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Old May 21, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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I am kind of overwhelmed at the number of vette parts vendors out there, some of which are sponsors on this forum.
There are a bunch of things that I will be buying for my vette in the next few months, and I was wondering if there is any one or two vendors in particular that have the best prices and customer service.
I have found so far that prices and shipping costs can vary widely between vendors.
Any recommendations?
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Old May 21, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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I dealt with crazy cowboy, of exoticvettes.com.
He was a great guy to deal with. He met me near my house to exchange a part (divider for my c5 vert)

The product was good and reasonably priced .

I would deal with him again anytime.
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Old May 21, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiger 650
I am kind of overwhelmed at the number of vette parts vendors out there, some of which are sponsors on this forum.
There are a bunch of things that I will be buying for my vette in the next few months, and I was wondering if there is any one or two vendors in particular that have the best prices and customer service.
I have found so far that prices and shipping costs can vary widely between vendors.
Any recommendations?
Andy at A&A is a great Vendor...I got frame savers and rocker rails from him...Bob at Fichtner Chevrolet is great to deal with...Shawn at LAPD is great to deal with...Kerbecks is great to deal with ...
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Old May 21, 2006 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiger 650
I have found so far that prices and shipping costs can vary widely between vendors.
Any recommendations?
Take your time and shop around. There's a ton of money to be saved! or spent...
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Old May 21, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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Lots of quality vendors here on the forum.

PFYC, Corvette Garage, TByrne

Never had a bad experience with any of them
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Old May 22, 2006 | 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by bb609
Take your time and shop around. There's a ton of money to be saved! or spent...
Even the Mail Order Corvette Parts vendors like Mid America and Corvette America offer a multitude of products and prices under one roof. Keep shopping!
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Really depends on what you are looking for. I've had very good dealings with Corvette Garage, Xtreme Motorsports, Fichtner Chevy, Fred Beans, LAPD, and Mid-America. Good advice was given to shop around - prices can vary.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 06:41 AM
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Thank you all for your input. I was thinking that the best thing to do was to mark all interesting vendors as favorites and then take the time to price out the parts at several of them.
The time spent will probably be well worth it.
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