I brought 2 tire rod ends from OReilly (MasterPro ES800286), and 2 sway bar links for the front end (Precision Chassis K750155). The tire rod ends look 1:1 to the Quick Steer’s on rockauto, even having the exact same part number. The sway bar links look exactly like the Mevotech Supremes (MS50832). The car drives like brand new now. Any theories here on who OReilly gets their parts from. Also, how about those Duralast suspension parts? The duralast golds look very close to Delphi/Dorman suspension parts depending on what they are.
OReilly Suspension Parts
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Get back to us in 6-12 months on how it drives.
That’s exactly what I plan to do. I’ve heard good things about Mevotech and have had good experiences with their parts. Never used a quick steer part though.
Then you must be the lucky exception. Most people here say it's Chinese junk that fails within a year or two.
MevoTech has several lines of parts with corresponding levels of quality and price. I'd bet that O'Reilly's isn't carrying MevoTech's quality line.
If you can plan ahead enough to be particular about the parts, then why pay the premium for OReilly's instead of Rock Auto, or even OEM through Rock Auto or some other source?
Just sayin', it's not as though you are getting higher quality parts from OReilly's than most other sources, so more a matter of whether you need it quick, or don't.
Just sayin', it's not as though you are getting higher quality parts from OReilly's than most other sources, so more a matter of whether you need it quick, or don't.
I would say you likely already figured out what they are.
You can buy a OReilly/ AAP / Duralast / Dorman boxed product and it can be identical manufacture as the OEM, or it can be some Chinese knock off. Thats really the problem, you never really know. I will say the older the vehicle is, the more likely your getting the chinese part, simply because the OEM manufacturer stops making that part eventually.
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Hope it works out for you.
Hope it works out for you.
The Precision line is standard Mevotech. Blue boot stuff. Same as Napa Premium chassis along with many others.
Mevotech is just another Dorman. They don't make anything themselves.
Mevotech has great marketing but unfortunately their part’s don’t follow the same trail.. Good luck on your parts OP
They have multiple suppliers, based on where the stores are located. The company I used to work for supplied a few of their DCs, as well as a few Autozone DCs. Parts were basic bottom of the barrel china stuff....we had about 10 different factories making parts for us. Lower volume stuff was OE or european in some cases, but 95% was pretty bad, at best. The company has been since been sold and the product line dropped, so no idea who they're using now, but I would bet Mevotech and Dorman and in there, and a few other guys who've popped up in the last 5 years selling the same basic stuff from the same places.
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