OEM!

I know Britpart has been roasted BUT is a Britpart part OK if its OEM?

Is a Allmakes OEM part better than a Britpart OEM?

Or is A Bearmach (has a 3 year warranty) non OEM better than both of them?

Frosted said:

I know Britpart has been roasted BUT is a Britpart part OK if its OEM?

Is a Allmakes OEM part better than a Britpart OEM?

Or is A Bearmach non OEM better than both of them?

Click to expand...

oem is about the same from them all ,though so is cheap pattern excepting odd parts,allmakes sells some shit nowadays

Frosted said:

I know Britpart has been roasted BUT is a Britpart part OK if its OEM?

Is a Allmakes OEM part better than a Britpart OEM?

Or is A Bearmach non OEM better than both them?

Click to expand...

A lot of Britpart stuff is fine, especially the OEM range. It is just a matter of knowing what to avoid, usually the very cheap items.

Britpart don't make parts, they are just a re-seller. Same as Bearmach, etc.

coming past our main dealers this morning ,i saw the britpart van delivering, as above with any of the wholesalers its best to stick with oem though that is not a guarrantee

Spent the last 3 days going through parts catalogue for part numbers and have been trying to go for genuine when its not multiples of 10 more than OEM, but seeing Britpart as OEM for a lot of things is worrying me.

BTW hands down Paddocks is the most unpleasant experience for website crashing and wiping my entire contents (even logged in) as well as arrogant customer service, please avoid!

Frosted said:

Spent the last 3 days going through parts catalogue for part numbers and have been trying to go for genuine when its not multiples of 10 more than OEM, but seeing Britpart as OEM for a lot of things is worrying me.

BTW hands down Paddocks is the most unpleasant experience for website crashing and wiping my entire contents (even logged in) as well as arrogant customer service, please avoid!

Click to expand...

if its non current genuine quality can be suspect as well as it will be badge parts, but like oem its tends to be far better than pattern

jamesmartin said:

if its non current genuine quality can be suspect as well as it will be badge parts, but like oem its tends to be far better than pattern

Click to expand...

Good to know!

I have found a few part numbers which are OEM but now have been superseded, grey area I guess.

I have been using this site which seems to have current part numbers :-

https://www.landroverworkshop.com

Just a heads up if you end up having a large online shopping list be aware Paddocks and LRDirect will/can crash and loose everything even if logged in BUT you can save the basket page as a html file so you can see what you chose from the many various brands etc for each part and quantities and quickly create a new basket at a later date.

May be obvious to some but for example in Chrome go to the 3 vertical dots on the right hand side of the navigation bar where the url is and choose: more tools->save page as

I use save as 'Web Page, Complete', I would do this each time you update a basket in any of the online stores just name them differently if have multi shops open. That way you can just create a new basket from the info you have saved later. Or obviously take photos with your phone but you have type the part numbers back in if you need to make the list again but if its html you can just copy paste part numbers easy.....

use the save order facility

The Mad Hat Man said:

use the save order facility

Click to expand...

Which site? I have sadly not found that facility!

paddocks

The Mad Hat Man said:

paddocks

Click to expand...

Nope, nothing like that on my browser, when I phoned them they told me if I was logged in it 'saved automatically' then after I recreated the order when logged it crashed again

I am running on Linux but with the latest version of Chromium maybe the save facility is available on Windows but I doubt/hope-not as it really should not matter either way, sites are not really OS specific, sure the browser handle agent will specify OS/platform and browser but that is meant more for switching mobile vs desktop layout mostly.

Something observed by going to the Devon 4X4 site it seems to be stuck in a mobile layout even if browsed on a desktop OS (I hope they did not do this by design).

That's funny. I've always found the Paddocks site saves my basket, sometimes for several weeks so it's all still there when I log in next time. As does LR Direct.

LR Direct usually offers you a choice of brands for many components, so you can avoid Britpart. If there's a G at the end of the part number it's supposed to indicate 'genuine', even if it comes via Britpart. There are of course a lot of components that actually have Britpart written on them, but they're not made at their depot at Craven Arms.

I would be careful, Britpart have a sticker on their steering dampers saying ''genuine parts'' but Armstrong as far as I know are the genuine steering damper manufacturer.

nobber said:

I would be careful, Britpart have a sticker on their steering dampers saying ''genuine parts'' but Armstrong as far as I know are the genuine steering damper manufacturer.

Click to expand...

thats because britpart sell armstrong shockers

The one I had wasn't an Armstrong damper, my Armstrong dampers have Armstrong stamped on them.

I dunno, but I did randomly add another part to the paddocks basket and the whole thing came back so I'm at the point of just not wanting to use Paddocks due to customer service and internet experience.
Would rather pay more for better service either way.

Frosted said:

Spent the last 3 days going through parts catalogue for part numbers and have been trying to go for genuine when its not multiples of 10 more than OEM, but seeing Britpart as OEM for a lot of things is worrying me.

BTW hands down Paddocks is the most unpleasant experience for website crashing and wiping my entire contents (even logged in) as well as arrogant customer service, please avoid!

Click to expand...

I have been dealing with Paddock for 30 years, and have not had many problems. Occasionally they have made a mistake, and they have always sorted it quickly when alerted to the problem.

As with any company, I would suggest dealing with them over the phone, rather than trying to do things online. Personal contact is hard to improve on.

nobber said:

I would be careful, Britpart have a sticker on their steering dampers saying ''genuine parts'' but Armstrong as far as I know are the genuine steering damper manufacturer.

Click to expand...

nobber said:

The one I had wasn't an Armstrong damper, my Armstrong dampers have Armstrong stamped on them.

Click to expand...

The motor parts manufacture and supply industry is quite complex.

Genuine suppliers may change, depending on where the manufacturer can get the part cheapest from year to year.

And sometimes Britpart may be genuine, or the only part that is available. A few years ago, I bought 4 new genuine NInety wheels from my local LR parts indie, a trusted friend for 20 years. They arrived, in blue Britpart boxes. The wheels themselves had no name on them, just the stamped numbers, like most wheel rims.
I fitted the wheels, with new mud tyres and tubes, and have had no problems with them at all.

In addition, a lot of parts may be made in the same factory, and stickered or boxed with different manufacturers logos. With something like a shock absorber, once someone has built a factory to make them, there is little commercial advantage for rivals to build their own factory. It is cheaper to simply buy the parts, and package and re-sell them as your own.
I have not looked into it, but you might find there are only one or two factories in the world that actually make shocks.

nobber said:

The one I had wasn't an Armstrong damper, my Armstrong dampers have Armstrong stamped on them.

Click to expand...

like tesco sell a range of beans britpart sell many brands of shocker, including armstrong