can someone plz describe to me best as they can ... what OEM is,

i was havein an arguement with my mate, i said oem is whe you use original parts, weather it be for modifying or not ... and he was saying summin diff ?

for example if i said " that car is very OEM" what would this exactly mean.

can anyone clear this up for me lol as its buging the hell out of both of us :)

Chris

Edited 15 October, 200916 yr by parfay_2009

OEM actually means Original Equipment Manufacturer.

Meaning that the parts are to the exact spec from the original manufacturer.

Hence VW always supply OEM parts.

In the modification scene, it is hard to pin down as some people refer to OEM as taking parts from ONLY one select model such as a mk4 6n while others perceive it as any part from a line of cars such as the Polo.

Some even stretch it so far as a whole make of car, for example VolksWagen in General.

Some examples would be Lupo mirrors on a polo with Passat or G60 steel wheels. This would be considered OEM to some, but not others. It's a broad and debated term, such as is with any scene whether it be "euro", "Dub", "Rat" etc.

Edited 15 October, 200916 yr by DubDanny

OEM actually means Original Equipment Manufacturer.

Meaning that the parts are to the exact spec from the original manufacturer.

Hence VW always supply OEM parts.

In the modification scene, it is hard to pin down as some people refer to OEM as taking parts from ONLY one select model such as a mk4 6n while others perceive it as any part from a line of cars such as the Polo.

Some even stretch it so far as a whole make of car, for example VolksWagen in General.

Some examples would be Lupo mirrors on a polo with Passat or G60 steel wheels. This would be considered OEM to some, but not others. It's a broad and debated term, such as is with any scene whether it be "euro", "Dub", "Rat" etc.

rite so to clear this one up, if i use mk4 6n parts or even vw parts to modify my 6n polo, it is OEM, thank you very much kind sir, you have made my day lol :)

OEM actually means Original Equipment Manufacturer.

Meaning that the parts are to the exact spec from the original manufacturer.

Hence VW always supply OEM parts.

In the modification scene, it is hard to pin down as some people refer to OEM as taking parts from ONLY one select model such as a mk4 6n while others perceive it as any part from a line of cars such as the Polo.

Some even stretch it so far as a whole make of car, for example VolksWagen in General.

Some examples would be Lupo mirrors on a polo with Passat or G60 steel wheels. This would be considered OEM to some, but not others. It's a broad and debated term, such as is with any scene whether it be "euro", "Dub", "Rat" etc.

rite so to clear this one up, if i use mk4 6n parts or even vw parts to modify my 6n polo, it is OEM, thank you very much kind sir, you have made my day lol :)

In some people's eyes, yes. :)

CHAMPION !!!!

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Edited 15 October, 200916 yr by parfay_2009

I think using parts from all across the VW range is refered to as OEM+.

As said though people have lots of diferent views on what classes a car as OEM.

@ end of day i just think when people use the term oem.. it means that its been modded in a way where it looks like it could of left the factory like that...

allthough using all vag parts.. also helps

mk2 golf...

lowered

big bumpers

standard body work

bbs rm

20v conversion

i would call that propa OEM

Well working with computer parts, I always use OEM for parts from the original manufacturer, not just from the line.

So, Volkswagen parts are OEM (original equipment manufacturer), not just Volkswagen Polo 6n 1.4 parts built in Germany or what ever.

so because I'm using standard 16v wheels on my car ... and lowering it ... would this be classed as OEM ..???

Yes =]