http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/34210 ... ILTER.html
Are the above fair dinkum, or are they blatant imitations?
Not about to buy any, as I say just curious. You can get a stack of Chinese made Valeo-compatible electrical bits in white boxes, too. Solenoids, regs, diode packs and whatever else.
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There have been sporadic cases of counterfiet filters coming on to the market and occasionally being sold by the big factors. I fell foul of this a few years back with diesel filters from a well known factor...
Personally, I'd not trust anything that comes from China and carrying an European brand-name as anything but decidedly suspect.
Personally, I'd not trust anything that comes from China and carrying an European brand-name as anything but decidedly suspect.
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Ooops.
Previously:
2009 Honda Civic :(
C5, C5, Xantia, BX, GS, Visa.
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They do have to be built to EU specs to be able to display the CE mark.
I worked for a manufacturer of electrical/electronic test equipment and they had to jump through some very high hoops to acquire the right to CE mark their products - each one having to have very stringent production controls and records plus examinations audits by independent agencies.
Not sure if it was a CE requirement but they were also preparing for ISO 9001 approval.
This was some 15 years ago and the requirements are even more stringent now. Papershufflers paradise.
I worked for a manufacturer of electrical/electronic test equipment and they had to jump through some very high hoops to acquire the right to CE mark their products - each one having to have very stringent production controls and records plus examinations audits by independent agencies.
Not sure if it was a CE requirement but they were also preparing for ISO 9001 approval.
This was some 15 years ago and the requirements are even more stringent now. Papershufflers paradise.
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I used Alibaba to try and find Bols bitter tangerine but I only want a couple of bottles, not a crate.
"Bols bitter" isn't that the feeling one gets when the BOL leads us up the garden path ( and might as well say ask the gnome that's next to you) and leaves one with not enough info, no pictures, and now you have to guess what to do !
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The car that looks like a family car, but has special secret hidden abilities.
The car that looks like a family car, but has special secret hidden abilities.