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Originally Posted by unregistered
I wonder what that makes the car mfgrs ?
not OEM because their cars have parts made by others ?
your definition needs more subtlety
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More often than not the vast majority of parts used in the construction of an automobile are proprietary to a maker...you know this Bill. While an automaker may contract for blow molding, for let’s say a heater duct, the part was still designed by the auto maker and remains proprietary to that automaker. Thus the automaker is still the OEM and any parts licensed to third parties are aftermarket parts
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Originally Posted by unregistered
what of the comparative testing upon which the conponents' selection was based ?
what about modification of the purchased parts ?
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Don't you think that is more a description of what AMG did when they were a separate company from Daimler? Certainly AMG didn't make Mercedes but they did make them a better car and it would be a great leap to say AMG at that time was an OEM.
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Originally Posted by unregistered
in this specific instance I think your definition is way off
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I don’t think so, take the DDC for instance. No liquid cooling kit supplier had a hand in the DDC deployment or production and Laing is the OEM for the DDC regardless of who puts it in their kit. And you and I know this is painfully true, as was demonstrated.
Bill I like having beers with ya lets not get into a pissing contest over this. NONE of us should be crying about Corsairs kit. Let's hope this puts more water in the pond
