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Captain Crappycrimp · 10th December 2019, 16:45

I had to replace a couple of faulty ABS sensors two weeks ago and I know I should know better but at first I got cheap ones from eBay needless to say they were faulty!
Having learned my lesson I replaced them with the eye wateringley expensive Euro car parts ones (how do you justify £114 for a bit of cable with 2 wires and a sensor at the end?) these also proved to be faulty although my tame mechanic was convinced the abs pump was faulty I wasn’t having that and checked with Marinabrian who confirmed my suspicion that Euro’s sensors were expensive poo!
So purchased a set of OE originals from Rimmers as I won’t touch DMGRS stuff having been burned a couple of times (Rimmers were cheaper than Euros for an actual OE front sensor!) which arrived today and work perfectly!
What makes my blood boil is the wasted time and money on fixing such a simple fault due to parts that are apparently made of cheese and don’t work. I’ve had the same with aftermarket bushes collapsing after less than a month in the car (Chinese Rover bushes claimed to be OE by the seller) and similar with rear shockers that pop after a couple of months.
I accept if you buy cheap then it’s pot luck but what if cheap is all you can afford? And I personally always buy the “best” I can afford and the parts fail with monotonous regularity and then supposed trusted suppliers start making excuses when you complain.
It won’t be rust or age that kills our cars of it will be the lack of quality spares to keep them running!
Rant off
Shadomobile

10th December 2019, 16:45	#1
Captain Crappycrimp Gets stuck in Devil car is dead! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Scarborough Posts: 774 Thanks: 94 Thanked 145 Times in 92 Posts	Poor quality aftermarket parts! I had to replace a couple of faulty ABS sensors two weeks ago and I know I should know better but at first I got cheap ones from eBay needless to say they were faulty! Having learned my lesson I replaced them with the eye wateringley expensive Euro car parts ones (how do you justify £114 for a bit of cable with 2 wires and a sensor at the end?) these also proved to be faulty although my tame mechanic was convinced the abs pump was faulty I wasn’t having that and checked with Marinabrian who confirmed my suspicion that Euro’s sensors were expensive poo! So purchased a set of OE originals from Rimmers as I won’t touch DMGRS stuff having been burned a couple of times (Rimmers were cheaper than Euros for an actual OE front sensor!) which arrived today and work perfectly! What makes my blood boil is the wasted time and money on fixing such a simple fault due to parts that are apparently made of cheese and don’t work. I’ve had the same with aftermarket bushes collapsing after less than a month in the car (Chinese Rover bushes claimed to be OE by the seller) and similar with rear shockers that pop after a couple of months. I accept if you buy cheap then it’s pot luck but what if cheap is all you can afford? And I personally always buy the “best” I can afford and the parts fail with monotonous regularity and then supposed trusted suppliers start making excuses when you complain. It won’t be rust or age that kills our cars of it will be the lack of quality spares to keep them running! Rant off Shadomobile __________________ SAVED SO FAR 2003 Le mans Green MG ZTT 1.8T, 2003 MG ZT CDTI BRG, ZT 190 Typhoon, 2001 Rover 75 1.8 Tourer , 2002 solar red MG ZTT 177, 2005 Silver MG ZTT CDTI, 2001 Trophy Blue MG ZT (Early No 131) 160, 2004 XPG MG ZT CDTI. 2004 MG ZT Ignition Blue MG Press car/Pheonix 4 personal car. Rover 75 CDT top spec Cowley car. 2003 MG ZT 190+ white Gold. Couldn't save MG ZT 1.8T XPG 2005 MG ZTT Goodwood Green(Devil car) MY PROJECT 2004 MG ZTT Diesel auto in disappointing grey.