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gnrsoul
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Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:43 am

Was looking and buying new ball hints and track ends and just wanted to know if meyle parts a good to use they look pretty good and half the price of genuine

Any thoughts

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Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:05 am

They are indeed.
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Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:11 pm

lemforder= v good

meyle= good

febi/bilstein= o.k. -ish

these are my impressions over the years. am i right?
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Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:34 pm

Feb/bilstein is as good as Lemforder and both are suppliers of original parts to BMW, Meyle are ok but as with most things it depends on the joint/bushing/loading etc etc
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Wed Jun 08, 2016 3:43 pm

DanThe wrote:Feb/bilstein is as good as Lemforder and both are suppliers of original parts to BMW, Meyle are ok but as with most things it depends on the joint/bushing/loading etc etc
So are you saying Lemforder are the best and they make the parts for bmw
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Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:15 pm

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Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:29 pm

Most lemforder stuff will have the BMW roundel ground or machined off. The rear drop links are the easyest to see it on, a bit of machining right in the middle to remove "BMW"
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Wed Jun 08, 2016 7:42 pm

Meyle stuff is good especially the HD stuff which has a 4 year warranty. Ive used their droplinks on loads of cars with no issues.
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Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:28 pm

capri_rob wrote:Meyle stuff is good especially the HD stuff which has a 4 year warranty. Ive used their droplinks on loads of cars with no issues.
I thought it was 6years on the HD stuff.

I've come across a lot of lemforder/febi stuff with the BMW badge ground off.
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Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:30 pm

Meyle is very hit and miss. A lot of Chinese crap involved but that's the case for a lot of companies now - even Hella tads seem to be stamped with 'made in PRC' and they're junk.
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