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Well, so much for ordering meyle anymore
Ordered a center support for the 87 300D from eBay because of the free shipping. It was made by Meyle and opened it up just now and it says Made in China. So much for ordering from that brand. I'm still going to put it on, it seems like a quality rubber. But I just hate putting Chinese parts on a German car. I think next time I'll order it from Benz. I do get an employee discount of 30%, but it's still quite expensive.
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Please tell us that you have not been on that bike at 165 mph.
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l heard that Apple phones are made in China? Best to stay away from those too!
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Wow. I wonder if there is any sarcasm intended in that response.
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X2. I think the coffee machine is made in China too. You need the diesel to be refined in Germany, drilled and extracted from Germany too?
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Not MBZ nor A/C trained professional but a die-hard DIY and green engineer. Use the info at your own peril. Picked up 2 Infractions because of disagreements. NOW reversed. W124 Keyless remote, PM for details. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/334620-fs-w124-chasis-keyless-remote-%2450-shipped.html 1 X 2006 CDI 1 x 87 300SDL 1 x 87 300D 1 x 87 300TDT wagon 1 x 83 300D 1 x 84 190D ( 5 sp ) - All R134 converted + keyless entry. |
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Chinese parts have been known to be awful. I usually get my coffee and diesel refined straight from West Germany at the plants where the w124 was produced.
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Meyle has been Made in China for a number of years now. And the quality is poor, as you might expect. I had a set of Meyle control arm bushings last barely 12k miles, where the originals lasted 120k. Never again.
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A relative is in the parts business and says that the any level of desired quality can be had from China if willing to pay for it. Unfortunately many people are more concerned about price than quality.
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MeeLee has been china junk only slightly better than uro for some time now...
I think I started a thread on it waaay back...
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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I’ve noticed the Meyle stuff being pretty junky in recent years. Like URO.
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Unfortunate but if it were not for China, none of us would be driving our favorite old cars at all.
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I think meyle and Uro are actually the same part made by some Alibaba company that's cranking them out for pennies... but yea, it's much better than NLA.
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I think the brand gives it the quality in that the materials used are up to their specification ,the other side is labor,the one that is critical in workmanship. If theyve done all the right steps in finding a middleman factory that does quality work its then up to you the consumer what you deem a value.Theyve saved money for their bottom line , if the product suffered from this move you need to let them know directly .Alot of jobs lost over China made products ,its only voices over money at this point.Outside looking in kind of look at it.
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A brand means that the seller validates the part as "as good as if made by me". This began in old England (guys named "Smith") who became well-known makers and got more orders than they could fill. The brand name itself has value and is commonly bought and sold. The problem is when companies degrade the name by just rubber-stamping parts they don't supervise. Sounds like Meyle decided that brought more shareholder value. Don't get angry, it is just capitalism. Sites like this help people determine true values.
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