Lemfoerder vs karlyn parts

[jhelgesen]

I need to order some sway bar drop links for my car (not the porsche) and see two different brands and prices on our hosts catalog page.

Any one have experience with the two brands or can justify the %50 adder for Lemfoerder?

[defcon65]

Never bought the drop links but the Lemforder TT rods were high quality and a great fit; stick with the OEM part where possible. My two cents.

[makaio]

I have never ran Karlyn parts on the P-car yet, but have replaced many on the 525 with Karlyn. No problems yet. They look to be good quality as well.

[RickM]

I can offer that Lemförder is OEM for many BMW and Audi suspension parts. My experience is that they were always top quality.
I've never heard of karlyn but a quick google show's them to be a US based aftermarket manufacturer.

I'd stick with OEM as well.


FWIW here's a quote from a BMW forum:

"My control arms are karlyn and they seem to be just fine. i am sure they are not hardened ball joints (oem lemforder ball joints are) but the car is only driven hard about 5% of the time. also the only concern would be the replacement interval as these (karlyn) parts may not hold up as long as the more expensive lemforder pieces"

[jhelgesen]

Okay, you talked me into it, I ordered the Lemförder parts, drop links for the 530i.