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Old 03-18-2011, 01:57 PM
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Dang you URO!

So... we know URO brand is not the best by any means. My first experience was with an upper control arm. Still installed since last late fall, but due to be replaced with all new front end this spring. During install the nuts provided stripped the ball joint stud so I had to use a second nut to secure things.

Then I had installed new manifold rubber hoses for the injectors. The manifolds were some German company and seem ok, but the crossover and feeder hose have collapsed. First the crossover that goes under the fuel dist. It collapsed and cracked open causing a rough idle. I had the old one to put back in. Then today I found the feeder, the ribbed one, has done the same.

Time to call the supplier and return. Glad I kept the old parts.

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Old 03-18-2011, 05:49 PM
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I'm becoming more and more brand conscious, especially when it comes to German cars. Chinese made automotive parts may not work well with German engineered automobiles.
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Old 03-18-2011, 06:39 PM
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I avoid Uro for just about anything. Especially suspension parts. Its Lemforder or Febi Germany only! I've sent stuff back (at their cost) because it wasn't made in Germany.
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Old 01-13-2013, 09:43 PM
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Old 01-13-2013, 09:58 PM
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That's how I got my first wife pregnant...
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Old 01-13-2013, 11:24 PM
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So... we know URO brand is not the best by any means. My first experience was with an upper control arm. Still installed since last late fall, but due to be replaced with all new front end this spring. During install the nuts provided stripped the ball joint stud so I had to use a second nut to secure things.

Then I had installed new manifold rubber hoses for the injectors. The manifolds were some German company and seem ok, but the crossover and feeder hose have collapsed. First the crossover that goes under the fuel dist. It collapsed and cracked open causing a rough idle. I had the old one to put back in. Then today I found the feeder, the ribbed one, has done the same.

Time to call the supplier and return. Glad I kept the old parts.
May be if you would have used and Amex to buy them you might have had a claim against the seller? Just saying.
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Old 01-14-2013, 06:37 AM
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Did not have to, returned for an OEM unit.
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That's how I got my first wife pregnant...
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Old 08-07-2013, 10:10 PM
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Dang you URO!

Any nü tales of Üro woes from anyone?
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Old 08-08-2013, 04:32 PM
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Are you just in an "old thread bumping mood" today?
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Old 08-08-2013, 05:21 PM
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Was on a plane home from SFO last night....so yes
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May be if you would have used and Amex to buy them you might have had a claim against the seller? Just saying.
Food for thought!!
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I'm becoming more and more brand conscious, especially when it comes to German cars. Chinese made automotive parts may not work well with German engineered automobiles.
So one of the parts is racist?

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