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All of you saying OE = OEM; it's not true.
OE stands for "Original Equipment", which is the same as saying "Genuine BMW".
OEM stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer" which refers to any company who have made any part for any automotive manufacturer.
For example I have a Febi intake manifold on my M57. Febi are an OEM. They even make/made OE parts for BMW. But Febi never made the M57 intake manifold - Markiv Automotive did.
So if you happen to know which OEM actually made/makes the OE part then I think it's often fair to say that the non-OE part from that manufacturer is the same as the OE part but without the logos. But we can't prove or guarantee that it's identical or has gone through the same QC measures etc, so we can't say for sure.
I'm just making this point because many OEMs and retailers market parts as "OEM quality" etc, but 99% of the time that is pretty much meaningless and has no bearing on the actual OE part quality.
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