This is the question that i have asked myself in relation to the suspension parts i have just had off Dan, all genuine LR all good, no problems with the Big Man at Duckworths.

However its worth noting that the parts are manufactured by Lemoforder, they have the Lemforder stamp on them, Lemforder is a sub brand of ZF so the quality is spot on but at the end of the day LR obviously doesn't make them themselves, so someone else has to.

I noticed this on the Lemforder drop links i got from ECP the other week. Again exactly the same as the OE on the car, down to the embossing on the ball joints. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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They are both Gen & OEM

As you rightly said Lemoforder make parts for JLR and sell them to the public (after the usual contractural period agreed with JLR) the same is so with Delphi...

Possibly why i cant get the lemforder ones from ecp at the mo  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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