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Power Window Motors and regulators: is OEM worth the price?

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So I had my passenger window motor/regulator assembly go bad, and am looking at prices on new parts. I don’t necessarily want to spend the ~$80 for each of those parts OEM, but I definitely don’t want to have to get the interior door cover off again (it was a pain in the behind) to replace it again should a knock-off give out.

Any advice? Is there an after market manufacturer that can be depended on?
I can afford the OEM parts no problem, but don’t want to “waste” my money on parts that are more expensive than necessary.
 
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OEM lasted 12 years, just sayin'. For most parts I'm an OEM guy myself

A Guy
 
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What A Guy said.

When the window regulators in one of my cars wore out I just had the tech replace them with factory regulators. The original regulators worked fine for years. I feel I got my money's worth out of them.

I came upon a video posted by a mechanic who replaced a bad window regulator with an aftermarket one. I think this was either at the customer's insistence or that of the shop management.

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The car was back not long after with the window not working again. Long story short the new aftermarket regulator proved to be inadequate.
 
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