Original v's N.O.S. v's Repo

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NOS is good, but a lot of NOS stuff coming onto the market in the last 10 years was junk as it was GMH rejects that someone bought by the container load and dumped on Ebay. It all comes down to price.

Well said! Like ball joints. I have here some ball joints. NOS holden. But I will NOT use them. Reason is there was a few different part numbers over the years for them. There was also a bad batch one old parts bloke told me. That failed! They where recalled. Now not all would have been handed back. Some parts guys may have held onto them. Now these ball joints sell for $100 each + on ebay. Are they the good ones or the recalled ones? There is no way to tell.....