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Fluellen · 03-11-2011, 10:36 AM

There is quite a bit of anecdotal evidence on the web - not restricted to Porsches - that the URO ball joints last about a year so.

I think PelicanParts rates URO as a 3 out of 5, and their supplier ratings are typically pretty spot on.

FWIW, ISO 9000 certification does not mean much if anything at all. It's a certification that you have a quality plan in place. It does NOT certify that you are producing "quality" products... your quality plan could literally be to produce ball joints that fail in expectation after 1 month. As long as you can show that you have processes in place to meet that quality level, you'll be certified ISO 9000...

03-11-2011, 10:36 AM	#8
Fluellen Doc Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 69	There is quite a bit of anecdotal evidence on the web - not restricted to Porsches - that the URO ball joints last about a year so. I think PelicanParts rates URO as a 3 out of 5, and their supplier ratings are typically pretty spot on. FWIW, ISO 9000 certification does not mean much if anything at all. It's a certification that you have a quality plan in place. It does NOT certify that you are producing "quality" products... your quality plan could literally be to produce ball joints that fail in expectation after 1 month. As long as you can show that you have processes in place to meet that quality level, you'll be certified ISO 9000...