Originally Posted by
falshami
genius sir thank you! i hope they are as reliable as the oem , im at 74k miles on the originals!! they still look good weirdly enough , mechanics told me to leave them alone still
The price difference would suggest(and I'm guessing here)that the cheap ones are made in China, and the O.E.M. made in Germany, or anywhere else but China!
In addition, I would certainly trust Rob @ Needswings over an e-bay listing. With this part, anything but O.E.M. is a gamble IMO.