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Old 01-20-2011, 12:23 PM
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Anyone have any experience with them or their parts they seem to have the best price on everything but I'm a little weary of the prices being so low.
 
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What brand are the parts?

I'm not knocking any place in particular but...

There is an old expression "you get what you pay for." Sure the parts from the dealer, Moog, TRW, etc. may be a bit more but you know where it comes from and who backs it up. You buy something elsewhere and you don't know what is in the box from one day to the next. Two identical boxes, with the same part number, could be made by two different companies. It's all to make profits.

I'm dealing with this today, the front hub started growling like crazy. I'm 500 miles from home this week working, snowstorm coming, and the front hub starts growling bad. I took it to a dealer and got it right in. They don't have the bearing in stock but offered to put in a "major parts store" brand. I could have been on my way in an hour or so. I told them, thank you, no. I'll take the Dodge hub. It'll be ready tomorrow morning but I know what I've got. The last one lasted 99,867 miles. I'm not willing to bet that, or my life, on a no name part.

Money foolishly spent? Maybe. Nothing says the dealer part won't fail, but I'll take that risk.
 



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