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    Everything You Wanted to Know About FCP Euro

    Mike Drives:
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    That's a decent ad masquerading as an article. That said, I've bought parts from FCP Euro for my E31 and my E36/8, and it was a good experience at a fair price.

    Cheers, John

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    well, they forgot to mention their trouble time more than 10 years ago, in his own words = Scott Drozd: "substandard garbage",...., "as we have become a bit infamous for our suspension often called "mystery meat." http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=73257
    But surprisingly they recovered and changed all to the good.
    At that time more than 10 years ago I also has some bad experience with that "substandard garbage", but when they changed, I gave them another chance, ordered, all o.k., and now I am a regular customer. But besides there I also buy from some other online sources
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    Why no mention of the Lifetime Warranty on EVERYTHING they sell? This includes consumables, like filters and even oil. Uh huh, it does.

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    I've purchased BMW, MB, Audi, and Porsche parts from FCP Euro, and nearly all have been very satisfactory. Interestingly, quite a few of the BMW parts I've recently purchased from them are shipped directly from a BMW dealer about 30 miles from me!

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    50 or so others over the past 70 years of driving

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukegrad98 View Post
    That's a decent ad masquerading as an article. That said, I've bought parts from FCP Euro for my E31 and my E36/8, and it was a good experience at a fair price.

    Cheers, John
    "This article presented by FCP Euro"

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    Quote Originally Posted by shogun View Post
    well, they forgot to mention their trouble time more than 10 years ago, in his own words = Scott Drozd: "substandard garbage",...., "as we have become a bit infamous for our suspension often called "mystery meat." http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=73257
    But surprisingly they recovered and changed all to the good.
    At that time more than 10 years ago I also has some bad experience with that "substandard garbage", but when they changed, I gave them another chance, ordered, all o.k., and now I am a regular customer. But besides there I also buy from some other online sources
    I had my fair share of the "substandard garbage" as well. My first purchase from FCP was off eBay (2004) and for a set of house brand thrust arms. At that time, I was broke and just starting out after getting out of the Army so those thrust arms lasted me long enough (about 3 years of daily driving) so they served their purpose. Since 2011, I have bought most of my parts from them (when BMW became BMW's).

    95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95

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    sooner or later a supplier says doesn't make sense to continue participating in what appears to be a ponzi scheme, lifetime warranty? copies of certain parts can be had sooo cheap it may not matter send'm another and another, who knows what makes sense sometimes.

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    I haven't done a ton of shopping there, but haven't had an issue with anything I gotten for either my 8 or saab. Price was right, and had small stuff others didn't. They also have a nice cars and coffee if you are in the area.
    My Cars - 1991 BMW 850i - mine for fun, 1993 Saab 900c - mine for fun, 2008 Lexus is250 - my daily driver, 2003 Dodge Durango - my wife's, 1994 Acura Legend - gave it to kid

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    he gets itAttachment 647053

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