Quote Originally Posted by ZR View Post
Unscrupulous retailers and installers continue to pass off cheap gosh knows where they are mfg brake pads + front end parts as being first line when in fact they are no name white box junk. Just as guilty, consumers who demand parts the fit the price point of what they are willing to pay. Hard to explain to a customer they need a $100+ set of brake pads when they are constantly bombarded with weekly flyers showing them for far less. Same goes for quality front end parts, high end lower ball joint is around $90 each when a "white box" is approx $30.
How it's gone unchecked for so many years is beyond me.
When I saw this I remembered our last few conversations on this exact topic.