Actually, OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer, and is used to specify aftermarket parts that are made by the same company that makes them for BMW. However, they are not necessarily the same as BMW parts, which are properly referred to as OE parts. OEM parts may, for example, have failed BMW quality control checks, and thus not bear the BMW logo (often you can see where it was ground off). Or they could be exactly the same, just cheaper, since you aren't buying them from BMW.

I've bought lots of OEM parts over the years, but the only place you get genuine BMW parts is from BMW.

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Mike Barrett

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