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Old 11-28-2017, 10:17 PM   #12
Terri Kennedy
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: 2003 BMW 325xiT; looking for a new fun car
Location: New York
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Originally Posted by rumatt View Post
Genuine OEM BMW parts are often significantly more expensive just by slapping the BMW label on it. Google "who makes BMW fuel pumps" and see if it's the same brand.
BMW doesn't have a lot of consistency in their own pricing. For example, 64-11-9-204-154 is the E46 climate control blower with a MSRP of $847.82. 64-11-3-453-729 is the E83 blower, MSRP $181.41. The only difference is that -729 (the cheaper one) comes with a longer cable and a different bracket (included in the package, but you can re-use your old E46 one).

Turner sells an "OEM Hella Blower" for $199.95 which at least has the correct-length cable. It had a sticker slapped on that said "BEHR Hella Made in USA", but the actual manufacturer's sticker on the other side said "Unimotor Made in Canada" and the package did NOT include the pictured saddle / clips / screws. It was just a re-labeled Unimotor 75808, MSRP $79.50. Turner also listed it as "in stock" (along with everything else) on my October 16th order, until I clicked "order". Then it said "Ship date: Nov 8". It actually shipped on October 25th. Not a big fan (no pun intended) at this point. I have sent an inquiry to Turner with additional details and I'll report back what they say.
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