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Who makes decent ball joints and suspension/steering components these days?
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<blockquote data-quote="Corbic" data-source="post: 16542489" data-attributes="member: 171475"><p>Define "OEM".</p><p></p><p>Dealer and Manufacturer brands don't "make" parts. Lots of money can be saved by doing some research and buying the part directly from the supplier.</p><p></p><p>Example: Toyota center carrier bearing is made by Dana and costs ~$200-300 from a dealer. You can cross reference and get the Dana part for $65.</p><p></p><p>Some idiots will actually buy "Toyota OEM O2 Sensor" on Amazon and they bitch they got a knock off because the part is stamped "DENSO" (DENSO does the majority of Toyota Electronic and cooling systems) </p><p></p><p>Aftermarket will also improve parts. Great examples are German vehicles with plastic water pump impellers that explode. Sachs, who makes the OEM pump also sells replacement pumps with metal impellers to fix the issue. (OEM fix is just replace your pump every 5 years).</p><p></p><p>Dorman fixed that notorious 4.6 Manifold water leak.</p><p></p><p>Plenty of other examples where the aftermarket redesigned a part to make it easier to install, service, etc.</p><p></p><p>It's all about doing research AND NOT BUYING STORE BRANDS. Autozone's, etc. parts are actually inferior to no-name eBay parts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corbic, post: 16542489, member: 171475"] Define "OEM". Dealer and Manufacturer brands don't "make" parts. Lots of money can be saved by doing some research and buying the part directly from the supplier. Example: Toyota center carrier bearing is made by Dana and costs ~$200-300 from a dealer. You can cross reference and get the Dana part for $65. Some idiots will actually buy "Toyota OEM O2 Sensor" on Amazon and they bitch they got a knock off because the part is stamped "DENSO" (DENSO does the majority of Toyota Electronic and cooling systems) Aftermarket will also improve parts. Great examples are German vehicles with plastic water pump impellers that explode. Sachs, who makes the OEM pump also sells replacement pumps with metal impellers to fix the issue. (OEM fix is just replace your pump every 5 years). Dorman fixed that notorious 4.6 Manifold water leak. Plenty of other examples where the aftermarket redesigned a part to make it easier to install, service, etc. It's all about doing research AND NOT BUYING STORE BRANDS. Autozone's, etc. parts are actually inferior to no-name eBay parts. [/QUOTE]
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