Meyle vs limferder front end rebuild

[RedmonCooper887]

So the insurance company just paid me $1900 to total my car, and as a result I have some extra cash to blow on my wagon. Is it worth it to spend the extra $200 for the nice limferder front end rebuild, or should I just get the meyle one?

[bluptgm3]

My vote, Lemforder. Is it worth spending the required cash on this chassis??


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[Billyj]

Lemforder seems to hold up better. Expect 1-2 years from most meyle stuff if you drive hard and daily drive

I've heard that meyle HD is a isolated division (no pun intended) and has much better quality standards. If my hearsay is worth anything

[RedmonCooper887]

Well, I happen to do both, so maybe the lemforders are worth it. Have plenty of time before the title clears

[bluptgm3]

I've heard that meyle HD is a isolated division (no pun intended) and has much better quality standards.

I have been hearing this with regard to E36 Forward Lower Control Arms - IDKFS....


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[kouks]

I just did this, and even replaced the steering center and dogbones and idler arm. I used a combination of Meyle HD and Lemforder. Used the best priced item. At Pelican Parts the prices are close on some items. If so, I would choose the Lemforder, if there was a significant gap, I went with the Meyle HD.

You have to examine your driving style. If you are aggressive and/or do lots of city driving on pot hole roads, going better quality will be the once and done solution. If you do mostly highway driving like me, and are too old to pull 6Gs in the turns, then the less expensive stuff will work just fine.

As an example, when I first bought my e38 about 5 yrs ago I purchased cheap stuff from eBay, not knowing any difference. After I figured I may have made a bad choice, I waited until they went bad to replace them with the good stuff. The cheap stuff is actually still on the car, just recently have I felt the drag links causing a small vibration at 55 mph. Thats after 75,000 miles of mostly highway driving, and the e38 is a very heavy car.

Cost is always a factor. Maybe the extra money you save can go to something else.

[shogun]

Lemforder belongs to ZF, since 2015 TRW belongs to ZF, the L. and TRW parts are made on the same production line.

[Billyj]

Well I have meyle HD control arms with Moosehead bearings sitting in my growing pile of parts. I was hesitant to buy them over lemforder but that's what my supplier had at the time and I was impatient. I'll be sure to write some sort of wear review when the time comes

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Trw is not the same as lemforder in quality. I don't care if they come out of the same production line. ZF is a reputable manufacturer, I don't think they will sulley the name of lemforder in the pursuit of better profit margin

[shogun]

TRW are even in Lemforder boxes and vice versa. Qualitywise it is all L quality. Just one example, in case you need more, google for that http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/164-...all-joint.html
That is a case for an Alfa, just yesterday we had the same discussion on the German E38 forum, someone ordere Lemforder, received TRW in a L box.

[BleedsBlue]

I was an automatic avoider of Meyle in my E36 days 5 years ago, and came into E34 ownership with that mindset. But Meyle HD actually seem to hold up similarly to Lemforder, and on the other side of the coin even Lemforder parts have let me down recently.

I need someone to hit my Touring

[Billyj]

TRW are even in Lemforder boxes and vice versa. Qualitywise it is all L quality. Just one example, in case you need more, google for that http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/164-...all-joint.html
That is a case for an Alfa, just yesterday we had the same discussion on the German E38 forum, someone ordere Lemforder, received TRW in a L box.

Not to be a bummer but if you read that thread it said the trw part didn't fit. Unless I'm missing something.

"Oh for fffffkkkk sake!! It's the wrong part!!!! Having a funny day today... It turns out the TRW part is too narrow so it's no good. Bummer!!!!!"

[shogun]

That does not matter, the subject here is that they mix L and TRW in boxes and supply whatever they have on stock.

it seems the supplier has slipped me TRW in a LEMFÖRDER box!!!! I bought two and one has the TRW stamp and the other an L stamp!!

[Billyj]

Are we sure that doesn't stand for left side ?

[SwissCheeseHead]

FWIW, I used Meyle HD for all of my suspension rebuild where I could, and Meyle for the stuff that wasn't "HD." That was 5 years ago. I put between 8-9K miles on the car each year and don't have any suspension related issues.

[wmrcs]

Sorry if I double post, I don't know where my last post went.

Cooper, I recently went with Meyle HD upper arms and TRW aluminum lower arms and I paid ~$230 from FCP Euro and am thoroughly pleased. I would buy Meyle HD where possible to save some bucks and shop hard for low priced Lemforder parts. I would recommend TRW, too, if you can find some.

Bummer about your Touring. I had 5 co-workers come find me to tell me that there was a wagon like mine down at the body shop and was sad to see it was yours. Thankfully you can do a lot of awesome stuff to it with $1900!

[ross1]

The consensus seems to be the Lemforder is best/longest lasting.
So, given a second best and a price savings, I would ask myself do I intend to own this car for another 100k miles.

[moroza]

I wouldn't put Limferder parts anywhere near my car. What you want is Lemförder.

Pedantry aside, it depends on the part. You can get away with cheap tierods and swaybar links - parts that are easy to change, aren't precisely tuned to the chassis, are not particularly fragile, and don't cost much. For control arm bushings, which meet none of those criteria except maybe cost (and that's if you press them into the arms yourself), I wouldn't use anything but OEM (Lemförder). For the arms themselves, or drag links, or other parts... grey area.

Put anti-seize on all balljoint studs. Come back to thank me next time they have to be removed.

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