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    General parts purchasing

    Just wondering how you choose your parts purchases,

    Cost, vendor, ford racing,Local auto shop

    I've see all the places parts geek, rock auto, auto anything when looking for brake master cylinder and condenser.

    Any favorites

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    I usually get mine from Rock Auto.
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    i bought xpel headlight/fog light protective film from carid. shipped straight from xpel for $48. I think xpel site wants $69 or somewhere around that. i check multiple depending what it is. the numerous mustang performance sites, amazon, ebay,rock auto, summit, tascaparts.com, alot of them are on ebay . just depends if it a maintenance item or bigger performance purchase.
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    I use Rock Auto, Summit, Jegs and Amazon.

    I'd use Rock Auto more if they made a Marauder magnet.


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    Rockauto has motorcraft condenser and receivers, dorman master cylinders

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    Summit, Advance, or Ford.


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    Ford (Tasca Ford), Rock Auto, Oreilly Auto Parts, some carefully selected stuff from E-bay.
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    For stock parts I usually go with Ford from one of the many online dealers. Good prices, and usually good quality too.
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    What about the BAP?
    Straight from KB?

    Was reading the theory of the BAP I didn't know there was a. Chip involved.

    We have the dual cobra pumps, still one outlet hose and positive and negative wires going in.

    duel pumps installed as a single pump

    So here's the dumb question

    Single or duel BAP?

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    Here at the shop we try to use local dealers for everything. We all need to remember that local is important. Who you deal with is your own choice but I sure prefer to have a person I trust and can count on when I need the right parts.
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    I do agree with local shops but not into auto zone, advance auto their staff here not too impressive. Orilliey has pretty good employees, I use them for our work trucks and daily drivers, went thru three radiators for a van the plastic sides kept leaking and three fuel pumps for the Yukon cheap air tech, bought a Bosch and that fixed it

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    I use ebay for most of my online purchases and Pep Boys for local. Pepboys.com also has a good "site to store" feature similar to Walmart and frequently offer 15% off parts if you order online. This past Presidents Day they had 25% off parts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Curless View Post
    Here at the shop we try to use local dealers for everything. We all need to remember that local is important. Who you deal with is your own choice but I sure prefer to have a person I trust and can count on when I need the right parts.
    As the owner of a shop your local dealers probably support you with fair pricing, even if not at the level of the online dealers.

    For the rest of us schmucks, if you walk into a dealer parts counter you're going to pay double or more what the parts should cost. I have tried to negotiate reasonable parts prices with them, in the end they were uncooperative and it just wasn't worth the hassle. Especially when they have to order the parts. Well, I can order them too. This at a local dealer I have spent about $10K over the past ten years on parts and service.

    It is a two-way street doing business locally.
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    Coming soon: Livernois 5.0L stroker, ADTR/Vortech V2 intercooled SC, Silverfox trans and Circle D converter

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    Quote Originally Posted by mm svt View Post
    I do agree with local shops but not into auto zone, advance auto their staff here not too impressive. Orilliey has pretty good employees, I use them for our work trucks and daily drivers, went thru three radiators for a van the plastic sides kept leaking and three fuel pumps for the Yukon cheap air tech, bought a Bosch and that fixed it
    And that is why I use OEM parts where appropriate: my time is valuable.
    Lifespeed

    2004 Silver Birch Marauder 130K miles
    Wilwood Aero6 F, NMDP R brakes, Penske 7500DA shocks, Hypercoil 600lbs F and Grand Marquis R air springs, Addco tubular sway bars, Metco control & Watts, 31 sp axles, Stainless Works cat-back exhaust, Lidio tune, American Racing AR883 9.3" 50mm F 10" 59mm R 20" wheels, Pirelli P-Zero 265/35-20, 275/40-20 tires

    Coming soon: Livernois 5.0L stroker, ADTR/Vortech V2 intercooled SC, Silverfox trans and Circle D converter

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