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02-02-2011, 05:11 PM
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febi motor mounts are Chinese?
my fastlane order I wanted the best
made in china on the febi box wtf?
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02-02-2011, 05:23 PM
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I've posted many times that Febi is "mostly" a re-packer of parts, some are OE quality.
The OE quality on the 123-241-30-13's is Phoenix.
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02-02-2011, 05:34 PM
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02-02-2011, 06:50 PM
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That ain't good. The last time I bought any Febi parts they weren't from China AFAIK. BUT that was a while back. I know Üro parts are not all that good but it saddens me to learn our choices are narrowing.
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02-02-2011, 07:07 PM
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Bosch is the same way. I'm not sure they are made in China, but I've seen "Bosch made in Brazil" on a voltage regulator. I believe Bosch parts come out of India as well.
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02-02-2011, 07:25 PM
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02-02-2011, 07:13 PM
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My local Bosch diesel guy tells me that they have received Chinese Bosch injectors.
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02-02-2011, 07:31 PM
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The argument is that if they have the same latest manufacturing equipment, they should be able to make them!! Down here we like to get drive train parts for earth moving equipment out of the USA as the steel is tougher. The European stuff is case hardened a lot but the base metal is C##P. Once you break the surface, there is no strength. The same goes for Asian/ Chinese stuff.
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02-02-2011, 07:42 PM
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It's been other countries for a few years now. Pretty much mbdoc summed it up. Febi really ought to update their website. "Solutions made in Germany" is an outright lie. .
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02-02-2011, 09:24 PM
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Ok,
I ordered some meyle voltage regulators from my local parts house... they came in. full germany stickers all over them. big inspected germany stickers...  right above the made in china sticker... 
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02-03-2011, 12:06 AM
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I have an odder one. I bought a Thermostat for my Diesel Volvo and on the Box it said Made in Israel; on the part it had Made in Germany.
I order a pair of Gabriel Shock Absorbers. On was made in the US and the other was made in Mexico. The Bosch Oil Filters I use have "See Product For Country Of Origin" on the box but when you look on the Oil Filter there is no Country of Origin on them. I am also seeing products that have a list of as many as 4 countries the product could have been made in on the label.
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02-03-2011, 06:10 AM
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 Your Oil filters sound Korean. We get some things down here that have "made in Australia from local & imported parts" ~ it has 1 screw in it from Australia, who knows where the rest came from !! 
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02-03-2011, 06:29 AM
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err, gday, the AIR in the box is oztralian, the SCREW is nippon, strewth, how could anyone get confused over such a simple thing.
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02-03-2011, 09:25 AM
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Haven't bought any Chinese Febi parts yet but it's been awhile. Did return a $45 Chinese flex-disc where the rubber was rock-hard, and got a $78 one from the dealer, where I hope it came from Germany, or at least somewhere other than China.
10 years ago, I bought an aftermarket hood-star from my local indie MB parts-place for a friend's '72 220. After a few years, it had turned grey, peeled and crumbled. So when I needed one for my '82 240D, I got it from the dealer for $38. Made in Turkey, but I hope it's better quality than the other one. Later, when I visited my indie MB parts place, They had the same W123 Turkish hood-star, in the same Mercedes box, for $28. DOH! Then I needed fuel-filters for my 240D one evening. Too late to to get one from the indie MB parts-place, so I got the metal Purolator canister-filter from Pep Boys for $15. Imagine my suprise when I opened the box and found a German Mann filter. They didn't have the little plastic pre-filter so I went next-door to Advance Auto. Advance had the plastic filter and also the Purolator canister for only $9, so I thought "Hey, I can return the Pep Boys filter and save $6". Then I opened the second Purolator box and found a no-name white canister with only the words "Made in China". I kept the Mann filter. Later when I had the chance, I got a couple extra German Knecht canister-filters at my local MB parts place - for $6 each. DOH! Happy Motoring, Mark
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02-03-2011, 11:06 PM
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Was having a screw loose moment !! Should have realized they dont make screws in oztralia !! 
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