history)
with an aftermarket german boot, and had that on there a cuple of years
before I sold it. No problems. But my 83 is so old that the OEM boots have
all been replaced, several times now, with Lobro of lo-quality.

My daughter's 91 looks to have the thicker, softer OEMs with no problems.

Jim

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Mike Riley <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote:

> leather is a no go. petroleum products rot it.
> the answer is obvious get OEM ones, not ones from our great trading partner
> from across the sea.
> I am still running all 4 originals I never have had  a original split
> without gross failure of the cv joint.
> I wonder if failures are connected to the use of over-sized tires that the
> VW engineers  were too stupid to put on? don't reinvent the wheel here.<G>
> mike
>