Aluminum / XFE NNBS Front Suspension Rebuild

[j91z28d1]

I would agree with that.. manufacturering is all about QC. the same factory can make junk or good parts just depending on the level of QC the end seller is willing to pay for. factory location doesn't mean much these days.


so maybe I need to source oem from the newer 6 lug cars haha.

I'm not even sure mine are bad at this point and normally don't replace things for sport and cause more issues. so I should probably leave them alone until they fail forsure. but that said, a good deal on an upgrade is hard to pass up haha.

 

[mountie]

SKF does currently make the OEM bearings, but there would be no way to know if they're actually exactly the same as the ones you can buy from Rock Auto branded as SKF. Timken used to make the factory wheel bearings but GM, so I bought all Timken bearings for my 08 SRX years ago and two of them went bad again in a year so I replaced those with OEM and they were still good when I sold the truck a few years after that. I have only had to replace one wheel bearing on the 900's. My 08 has 170k miles on both of them and one original in the 13 has 194k miles, so I will absolutely buy the OEM ones again if I have to replace any more. People like to think just because a part is made by the same company that it is exactly the same, but the internals may not be identical quality. Like windshields, people like to say glass is glass, but the Pilkington (the best aftermarket glass per the glass company that installed it, and a company who makes tons of OEM glass) that I put in my truck has not held up anywhere near as well as the OEM did after being on the road for 10 years. I put OEM glass in my 13 and if I end up replacing the windshield again on the 08 at some point, I'll be doing OEM glass there also.

I agree..... My windshield shows the 175,000 miles of tiny pitting, but still manageable. I will spend the dollars to replace it with an OEM, when it's time.

 

[j91z28d1]

I've also head of dealerships ordering "oem" off Amazon and installing them because their system shows them out of stock.

so to be fair, I'm not 100% how to get any good parts these days

 

[mountie]

I've also head of dealerships ordering "oem" off Amazon and installing them because their system shows them out of stock.

so to be fair, I'm not 100% how to get any good parts these days

It's a challenge..... I worry about GM 's " out of stock".....

 

[91RS]

I've also head of dealerships ordering "oem" off Amazon and installing them because their system shows them out of stock.

so to be fair, I'm not 100% how to get any good parts these days

That was actually GM’s doing, not the dealerships.

 

[j91z28d1]

That was actually GM’s doing, not the dealerships.

that's so crazy to me.

 

[mountie]

that's so crazy to me.

I learned while developing the 50th anniversary Corvette concept, GM, and as for Chevrolet, are just a bunch of people in an office. ( Very few "car guys & car women" anymore). The concept was a retro- '50's paint scheme but with a real performance package.
Instead, Chevrolet decided to re-badge a Z06 instead. ( Nothing special about their version of a 50th except for a tiny logo on the side fender, and little else )

So my friend was ( at least) allowed to make the "real" anniversary version as a dealer option.
" Guldstrand Edition"..... 50 editions produced & it sold out in less than 1 month, then continued making them, as per order. GM was too timid to be creative.
( 2nd pic, is the 1st finished 'Vette in Guldstrand's driveway. )