Continental Direct Parts

andy13

Has anyone any experience/feedback of these?

Mondeo MK3 knocking from ARB drop links front and back.
I decided to replace all 4.
Euro Carparts have Lemforder for £67 or OCAP for £33.
I bought Conti Direct from established Ebay retailer for £20 delivered.
What I have received looks legit.

forgotmyname

Some of the cheap ebay ones fail within a few months. What brand are they?

Continental Direct is the supplier not the part brand.

colino

Never heard of them but they sound like Conti Direct are trying to pass off as Continental Direct, who I doubt would try to compete on price on ebay.

andy13

Sorry for that abbreviation. The parts are in Continental Direct packaging and are listed as manufactured by Continental Direct.

colino

Well if they aren't counterfeit boxes, CD are part of Continental Tyres, that big, expensive German tyre manufacturer. Never seen any "cheap" bits from them.

espresso

andy13 wrote: »

I bought Conti Direct from established Ebay retailer for £20 delivered.
What I have received looks legit.

Was the ebayer from Nottingham?

See here

Continental Direct (UK) Limited

Greenwood House

Unity Road
Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Nottingham
NG17 7LE
United Kingdom

andy13

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231353470793?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I have an invoice from Sutton Auto Factors Kirkby- in- Ashfield.

forgotmyname

I dont think Continental Direct are an actual parts manufacturer.

Distributor only i think. If thats the case the parts will be made by someone else. As with lots of stuff these days.

Genuine Ford ones will be made by someone else.

Give them a few months and you will see if they are any good.

arcon5

They'll get you through the MOT so good for a year .

Easy peasy job, quicker with an impact gun though - the gun spins faster than the ball joint so no fannying around with that!

Westmead_Fan

the only parts i have used is conti tech belts.

never have had experience using the other stuff im sure if they were any good places like euro car parts would stock them instead of ocap. i know the reason they use ocap was because their other aftermarket brand 'Q Drive' they were getting many complaints.

give it a year then post back if they were a good buy lol

colino

From the above poster, since its resale, can you let me know what manufacturer of quality ECP, or its online sister, actually sells nowadays. Not cheap, not good.