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Bilstein is Test Fitting on Palisade
- Thread author psanti
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drizzt
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@Vittoamp I reached out to the installer about the Bilstein's reaction. Bilstein to jump to conclusion that they are fakes without any investigation is pretty low.
Translation: Bilstein do not produce model specific struts when they do not expect a large production volume. Palisade struts are thus special orders by Korean dealer importer, therefore, has dealer specific part number but no consumer part number associated with it. Not having a consumer part number do not make them a fake product. It is a valid import order by a reputable dealer in Korea. These special orders also occur frequently by the dealer importers in Japan.
Installer response: "세계시장에 많은수요가 예측되지않는 차종들은 본사에서 먼저 개발하지않고각 수입원에서 개별오더로 진행하는경우가 있습니다.우리나라 차종뿐아니라 일본에서도 종종 있는경우입니다.아무래도 소량이고 발주시에만 생산되는 카트리지입니다.그래서 글로벌 사이트에서 검색이 안됩니다.간간히 품번을 문의하시는 경우가있는데 어떻게 설명할지 애매한경우도있습니다.품번 검색이 안된다고 걱정하실 필요없습니다.한국 공식딜러가 본사에서 수입한 빌스테인쇼바입니다.관심 가져주셔서 감사합니다."
NOTE: So all Bilstein has to do is take one of these custom ordered struts from the Korean importers and test fit them to ensure their safety and reliability. I'm sure that is what Bilstein is doing when they said they are test fitting on Palisade. Notice they said Palisade, not Telluride. No dealers custom ordered Bilstein struts exist for Telluride here in the US, but plenty of them have tried and proven worthy for Palisade in Korea.
Translation: Bilstein do not produce model specific struts when they do not expect a large production volume. Palisade struts are thus special orders by Korean dealer importer, therefore, has dealer specific part number but no consumer part number associated with it. Not having a consumer part number do not make them a fake product. It is a valid import order by a reputable dealer in Korea. These special orders also occur frequently by the dealer importers in Japan.
Installer response: "세계시장에 많은수요가 예측되지않는 차종들은 본사에서 먼저 개발하지않고각 수입원에서 개별오더로 진행하는경우가 있습니다.우리나라 차종뿐아니라 일본에서도 종종 있는경우입니다.아무래도 소량이고 발주시에만 생산되는 카트리지입니다.그래서 글로벌 사이트에서 검색이 안됩니다.간간히 품번을 문의하시는 경우가있는데 어떻게 설명할지 애매한경우도있습니다.품번 검색이 안된다고 걱정하실 필요없습니다.한국 공식딜러가 본사에서 수입한 빌스테인쇼바입니다.관심 가져주셔서 감사합니다."
NOTE: So all Bilstein has to do is take one of these custom ordered struts from the Korean importers and test fit them to ensure their safety and reliability. I'm sure that is what Bilstein is doing when they said they are test fitting on Palisade. Notice they said Palisade, not Telluride. No dealers custom ordered Bilstein struts exist for Telluride here in the US, but plenty of them have tried and proven worthy for Palisade in Korea.
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psanti
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Same buddy with shop says they will be national US distributors for Neotech, a Korean brand that does make complete suspension packages for the Palisade (shocks, struts, lifts, lowering, etc). Looking to see if they want to test fit on a Telluride - should work, seeing that the Palisade has same parts... but confirming it will work for the Telluride just opens it up for more targeted marketing.
If that works out, I may just stop waiting on Bilstein to go through whatever red tape they're stuck in.
If that works out, I may just stop waiting on Bilstein to go through whatever red tape they're stuck in.
