Yep, made in Spain. For my 1995 E320 wagon with the welded in ball joints.

Drivers side failed and was replaced in May after about 4,000 miles. The new one has about 2,000 on it.

Passenger side has 6,000 on it.

Ball joints are most definitely toast, the boots seem fine all around though. Almost makes me wonder if the grease used was not up to spec or something. TONS of play in drivers side.

I'll see what I can't find before sending them back to Pelican.

That's insane. How are you testing the BJ, btw?

Well, besides the horrific sounds they are making you can test it like this:

For the free UPS shipping you need to by more than $50 and the Item needs to weigh less than 10 pounds and not need special packaging; like an item that long and skinny.

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FWIW, just had to buy inner tie rods on my V90 Volvo that were Febi made (I could find no other brand)... they are Made in Spain. I will report back on how long they last.

Outers were available from Lemforder. As were ball joints, sway bar links, and strut mounts.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

I wouldn't think parts mfg. in Spain would be an issue. Mercedes batteries often come from Spain. Wonder if the parts were just packaged in Spain?

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'59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta
'83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD
'88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out
https://sites.google.com/site/mercedesstuff/home
'99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles
'03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter
'14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles
'14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles
'15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles

They have "Made in Spain" ingraved on them.

I honestly thought the same thing until I had three failures.

Surprised to hear some of this about Febi as a reboxer. All the flex discs I've seen in Febi boxes are SGF which is OE supplier.

Can someone post some pictures of the defective Febi flex discs?




Michael

Yup!!
and my Febi VW stabilizer link was made in Germany..
Anyone want to buy a bridge?

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42 years a Diesel addict

240D sold
250SE sold
220D sold
280C sold
280S sold
300D (2) sold
300CD sold
300DT sold
300SD sold
380SL sold

Guys.... FEBI is NOT a manufacturer of parts. They are a REBOXER of other companies' parts. "Other companies" ranges from cheap Chinese junk companies all the way to MB OEMs, and all types of companies in between.

Parts-wise, FEBI is literally Russian Roulette in a red box. A deceitful red box that says "Febi Germany" but very well may NOT be German.

I could not find the inner tie rods I needed in any other brand, even from Volvo direct. Granted this is Volvo... still dealing with the same bull**** parts. I had to buy from three retailers to buy all Lemforder stuff. Worth it? Yes of course.

Currently a few of my W126s have Febi upper control arms, they still seem okay. Mileage ranges from 500 miles to about 35,000. BUT they were all purchased long ago. Rest of the front ends are Lem or OEM.

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

Dear Febi,

I bought some more of your junk because I'm on a tight budget.





However this time I was ready for you...



...you useless bunch of retarded wasters.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Where does the label say the parts were made? And it's NOT "Germany" as in the misleading "FEBI Germany".

PLEASE people, get the FACTORY rubber and suspension parts you need through p a r t s . com rather than buying reboxed, inferior junk from the likes of Febi and Meyle. It's just better to do it right the first time and know that the parts, and the repair, were done right, with the best possible parts.

I simply don't understand why people continue to buy this crap and put it on their vehicles.

Gerry is, alas, correct. "Febi Germany" cannot be trusted any more than "Meyle Germany." For some non-critical things they're OK but anything your life rides on, like suspension parts, needs to be gen-U-wine.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

After careful consideration I've decided not to let this slide.


Buying dealer parts is possibly one solution but it isn't necessarily THE ONLY solution.


There are lots of people out there in the real world who have to go and buy discount packs of Y fronts rather than the latest pair of skiddies from Hugo Boss. This is the same for car parts - particularly for people who are driving around in 20 to 30 year old vehicles - and people who drive around in a 20 to 30 year Mercedes Benz.

I have recently bought some dodgy stuff from the dealer - so I'm not convinced that THE ONLY solution will ALWAYS come good.

The point that I was subtly albeit rudely making in post #119 is that sometimes you have to second guess the shysters.

The days of reputation and integrity are gone. Those values have been replaced by ISO 9001 or other equivalent BS systems of "quality".

I believe that country of origin makes no difference to "quality". "Quality" is determined by the people who put their name on the box - not by the people or children(?) who made the part.

As an end consumer you have very little option but to buy what is available at the time for the budget that you have. To my mind the point of this thread - is - exactly as the title says =>

Buyer Beware!

And I will add to that

"Be prepared to do a whole lot of extra work - so make absolutely sure your original part really is dead before you put it in the bin"

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!