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General Information => General => Topic started by: rs899 on September 06, 2012, 09:23:06 am
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In a frantic attempt to find the clunking noise coming from the passenger side front end of my Mk2 Jetta, I decided to buy new motor mounts, though the ones I have are only 2 years old.
FCP Groton currently has $25 free shipping, so I looked at their selection.
The cheapest they had were
for the rear $12 Meyle (German engineered ,no doubt, made in China)
and for the front hydraulic $18 Rein Engineering , also certainly Chinese at that price. The better brands ( Febi, Lemforder) were over $50, so I took a chance.
What I got:
The Meyle. Box says "Made in PR China". No surprise there. The mount says "Meyle Germany" (?) The one I took off said "Meyle Germany" too, but was a slightly different design, so may have been.
The Rein. Box says "Made in India" (that's a new one). The mount says "France" and has a faint VW logo on it. SCORE!
So what can you believe????? (still clunks, BTW, going to try lower control arm next)
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(http://bigduck.co/wp-content/uploads//2012/02/trust-no-one.jpg)
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The title and post is a paradox.
-Todd
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The title and post is a paradox.
-Todd
yea I'm definitely not trusting this post. ;D
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Well, if you're not trusting anything you read, just because the part says "Made in ....." doesn't necessarily prove anything either. I found a Chinese bearing manufacturer a while back that would make any bearing you wanted and put the Timken name and part number on it. I'm not sure that actually makes it a Timken bearing. ;P
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There is nothing wrong with parts made in other countries... Every parts manufacturer has gown down the drain in regards to stuff lasting as long as it did or should.
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There is nothing wrong with parts made in other countries... Every parts manufacturer has gown down the drain in regards to stuff lasting as long as it did or should.
That's rather contradicting...
-Todd
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There is nothing wrong with parts made in other countries... Every parts manufacturer has gown down the drain in regards to stuff lasting as long as it did or should.
That's rather contradicting...
-Todd
"theres nothing wrong with parts made in other countries..
all parts made in other countries are junk tho, just saying!!"
something like that?
its too expensive to build parts in a country that actually gives a damn about quality..
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No manufacturer cares anymore, so really buy what you can afford. Is that $250 9.4" vented rotor REALLY any better than the $23 vented rotor? lol
Yeah, maybe if you were gonna have to brake for 40kms.
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lol.. i wish i could LIKE your last post Jeremy..
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Re: the clunk - strut bearings if you haven't done 'em yet...
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Re: the clunk - strut bearings if you haven't done 'em yet...
believe i already suggested that a while back.. i believe he already changed them.