So I have been working on and off on an R50 for over one and a half years now. Over a year ago I replaced both droplinks with cheap ones from the brand GSP. (spoiler, GSP=Guansheng Auto Parts) I was thinking "Droplinks aren't rocket science so what could go wrong?"
Well the answer is in the pictures...




Mind you, this a garage stored car and it drove only ~20 miles since installed. Never ever have I seen rubber deteriorate so fast. Needless to say I just replaced them with German quality Febi Billstein ones.

 

wow thats bad

 

Good Gawd.
What is this world coming too?!


oh yeah...[Reaganomics]

 

If it sounds Chinese…run.

 

suspension and steering are parts that can definitely go wrong with super cheap parts, as evidenced above.

for that kind of stuff, i go to rock auto. right now they have TRW end links for like $4/ea on closeout. when i redid my suspension recently, i used lots of delphi stuff.

 

Right said.
I used to be a VW guy. I bought a pair of BOSCH boost and oil pressure gauges for my R53. Only to find they were made in China. The boost works fine but the oil pressure gauge was a bit wonky and was off by 3-4 psi (until I fixed it). BOSCH = China?