[cutlea01]

Ordered these oil filters from Chinese website Aliexpress, described as Genuine, at £1.42 each, plus shipping, plus VAT. Shipping was more than the items. They look exactly the same as a genuine item. Are they fakes? Having checked them very, very carefully, I'd be happy to use them, they appear better quality than the cheap brands I've seen sold here. Would the Chinese company have them made in Germany, sent to China, then sell them via Aliexpress or is the country of manufacture a lie too? I don't have a JLR one handy to compare against.

High Quality Oil Filter Kit Car Car Accessories LR011279 8w93-6a692-ac For Discovery 4 Range Rover 5.0 V8 Oil Filter

 

[Horlicks]

I think you know the answer. Most of these "genuine parts" (i.e. they truly are parts) are marked "made in China".

 

[DAVENN]

Ordered these oil filters from Chinese website Aliexpress, described as Genuine, at £1.42 each, plus shipping, plus VAT. Shipping was more than the items. They look exactly the same as a genuine item. Are they fakes? Having checked them very, very carefully, I'd be happy to use them, they appear better quality than the cheap brands I've seen sold here. Would the Chinese company have them made in Germany, sent to China, then sell them via Aliexpress or is the country of manufacture a lie too? I don't have a JLR one handy to compare against.

High Quality Oil Filter Kit Car Car Accessories LR011279 8w93-6a692-ac For Discovery 4 Range Rover 5.0 V8 Oil Filter
View attachment 192334

Perhaps the saying that cheap things aren't good..and good things aren't cheap is true..or not ?

 

[Horlicks]

OEM is likely to be Mann

 

[wilf]

Still made in China!

 

[DAVENN]

Still made in China!

Not always a bad thing...

 

[dhallworth]

Interesting post as I bought these a couple of weeks ago from China.

GENUINE RANGE ROVER L322 - ILLUMINATED TREAD PLATES (VPLMV0063)

GENUINE RANGE ROVER L322 - ILLUMINATED TREAD PLATES (VPLMV0063)

www.yverdy.com

Paid by credit card in case it turned out to be a scam. So far, I’ve had emails from them with a dispatch notice and have a tracking number where I can see their progress between here and China.

Am intrigued to see if they’re genuine or not as they’re obsolete from Land Rover. My Dads RR has them as standard so I’ll be comparing them closely when they arrive. If they’re not genuine I’ll claim the cash back from the credit card company.

Nothing to loose through taking a punt

David.

 

[cutlea01]

I think I'm happy to use these filters, fake or not. They're well made. I've seen much, much worse in Halfords, that I wouldn't use.

 

[drewdrew]

Definitely fake I think. I mean stamped made in Germany but from China. That's not to say they are not of good enough quality to use.

 

[DAVENN]

I think I'm happy to use these filters, fake or not. They're well made. I've seen much, much worse in Halfords, that I wouldn't use.

JACUAR mud flaps , as an example, are very very decent.

 

[DAVENN]

Definitely fake I think. I mean stamped made in Germany but from China. That's not to say they are not of good enough quality to use.

One of "my" controllers was copied and manufactured in China.
They did such a good job that they even copied the dimple flaw that was present in the back plate.

 

[Gav]

One of "my" controllers was copied and manufactured in China.
They did such a good job that they even copied the dimple flaw that was present in the back plate.

Laser scanned?

 

[DAVENN]

Laser scanned?

Not sure..... I suppose so...but bloody hell it was a belting copy.
I had a 100mm gas valve presented to me ( I was product manager) by a major none OEM.
They could purchase "my" product from a.n.other supplier , 10% cheaper than I was currently supplying.
It was an absolute carbon copy, including internal pcb design, casting, part Nos , documentation, CE/EN cert etc.
I took the valve off to Italy for testing and a thorough inspection..
The valve would not close on loss of power.
We stripped it down and found a piece of metal , I will assume from the casting process, on the valve seat...

I presented our findings and recommended that they pulled each and every valve ( many were installed, not necessarily commissioned) from the field immediately.

Cost them thousands.

 

[dhallworth]

At least yours turned up from China as an oil filter…

I ordered illuminated tread plates for the Range Rover and got this…


View attachment 192380

🙄

 

[Horlicks]

But worth £1,500 😆

 

[dhallworth]

Thankfully I used a credit card so I’ll be able to get the money back easily enough.

 

[cutlea01]

I returned some exhaust tips I ordered from Aliexpress, you send them to a UK address. I wasn't sure I'd get refunded, though the site does say returns are accepted for full guaranteed refunds. Took quite a while, I think the UK address send the items back to China, then when the seller receives it, you get refunded, which I did, in full.

 

[ninjag]

I'd be a little wary of popping my address up in a public area of the site? Especially when there's a soon to be mint RR there... and 'Cartier' jewellery lol

 

[dhallworth]

Good point! Pictures deleted

 

[DAVENN]

Good point! Pictures deleted

I'm offering screen shots for a 10% commision on all cash convertor returns.