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      01-22-2013, 10:27 AM   #135
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Originally Posted by flinchy View Post
that sound like bs to me... you know 99% of the stuff both ECS and pelican sells are OEBMW, not OEM... right? they're (OEBMW parts) only usually slightly cheaper from them due to bulk purchasing.. and the reason the TRW parts are cheaper i more than likely they sell them even CHEAPER in bulk to BMW, they're probably themselves making more of a profit on the directly sold TRW stuff rather than the TRWBMW parts.. we all should know that BMW has a MASSIVE markup on their parts, some dealers more than others..

that's just like saying 'nah i wouldn't purchase the struts from bilstein because they're OEM not OEBMW" when you know it would be perfect from bilstein... or 'nah i wouldn't purchase the calipers and rotors directly from brembo because theyre OEM'

they're properly silly statements to make lol
I would buy bilstein struts, but I wouldn't buy struts that bilstein made, sent to bmw, BMW rejected, and then blistein scratched out the BMW logo and resold.

Believe whatever makes you happy. If they worked out, then you won the OEM parts lottery this round and got a good deal.
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