"Mike Marlow" wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote:

I'm coming to the conclusion that if you plan to keep the vehicle,
use genuine replacement parts.


That really depends on the manufacturer. I've found many - very many,
aftermarkete parts that were far superior to the OEM stuff. Can't really
boil that down to who/what/when/where, but I can say that one should not
simply assume that OEM is better. Too much evidence against that.



You can't assume that all after market is up to par with OEM. I have seen
a lot of crap out there.