Parts from Amazon
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2000
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, and also compare with summit, jegs, and current sellers on fleabay. as long as you do your PN research and application, no problem buying on-line. i'll use the AC Delco site to verify GM part numbers. always include shipping and handling in your price shopping. in a nutshell, the majority of my major purchases come from summit, amazon, rockauto, or fleabay. fleabay has a great money back guarantee. a couple years ago, there was a seller with new, acdelco service replacement AC compressors. I got one as "buy-in-now" for about $170. long story short, I get the thing, and it was not a delco part for my 85 corvette, but a new, 4-seasons, compressor for an 86-87 buick regal V6. got nowhere with the seller on return and refund, so I filed a complaint with fleabay. ended up getting a full refund from the seller, and got to keep the compressor. ended up buying the correct delco part from amazon. similar return policy with summit - sent a few items back, because I was unhappy with the quality - returned and summit paid the return shipping. no problems with rockauto or amazon either. in fact, I've really never had any issues with on-line purchases, but I tend to do a lot of upfront research on part numbers and applications. BTW, anyone needing a new 4-season AC compressor for an 86-87 buick regal 3.8L, I got one, REAL CHEAP -
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 4,017
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From: Poughkeepsie New York
Amazon and rock auto are pretty much my mainstays for parts. I look up the part and get the part number from rock auto and then look it up on amazon. Whoever is cheapest, after shipping, wins. I'm a prime member but rock auto parts usually arrive just as fast. With rock auto you just have to see what the price is after shipping. Sometimes their shipping prices are a little high.
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Albuquerque New Mexico
Parts shopping
Just getting back into the Corvette world and loving it. Pretty hard to beat Amazon (prime) and rock Auto. Another route for parts needed that day is to buy from the local parts house ( Oriellys, Advance, etc.) for a national brand (ACDelco, Bosch,etc.) and buy the same part at Amazon and return it in two days. Example - I bought a Bosch O2 sensor at Oriellys for @$50 that I got on Amazon prime for $25. Exact same part in the same box.
As a former Oriellys employee, there is no guilt in doing this to save typically 40 - 50 % on many parts.
Enjoy the ride
As a former Oriellys employee, there is no guilt in doing this to save typically 40 - 50 % on many parts.
Enjoy the ride
