Anyone have any experience with Febi brand suspension parts? I need a new tie rod end and the Febi piece is $22, Lemfoerder is $58 and Genuine BMW is $95. I don't want to spend the extra $75 if I don't have to - I already need to spend $130 on an alignment since some dumb berkeleyer cut me off last night and I bounced a rear wheel off a curb, tweaking the rear toe.
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March 24, 2011 5:42 p.m. pigeon Dork
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March 24, 2011 6:27 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Febi appears to be mostly a reboxer and their stuff is hit or miss sometimes on initial quality. We have had their stuff require running a tap or die down the threads, etc. We've also opened their boxes and found Lemfoerder (good stuff) inside. But we have never had a failure or premature wearout.
That's the suspension stuff. Their window switches etc are not real good quality; they look good but they don't last. I've pretty much quit with that type of stuff unless I just can't get OE.
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March 24, 2011 6:32 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
The general opinion among BMW guys is to stick with Lemfoerder.
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March 24, 2011 8:46 p.m. thummmper New Reader
bilstein owns febi--all febi's inventory is chinese now
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March 24, 2011 10:23 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
thummmper wrote:
bilstein owns febi--all febi's inventory is chinese now
I was just about to say that. It may be Chinese, but I have never had a problem with Febi stuff, and if it's good enough for Bilstein, it's good enough for me.
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March 24, 2011 10:59 p.m. killerkane Reader
stuart in mn wrote:
The general opinion among BMW guys is to stick with Lemfoerder.
+1
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March 24, 2011 11:02 p.m. neckromacr Reader
I guess it depends on the make they're going on to. None of my VW parts from Febi have had any issues.
Then again all my Febi parts have come from germanautoparts.com who's return rate on parts seems to be phenomenally low. I guess it's less a commendation of Febi's quality than GAPs ability to find and stock the parts that don't suck.
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March 25, 2011 5:35 a.m. Luke SuperDork
On the subject of BMW steering parts brands, how does Pex stack up? Sold side-by-side with Meyle, but quite a bit cheaper.
From what I can gather, they might even by an OE supplier, but I'm not sure.
