Is OEM front suspension available as a kit?

[notorious]

Cheers Anairs.

Made in Germany. My ass... It's made in Turkey this MeyleHD !!!

Only OEM. Only genuine hard core stuff. And only from Audi/TPS hands.

Discussion closed. Went ordering ...

[David's8]

Whilst I understand your caution Sergei, Meyle does seem a quality outfit and if the design (in Germany) and manufacture (worldwide as stated on their website) is subject to appropriate review and control, then their products should be quality stuff. According to their website, their products are certified by TUV (and here, I must point out that my outfit is part of the TUV SUD organisation) and therefore will be required to meet appropriate design standards and manufacturing sampling/testing criteria. As ScottD3 said, its the quality of the parts that matter. I guess that they dont sell direct to the public as their website, whilst advertising full kits (see link), requires a sign in which I cannot find a way of accessing.

http://www.meyle.com/en/spare-parts/search.html

[notorious]

Don't mind if the company is headquartered in China.
Don't mind if the product is designed in Turkey.

But the product should be **made** in one of 3 places: Switzerland, Japan or Germany.
The 3 islands of high quality manufacturing that still remain in this world.
No compromises here.

[David's8]

Originally Posted by notorious

Don't mind if the company is headquartered in China.
Don't mind if the product is designed in Turkey.

But the product should be **made** in one of 3 places: Switzerland, Japan or Germany.
The 3 islands of high quality manufacturing that still remain in this world.
No compromises here.

Sorry to disagree, but its the design origin that's important along with stringent control of manufacturing. I am involved in offshore lifting operations and am happy that, for instance, a crane is designed in Germany but built in China - as long as it is subject to appropriate, stringent inspection by an independent party during and on completion of build - e.g. materials used, weld inspections, rope certificates, tests etc, etc))

Something thats designed in China is frequently not subject to the quality standards that are applicable in the EU or USA and should be viewed with suspicion - even if the the Germans built it (which they wouldnt).

So, if your control arms are designed in Germany by Meyle but cast/forged in China and are subject to appropriate controls on the materials used, quality of casting/forging etc (by, for instance, a certification Company like TUV), then you should have a quality product.

In Invergordon, where I was working recently, there are 2 offshore drilling platforms, designed and (mostly) built in China though many madules are built elsewhere. It is taking months and big bucks to bring them up to European standards for use in the North Sea.

[sarg]

Originally Posted by notorious

But the product should be **made** in one of 3 places: Switzerland, Japan or Germany.
The 3 islands of high quality manufacturing that still remain in this world.
No compromises here.

Since when has Switzerland been a major manufacturing centre???

Watches, penknives, holey cheese, banking and tax evaders is what Switzerland is all about surely?

[notorious]

The 3 countries I mentioned will simply decline to manufacture badly designed products.
This is why the headquarters location and design location are completely not important if product is made in SW, JP or GER.

EDIT:

It is also prohibitively expensive to manufacture s**t in one of those 3 countries.
So my bottomline criteria for checking product quality is: where the hell the product is **made**?
If it's switzerland for instance, I'm buying without asking any more questions.

Don't get me wrong, you can still get nice products made in china.
My iPhone and all my apple stuff is made in China.
It doesn't contradict with what I'm saying here.
But I will need a bit of research before I buy.

Hope it makes sense.

In terms of suspension I ordered OEM.