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    New Control Arms question

    Has anyone had experience with these control arms from oembimmerparts

    https://www.oembimmerparts.com/BMW-F...-122zhpoem.htm

    Wondering if these are as good as the original BMW M sport control arms. The price is great.

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    Lemforder is the OE supplier to BMW for their control arms and related components. So, you are basically getting the factory original control arms, but they are less expensive since they won't have the BMW emblem on them..plus they won't have the dealer markup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by egiles14 View Post
    Lemforder is the OE supplier to BMW for their control arms and related components. So, you are basically getting the factory original control arms, but they are less expensive since they won't have the BMW emblem on them..plus they won't have the dealer markup.
    This. And if you buy them from FCP, you'll get a lifetime warranty on them, which is better than the dealer's 2 year warranty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by az3579 View Post
    This. And if you buy them from FCP, you'll get a lifetime warranty on them, which is better than the dealer's 2 year warranty.
    I am so glad I ordered all my suspension stuff from them recently. Highly recommended. It's really hard to beat $9.99 for UPS ground shipping for a complete set of front & rear suspension parts.


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    Quote Originally Posted by az3579 View Post
    This. And if you buy them from FCP, you'll get a lifetime warranty on them, which is better than the dealer's 2 year warranty.

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    +1 on that also...I was going to mention fcpeuro.com and their lifetime warranty. If you use the discount code they provide for $10 off an order $199 and up, you will pay less than $10 more than from oembimmerparts.com...which I feel is worth it for the lifetime warranty.

    I am not affiliated with fcpeuro.com, but they have been my go-to place for parts during the last month for my car. My second most used place for ordering parts? Amazon.com believe it or not. I find you can get the same OEM parts for about the same price, but get them quicker using Prime if available.
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    Thanks for the heads up on fcpeuro.com forgot to check there. I am too a fan of their work, but failed to notice/read up on their lifetime warranty.

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    Has anyone actually tried to use FCP's "lifetime warranty" on wear items like control arms? You know, filed a warranty claim after 60k miles and actually received a new set of control arms? Can't imagine how that business model would work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott ZHP View Post
    Has anyone actually tried to use FCP's "lifetime warranty" on wear items like control arms? You know, filed a warranty claim after 60k miles and actually received a new set of control arms? Can't imagine how that business model would work.

    Anyone?
    Yea it doesn't make sense to me too. In for info!


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    Quote Originally Posted by stephenkirsh View Post
    Yea it doesn't make sense to me too. In for info!
    I haven't but will when I try replacing my wipers I bought through them.

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    https://www.fcpeuro.com/page/lifetime-guarantee

    Right from their site. Seems pretty straightforward. I guess I'll see how it goes when it's time to do the suspension again in a few years.


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