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Old 11th August 2012, 19:01   #1
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just wanted to give you guys a heads up recently changed my front thrust arm bushings and found a seller on ebay that sells them for 30 bucks shipped they are oem conitech even had the bmw stamp on them what the company does is the purchase the thrust arms new and press out the bushings to install their own. their ebay store name is eaceuroparts
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Im planning to change my trust arm bushings, Im definately going to try powerflex bushings, nice find tho
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just wanted to give you guys a heads up recently changed my front thrust arm bushings and found a seller on ebay that sells them for 30 bucks shipped they are oem conitech even had the bmw stamp on them what the company does is the purchase the thrust arms new and press out the bushings to install their own. their ebay store name is eaceuroparts
$30 for thrust arms? Surely not...
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$30 for thrust arms? Surely not...
thrust arm BUSHINGS.
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they are oem conitech even had the bmw stamp on them what the company does is the purchase the thrust arms new and press out the bushings to install their own
..threw me off a bit.
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Wait, I don't understand. This company buys thrust arms, presses out the bushings and then installs their own?

So, are the thrust arms OE BMW or are the bushings? Why would they press out a perfectly good bushing out of an OE arm and then install "their own" bushing? The concern with non-OEM thrust arms are not necessarily, or should I say, sole concern; the quality of the ball joint is also a critical element.

If I am to understand, this company buys non-OE or even non-OEM thrust arms and then installs an OEM bushing. Is that correct?
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I believe he means that the seller buys OE BMW thrust arms (with OE bushings installed) and then installs their own bushing in the OE thrust arm. Which leaves them with a new OE BMW bushing set to get rid of.
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Oh, okay, that makes more sense!
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Of course there is the pervasive misuse of "OEM" when they it should be "OE" (as Intrepid correctly reinterprets)

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oem thrust arms use conitech bushings and have the bmw emblem stamped on them, the set i purchased had all of the same markings as the oem. so im pretty sure they are oem bushings
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