I'm writing this to let everyone know. I'm not selling anything, neither am I implying any warranty whatsoever about the product (explicitly or implicitly).
I apologize if this is the wrong forum since I'm not technically selling but I didn't know where else to post.
Here goes:
I bought a supposedly genuine E36 non-M Z3 rack (i.e. 2.7 turns ltl) BRAND NEW from a seller on ebay. I inspected the part first before buying and it looked brand new. There was a metal tag on it with BMW logo and correct part number, namely 32131092031 (actually only last seven digits were on the tag). There was no ZF marking or anything like that on the rack.
Armen, John and Matt at TNG helped install the part into my car and I just got my car today from them. First my impressions: it turns! and it is less than 3 turns lock to lock. I can't say if it is a cheap made in china part but there were no stickers on it to indicate so. The guy I picked it up from did say that his father is a big distributor of BMW parts in Taiwan and that's how they got the parts for so cheap. Normally I would hesitate because PO put a cheap rack and it started leaking like a fountain. But this was probably the cheapest and quickest option I had (no core charge!). also there was another guy on e30tech who bought from this guy and installed the part.
Armen said it's the right part and he seemed to think it was a good deal. I'm not saying he endorsed it or anything dont get me wrong and get me in trouble please. I'm not endorsing anything either.
Ebay seller ID is weidaautoparts. he said he has somewhere around 20 of these parts! there's actually another on sale right now.
he's selling them for $229 buy it now on ebay
the reason I'm being skeptical is the saying ``if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.'' but this was the best option for me as I needed a rack urgently and it's decently priced with no core charge
wanted to let everyone out there know.
Ahmet
PS: sorry about the bold script, just trying to prevent a misunderstanding that can come to bite me in the future.
I apologize if this is the wrong forum since I'm not technically selling but I didn't know where else to post.
Here goes:
I bought a supposedly genuine E36 non-M Z3 rack (i.e. 2.7 turns ltl) BRAND NEW from a seller on ebay. I inspected the part first before buying and it looked brand new. There was a metal tag on it with BMW logo and correct part number, namely 32131092031 (actually only last seven digits were on the tag). There was no ZF marking or anything like that on the rack.
Armen, John and Matt at TNG helped install the part into my car and I just got my car today from them. First my impressions: it turns! and it is less than 3 turns lock to lock. I can't say if it is a cheap made in china part but there were no stickers on it to indicate so. The guy I picked it up from did say that his father is a big distributor of BMW parts in Taiwan and that's how they got the parts for so cheap. Normally I would hesitate because PO put a cheap rack and it started leaking like a fountain. But this was probably the cheapest and quickest option I had (no core charge!). also there was another guy on e30tech who bought from this guy and installed the part.
Armen said it's the right part and he seemed to think it was a good deal. I'm not saying he endorsed it or anything dont get me wrong and get me in trouble please. I'm not endorsing anything either.
Ebay seller ID is weidaautoparts. he said he has somewhere around 20 of these parts! there's actually another on sale right now.
he's selling them for $229 buy it now on ebay
the reason I'm being skeptical is the saying ``if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.'' but this was the best option for me as I needed a rack urgently and it's decently priced with no core charge
wanted to let everyone out there know.
Ahmet
PS: sorry about the bold script, just trying to prevent a misunderstanding that can come to bite me in the future.
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