I hate people that think they know everything about how businesses work. Like they know why Chinese stuff is so cheap. If you don't think there's a difference in quality from cheap Chinese knock-offs you're the ignorant one. There's plenty of ievidence of accidents from this crap, and if you haven't heard of it you have your head under a rock. There's been NHTSA investigations of items like bolts and steering parts on Greyhound busses that were fake Chinese parts that had fake grade stampings or were faulty in other ways that caused major failures and crashes. Or don't you remember the news stories of that a few years ago? They were caused by the service company managers buying the cheap stuff and pocketing the difference. There's plenty of other evidence that theres very little to keep the Chinese from stamping their stuff as a certain grade when in actuality if they're tested they fail every single time. It's a corrupt system over there and if you want to take your chances but don't come on here trying to tell people there's no difference between a part that has passed a US manufacturing standard and the same looking part that has never been tested. Yes of course US companies manufacture parts all over the world or subcontract out manufacturing but they TEST their products. That's different than an unknown Chinese owned company making unsafe untested parts. EBay just happens to be a great place for resellers to buy a batch of unsafe parts and unleash them on the unsuspecting. If you feel safe using those parts, be my guest. But don't go telling other people that don't know better there's no difference. You need to do your due diligence. Look to see if they are a manufacturer or reseller. Ask them questions about manufacturing and testing. Don't just look at their EBay ratings because those are done soon after purchase. If you don't give them an immediate rating they hound you. There's a reason for that. You can't come back a year later, after your wheel fell off and you crashed and killed your kids, and take back that 4 star rating and add a comment that their product is unsafe. Sorry for the long post, sorry if I offended someone, but if I kept one single piece of unsafe car part from being installed and hurting someone's unsuspecting family members it was worth it.
