Name : Robert Smith Location : Newport News, VA Joined : 2019-12-27Post Count : 57 Merit : 5
Subject: Re: Familiar with AfterOEM online parts store? Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:11 pm
I hadn't heard of them either, but a use of their search function revealed little, if anything for the Riviera, and a very muddled listing of applicable vehicles for a given part.
albertj Master
Name : Location : Finger Lakes of New York State Joined : 2007-05-31Post Count : 8067 Merit : 167
Subject: Re: Familiar with AfterOEM online parts store? Sun Feb 21, 2021 1:13 am
knoxbroadcaster wrote:
I ran across this online parts store while researching brake and suspension parts for my Riviera.
Name : Charles Location : Knoxville Tennessee Joined : 2018-07-26Post Count : 17 Merit : 0
Subject: Re: Familiar with AfterOEM online parts store? Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:52 pm
Thanks for the input. I'll keep searching
albertj Master
Name : Location : Finger Lakes of New York State Joined : 2007-05-31Post Count : 8067 Merit : 167
Subject: Re: Familiar with AfterOEM online parts store? Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:35 pm
knoxbroadcaster wrote:
Thanks for the input. I'll keep searching
The vendors that advertise on this site (see the "Dash" page) are a starting point. I've bought from all except PFYC.
I'd add, the GM dealers who have 'discount parts' web pages such as gmpartsdirect.com are a place to look, too. One wrinkle in that would be that some very large dealers like Bob Tasca's tascaparts.com sometimes have caches of obsolete parts in stock, although not as much as they used to.
Here is some background on Tasca Parts. Bob Tasca Sr. (died 2010) was an enthusiast and drag racer as well as car dealer. I was told that he firmly thought that people ought to be able to maintain their own cars (in spite of what the MBAs at factory corporate would prefer) and without being noisy about it made it reasonable to do so by getting closeout lots and warehousing/reselling them. I could get air suspension parts there, at reasonable price, for my son's Lincoln Continental for quite some time after the local dealer declared them unobtainium. For my Volvo, they have/will get for me the maintenance parts for, for instance, the Haldex AWD unit, that don't show on their (or anyone else's) site. Their pricing is fair enough; you may find them easier to deal with via telephone than via web order.
Don't leave your local GM dealer out. They are fairly competitive on things like batteries, brake pads, and such. For unplanned maintenance they and your local NAPA affiliate are pretty good bets. My local GM dealer gets a fair share of their parts for the service bays from the NAPA for stuff GM makes it tough to get like the throttle body gaskets or replacement filter socks for the in-tank pumps.
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Name : steve Age : 68 Location : L.I NY Joined : 2008-03-09Post Count : 168 Merit : 1
Subject: Re: Familiar with AfterOEM online parts store? Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:20 pm
Always ask the company where parts are made if its really cheap guess where they r made LOL
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