Nobody? Winfred? Bill R?
Looking at a pair of control arm bushings for my E36, and a seller on ebay claims his pair is OEM... a company called Cert, made in Italy. All the other ones I've seen are Lemforder.
Anyone know anything about Cert? Never heard of em... should I hold out for Lemforder?
Nobody? Winfred? Bill R?
IMO, an hour (or is it 24 hours?) is a little quick to start asking for response. Often it takes a couple of days to get several responses in a thread that provide a full answer to a question.
In fact I have posted some questions that never recieved a response.
Just my opinion.
Last edited by Russell; 07-15-2005 at 06:44 AM.
Thanks,
1995 525i Auto, M50TU 2.5L, EAT chip, 1/95 build, USA, 205/65/15 tires, ASC+T, HID, lumbar, EC Mirror, BMW Alpine 5 radio with BMW-Pioneer CD Changer, abt 236k miles, Oxford Green/Parchment
Lemforder is best. No idea on Cert. DO NOT buy Ocap. Just add an 'r'.
Shayne
525iTA
Reality is frequently inaccurate.
Shayne have you any experiences with Ocap?
Hands down across the board you can "depend" on Lemforders quality.
Hamburg Technic is still being evaluated by a few members here with mixed results so far.
Bav Auto sells absolutly NO NAME parts which could be from anywhere.
Comparing if their sway bar links against Lemforder the Lemforders win by far.
95 E34 530I V2.37
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I've always been suspect of all the suspension parts on Ebay... unless they said they were Lemforder I wouldnt get them... even with all the other choices BMA can give you, the price diff is only around $10 a part so might as well get the Lems...
Current
2008 M5 6 Spd
2000 Z3 2.8 5 Spd MSport
2012 X5 35d Sport
1995 540i 6 Spd
1992 535i 5 Spd
Former
1995 530iA
1986 635CSI 5 Spd
2011 X3 2.8 MSport
That was a full day... thanks for the concern tho.Originally Posted by Russell
Yeah... never heard of em either.Originally Posted by Shayne
These are the emails back and forth...
"Are these the Lemforder bushings, or a different manufacturer?"
"They are OEM not lemforder. Thx."
"I was under the impression that Lemforder was the OEM for this part… who is the manufacturer?"
"OEM are lots of manufacturers. Original Equipment manufacturer. The ones I have are made in Italy by Cert.
Thanks
Robert"
Brilliant!
Well I don't see Cert on this list and it covers a ton of the OEM suppliers for BMW
http://www.autohausaz.com/bmw-auto-p...-shopping.html
Ask Patrick or Yves if they have heard of Cert.
Current
2008 M5 6 Spd
2000 Z3 2.8 5 Spd MSport
2012 X5 35d Sport
1995 540i 6 Spd
1992 535i 5 Spd
Former
1995 530iA
1986 635CSI 5 Spd
2011 X3 2.8 MSport
I haven't heard of Cert either thats why I asked if there was any experience with these parts.
95 E34 530I V2.37
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy