Britpart filters???

[Jacko44]

Britpart and other non gen filters (a question probably asked a million times before on this forum) Are these any good, seem cheap on fleabay??? Want to take some spares with me on a trip.

http://bit.ly/18BKhyh

[goingbush]

ye get what ye pay for. ( you might as well be using coffee filter paper )

[Jacko44]

Says manufactured to oe spec

[goingbush]

The filters in that Ebay Ad you linked are Not Britpart, I would have no issues buying that kit.

There is Britpart, britpart & ****part , Some britpart stuff is good but you have to know what and where you are buying from, They do make some OEM parts , (not fuel filters) and because they make some OE the fuel filter box can say OEM because they are an Original Equipment Manafactruer. it doesnt mean that part is actually oem.

Their Filters are crap, buy at your own risk.

I bought a britpart Td5 waterpump cover thinking how could they stuff that up , well its useless because the gasket surface is cast still with the sand granules, not even machined flat - useless rubbish. Try indicator & stop light lenses , look great put on car 3 months later they are clear, all the color has faded, good for parker lenses I thought , 12 months later all cracked.

Hub nut washers are great, but only use once.

there are online resources to tell which Britpart parts are genuine LR parts, i have no probs buying those.

OTOH, There is plenty of quality aftermarket stuff, the only filter I always buy genuine is LR or Ford boxed is the Td5 Rotor filter

like I said ye get what ye pay for,

[djam1]

If you want to take some spares with you on a trip why buy them get onto Dave Harris at All4x4 and ask him to put a spares kit together for you.
When you return from your trip you pay for what you used this is what we have done in the past.
We do a lot of business with him but I think he would do it for you

Duane

[isuzurover]

Most of those filters are Mahle. I would be happy to use Mahle filters. I have never heard of "Filtron" brand filters though.

IMHO/IME The best quality filters are made by:
Donaldson
MANN+HUMMELL (MANN Filter)

Fleetgard/Cummins
Mahle

Baldwin

I try to avoid using any other brands other than the above.

[DasLandRoverMan]

Too many bad experiences with products in Blue boxes to persuade me to ever use britpart stuff again.

My local L/R supplier is pretty much a Britpart dealer, and some of the 'high quality' stuff I've had has caused more problems than its worth, especially as they refuse to cover labour on warranty jobs, which isn't handy when you're a one man band trying to make money fixing stuff for others.
Better still phone their office to complain and get told that they're not interested, take it up with a supplier.

I got sick of taking things back to be told 'we've never had that problem before'.
I wouldn't buy anything from them. They can't even make a door that fits the hole in the car.
Slightly academic I know with some Land Rover panel fit, but it should have gone on better than it did.

Don't buy britpart, it ****s up and they don't care.

[mattg]

Never Buy Britpart.

I have replaced every part the has come from a Blue Box.

Never Ever use it.

IMHO

[Reads90]

Never Buy Britpart.

I have replaced every part the has come from a Blue Box.

Never Ever use it.

IMHO

Britpart stuff all comes with a 2 year warrenty now days to combat their bad name they got from some shady parts.

So not a bad buy now days.


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[DasLandRoverMan]

Still doesn't cover labour.

One might also mention the fact britpart had a contract with the UK MOD to supply parts to maintain the Land Rover and Bedford fleets.
Slightly less well known is the fact the contract was terminated early due to the amount of shoddy parts being supplied.

[sheerluck]

Still doesn't cover labour.

One might also mention the fact britpart had a contract with the UK MOD to supply parts to maintain the Land Rover and Bedford fleets.
Slightly less well known is the fact the contract was terminated early due to the amount of shoddy parts being supplied.

That would explain why there was a handful of sellers on eBay UK selling off LR parts with MOD numbers on them. I bought an oil pressure sender for my D1 from one of them which didn't even survive being installed (hadn't even got as far as doing it all the way up).

[gromit]

**itpart only outsource the parts and don't (as far as I know) make anything.
I've had some parts that are OK, rubber parts decompose before you fit them, door locks fail after weeks, brake linings I returned and got locally produced ones instead. But, depending on who they source parts from, some stuff is OK.
The blue cardboard boxes are well made, it's the contents that vary considerably

Bearmach seems to be much the same, outsourced parts from the cheapest supplier. Stick a Bearmach sticker on the box and make a healthy profit. But saying that, I got a Timken bearing with a Bearmach sticker on the box earlier in the year, price was reasonable.

The biggest risk is if you buy on-line or over the phone.
If you can personally shop you can make a decision on what you see before parting with the folding stuff.


Colin

[MacMan]

Still doesn't cover labour.

Nor the delays. Nor the cost involved in returning parts to suppliers to have them looked at or exhanged. Every time I've had to return something it's been at my cost, and for some parts being up to $20 a throw for postage it's just not worth it. These days if a supplier can't offer something in another brand, I find another supplier.

[flagg]

tl;dr. Britpart = no. The end.

[landy]

My tensioner pulley bearing failed on my Td5. I ordered a new one from paddocks UK. And got a serpentine belt and thermostat at the same time. all very reasonable prices.
When they arrived they were britpart. I had heard that there stuff was 'questionable' but fitted anyway. The belt would not fit. Nowhere near the right size compared to the original and I checked part number for AC compatibility. The tensioner lasted three days before the tension spring snapped and buggered the new $55 Repco belt and I'm yet to fit the thermostat.
Paddocks where very good and offered to exchange the bits but the cost of postage was more than the hassle was worth.
I did take the pulley off and fitted to the old tensioner though and that's all good,
I will NEVER buy britpart again.

Cheers
Nino

[rick130]

Bearmach seems to be much the same, outsourced parts from the cheapest supplier. Stick a Bearmach sticker on the box and make a healthy profit. But saying that, I got a Timken bearing with a Bearmach sticker on the box earlier in the year, price was reasonable.

The biggest risk is if you buy on-line or over the phone.
If you can personally shop you can make a decision on what you see before parting with the folding stuff.


Colin

I've had pretty good luck with Bearmach, most of their stuff I've used is OE quality, eg the timing belt kits use Dayco belts, Ina tensioner pulley bearings and their Tdi crank pulley is miles better than the genuine Land Rover one.
I have had a welsch plug fall out of the Bearmach vacuum pump though, haven't taken that up with the importer yet.....

[mattmason1]

Have you tried land-rover-parts-shop.com? I ordered a heap of bits through them and I had the choice of genuine or OEM in almost all instances. I think it's allmakes' retail web shop - great prices and nothing gone wrong with the bits.

My local parts dealer does a lot of Britpart and I have to say that the rear indicators I replaced around Christmas are looking a lot less amber 8 months later! Other Britpart stuff has been ok, but the Dayco fan belt squeals like a pig for the first 10-15 mins! I have a TD5 90.

[Nomad9]

Hi Forumites,
I bought some Britpart lights, the indicators and sidelights. how they managed to get the connection on the brakes light and sidelight in the rear light the wrong way round I don't know but they did, with the sidelight on the brake light was on.........., one of the indicator lights has also never worked properly, won't be buying them again........

[labrado]

damn, I've got a spare air filter and fuel filter with britpart label, not confident to use them in the next service:(