Reviews of MEYLE parts For Business

I rebuilt my E46 suspension with Meyle HD control arms and they use ball joints at least as good if not better than ZHP ones.

So far the suspension seems tighter and quieter so I am happy.

I've put some Meyle control arms on a friend's BMW and they seemed pretty good, and I also fitted Meyle droplinks on mine, so they're probably fine for the upper wishbones.

I purchased from Ecstuning and elected to replace the whole control arm instead of just the bushings which I hear is a very tedious job. I went with the meyle lower control arms because a pair was as much as one of the oem. It is supposed to be more reinforced and heavy duty compared to the oem.

As far as brand preference goes, I would go with Meyle or Lemforder over the other brands. It's not that the metal portion is going to give you any issues, but the bushings from those brands are going to hold up better than others.

I'm not a big fan of Meyle anymore. I don't know what's going on but the Meyle parts I've bought recently seem suboptimal.

Meyle could be hit or miss.

It was about 8 or nine years ago when I put a brand new Meyle rack on my Cabriolet after the replacement Maval power rack failed 1 month out of warranty. The new Meyle rack was fine for about 6 months, but when I went to get the car aligned, the tech brought me out to show me that the inner tie rod was bad. It wasn't the tie rod but the actual toothed rack moving inside of the tube. I tried adjusting with the threaded adjuster on the back to take out any slop but that only made it so tight I could hardly turn the steering wheel. It appears to have worn internally between the pinion and the toothed rack rod thing. That's pretty pathetic for a new steering rack to essentially fail within a few months of gentle commuting duty.

Also, steer clear of those Meyle POS aftermarket racks. Absolute 100% pure garbage.

Meyle, a German parts company and OEM supplier, builds their crap in China. I know that for sure, becuase I have had issues with that specific company's parts. Even OEM branded parts are made in China with sub-par rubber and steel (for chassis compnents, like ball joints, bushings, mounts, etc). I can't seem to get through a year nowadays without having to replace brand new rubber parts. I had a tie rod snap on me after being installed 6 months. That was fun.