I as well have found the same trend with Hyundai parts. shaft seals, shift bushings, etc, are all cheaper and better quality.
The most striking? The Hyundai OEM oil filter is ~ $6 at the dealer, and performs better than the FRAM filter that sells for almost 3 times that. Walt On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > doing my bit to keep this going. > > Got major chassis parts for my dogde van from the stealer. Assembled in > korea, some parts from chinsa > > Interesting: > Stealer: $150 Each > > Oreally: $158 Each > > NAPA $178 Each > > Since it was redesigned, and the original design is a POS, I opted for the > stealer parts, as they were the redesigned type for sure. FLAPS parts are > unknown origin or design. > > Question for andrew: > If driving to work is roonin the earf, they why is shipping small parts all > over the globe to be made into assemblies on another continent, and the the > assemblies then shipped across the Pacific (ther largest ocean (for Mericun > studens what gradiated after 1980)) not roonin the earf???? > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com