would you use a chinese part on your exped? (rear window strut)

[Ramon Triton]

my rear window is getting a bit heavy to lift. it still has the original struts from 1999.

part # f75b 7842104 ac

i prefer ford/motorcraft branded stuff but just couldn't find new ones online so settled on a chinese oem manufacturer.

it was just 30 usd shipped from china to philippines.

will review once it's installed.

 

[JamaicaJoe]

I did a whole set of struts, hood, tailgate, rear glass. A big improvement. Very inexpensive. However, I did have one make a strange pop while opening during cold weather this past week, so I am going to be checking them carefully. I dont want the glass to get stressed.

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[vincentrose]

Well since half the parts on most new cars (Expy's included) are made in China anyway, I dont think we have much of a choice, do we?

 

[ManUpOrShutUp]

my rear window is getting a bit heavy to lift. it still has the original struts from 1999.

part # f75b 7842104 ac

i prefer ford/motorcraft branded stuff but just couldn't find new ones online so settled on a chinese oem manufacturer.

it was just 30 usd shipped from china to philippines.

will review once it's installed.

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but half the stuff on the truck is made in China. A couple months ago I picked up a Motorcraft pulley assembled in Germany with bearings stamped "China."

 

[Plati]

The strut (or whatever it's called) that holds the hood up in my 2003XLT is not strong enough to reliably hold it up. It can come "crashing down". I use an old antique square profile yardstick to hold it up if I ever need to work in there. I'm trying to avoid putting any money in the RUSTBUCKET BEATER that I can avoid. It's headed for the junkyard. The rear hatch is different, no good way to do that so a few years ago I bought FoMoCo parts and fixed that.

 

[mnachreiner86]

I’ve used them in variety of vehicles and they’ve been fine. It’s a non critical part so you can buy several of them for the cost of one OEM if they do go back snd they only take two seconds to change.


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[HighSierra49er]

I replaced both the rear glass tailgate struts as well as the hood struts two years ago with imported parts and everything has worked great.

 

[Trainmaster]

Some work, some don't. Like most China parts. It's easy to change, so you're not out hours of labor to save a few bucks. Hope it works out. Good luck.

Life's been good to me, so I support American labor whenever I can and spend the extra money. The better quality also saves me work, aggravation and usually money in the long run.

 

[Ramon Triton]

okay thanks, glad to hear i'm not alone.

 

[Machete]

I always research parts to find Made in USA.

Spicer suspension parts used to be made in US but I think they went to Mexico like Moog.

When I rebuilt my ok’d Shovelhead I used 100% made in USA. But then it’s a 1970 Harley and the Chicoms aren’t in that market.