The Red October

When other sites charge around $150 or more for it? I'm concerend I might be getting a low quality bearing, or one that was reject because it did not meet QC standards. Or is there really that much markup in bearings?

x1rider

that's the one I bought, it's a *** bearing which (according to one of my friends that owns a car parts store) is a reputable company. The stock one is a SKF (I saw the marking when I removed the old one).

The Red October

How many miles do you have on the new bearing? Any issues?

x1rider

no issues so far but it's probably way too early to tell.
Worst comes to worst, the rear ones are fairly easy to change, I still have all the tools necessary, I'll just put new (SKF) ones in.
Like I said *** bearings are supposed to be really good, I don't really expect to have problems.<ul><li><a href="http://www.***.com/content.***.de/en/index.jsp">http://www.***.com/content.***.de/en/index.jsp</a</li></ul>

Merkin

*** and SKF are both fine

Audi Junkie

oems are no better then utility grade ones. I'm looking into industrial grade ones.