I tried to look up parts for my RX7, and they listed Chevrolet pickup parts
instead.
Rex Burkheimer
J-CON Coordinator, WM Automotive Whse Fort Worth TX
Texas Region SCCA FC #19 SRX7 #39
rex@txol.net rex@ceoexpress.com
"There is pleasure sure in being mad which none but madmen know." John
Dryden
----- Original Message -----
From: <LBC286@aol.com>
To: <tw@texas.net>; <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: Turning brake rotor -> carparts.com
>
> In a message dated 2/21/00 4:08:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, tw@texas.net
> writes:
>
> << I'm blessed with reasonably competent nearby parts folks, but have been
> seeing TV ads for wrenchhead.com and now this reference. Have others had
> any experience with these? I suppose it might make good sense for things
> where there isn't much challenge in matching parts (like brake rotors
> maybe). >>
>
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>
> Actually, it was bit of a challenge to order the correct rotors for my
> Mitsubishi, and I wound up with the wrong ones, although I was able to use
> them. There are several years and models of Mitsubishi Expos, including
FWD,
> All wheel drive, ABS, no ABS, rear disks, rear drums, etc. I chose the
one
> with my config, but when I received them there were two holes missing in
the
> centers. These holes go over two screw heads that hold the ABS stuff in
> place. I used a drill press and drilled the missing holes.
>
> They were $98.36 for the pair from carparts.com, but I got the 1/3
discount
> for becoming a "member" and that made them $52.72. (My calculator figures
> the price should have been $65.57, but I'm not going to press the point.)
> The same rotors from Pep Boys are $84.00 each, so I saved about $115.00.
I
> can't beat it with a stick!
>
> As to the shipping problem I had...I also ordered a starter for my Midget.
I
> received a box with an axle for a Saab 900 instead. I got an RA and
returned
> it. They credited my charge card for the shipping. I called to find out
> when they were going to ship the starter and they had lost the order.
ITMT I
> received the rotors and installed them.
>
> A week later I received the starter and two more rotors. I called again
for
> an RA for the extra rotors, and they are sending a UPS call tag instead.
> (They are still sitting in my office.) They assured me I was not double
> billed for the starter or the rotors, but I will check my next credit card
> bill carefully.
>
> So that's my story and I'm stuck with it. I can't say that carparts.com
had
> stellar performance as a company, but I don't think I was screwed and I
will
> use them again.
>
> Allen Hefner
> Philly Region SCCA Rally Steward
> '77 MG Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>
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