Your Experiences with Beck and Arnley Parts. OEM Equivalent?

[nobb]

So being Canadian, we usually get screwed on OEM parts from the dealer. It's hard to justify when the dealer part costs 50-100+% more than a quality aftermarket. If I can wait, I usually try Rock Auto and research the brands before I buy. I was looking into Beck and Arnley and noticed they claim they pride themselves on properly sourcing each part, often times from an OEM supplier such that you are getting an exact OEM part. I know this is not always the case, as sometimes their parts are clearly not OEM.

I'm wondering what are your experiences with Beck Arnley parts for our 3rd gens? Are any of their parts actual OEM duplicates to be aware of? Would be curious on your experiences.

So far, I've bought Beck Arnley valve cover gaskets and noticed they are NOK branded, which is an OEM supplier.

 

[Dezert4Runner]

I've had the front sway bar links and they broke in under a year, but they were on a 2.5" lifted front end (Taco 5100's w/ 99 talls on the middle setting @ 22.5" hub to fender). Maybe they would've lasted longer on a stock front end :shrug: To be fair, I bought a replacement after one of my OEM links busted not long after I put on the lift. This was on my old runner (2WD w/ only seeing fire roads, no real flexing or abuse on them). No experience with anything else from them.