Several years ago, I had OE Upper control arm for the SDL put on.
the parts came from the stealership in Peoria Within a year, it was
squeaking again. SO OE parts are not always all they are cracked up
to be either.
I can recall rebuilding the front end of a friends W126 with low-priced FEQ
parts he bought years ago. Hard lesson learned... the front end was just as
clunky and worn out after a year!
Cheap parts will be the death of these cars... the german stuff is the way
to go.
Jaime
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote:
that's really the crux of the seduction. a new chinese was costing bimby
from between 55 and 100 dollars and was selling for $159. rebuilds are
running about 150 to 200 and selling for like 200 to 250. non chinese new
were like 250 to 300 for bimby, but i don't even know if you can still get
those as the cheap chinese ones have really come to dominate the market.
worldpac has been pushing cheap chinese merchandise under the labels of
"feq" and "worldsource 1" and this stuff is just nasty. i believe that the
feq axles (the one's in question in the recall) were being sold to bimby
for
$55 each. how much then do you surmise worlpac has in them? let's say
$45. it is suspicious that worldpac can source a new axle shaft, have it
shipped to them from china and then have it shipped to you, all for $45.
in
fact, it makes no sense at all.
i don't know how many feq's the bimby had sold and how many of the cheap
ones sold were something of higher quality chinese. i do know that feq was
a disaster waiting to happen, but the seduction of high sales at high
margins is too much for most people to pass up
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com
>wrote:
> What is the price differential between the Chinese axleshafts and the
> German ones? Not that I'd put Chinese parts on a 115 chassis Mercedes or
> anything but I'm curious.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 5, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> turns out those cheap chinese axle shafts that you guys have been
> purchasing
> are being recalled for safety concerns. I'm glad I resist the temptation
> of
> 300% profit and don't sell that kind of product. i think a certain
vendor
> sells those every single day, but i'm sure he doesn't want to worry you
> guys
> about something as minor as a chinese axle shaft coming apart.
>
> i can't emphasize it enough -- stay away from the chinese junk! it is
only
> being sold because even priced much lower than original quality products,
> the profits are still astronomical.
>
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