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. > > > > -- > > save 5% on our already low, low prices. use coupon code DAVE at > checkout. > > www. BuyEUROparts.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://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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > save 5% on our already low, low prices. use coupon code DAVE at checkout. > www. BuyEUROparts.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://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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
