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Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing
them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. |
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All dealers have a parts counter. Just walk in and buy what you want!
-David "teem" > wrote in message ... > Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing > them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. |
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In article >, teem > wrote:
>Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing >them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. Every car dealer I've ever tried to buy parts from has been perfectly willing to sell them to me. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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And some of the parts counter folks will even give some technical tips and
be willing to print out guides for you. There are some replacement parts (I have it on good authority) like sensors that are better to get from the dealer than aftermarket. When I went to replace my mass-flow induction sensor, I was going to get aftermarket. A friend who is a professional independant mechanic told me "no way", to get only OEM parts. He had used aftermarket largely and found problems so always swears by OEM dealer parts. "Doug Miller" > wrote in message om... > In article >, teem > > wrote: >>Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing >>them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. > > Every car dealer I've ever tried to buy parts from has been perfectly > willing > to sell them to me. > > -- > Regards, > Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) > > It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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teem > writes:
> Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing > them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. I've never heard of any exceptions, certainly. Have you tried asking them? -- Mark |
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Oppie wrote:
> And some of the parts counter folks will even give some technical tips and > be willing to print out guides for you. > There are some replacement parts (I have it on good authority) like sensors > that are better to get from the dealer than aftermarket. When I went to > replace my mass-flow induction sensor, I was going to get aftermarket. A > friend who is a professional independant mechanic told me "no way", to get > only OEM parts. He had used aftermarket largely and found problems so always > swears by OEM dealer parts. I have a relative who is an independent mechanic. He sometimes gets customers bringing him "lifetime warranty" parts to install, such as alternators. He warns the customer that the part is a piece of crap, and that every time it needs to be exchanged under warranty that the customer will pay labor charges for him to take it out and reinstall the new one. Inevitably, the customer winds up paying far more by using non-OEM parts. I'd never buy non-OEM engine control components. Pay the extra for OEM. |
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Then there's the catch 22 of buying something like a body control module
from a junkyard. It won't work in the new vehicle unless it is reprogrammed (as I have heard) and the dealers are the only ones that have the machine to do the reprograming. Many will flatly refuse to connect their Tech II to any system with used controllers. "Mark T.B. Carroll" > wrote in message ... > teem > writes: > >> Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing >> them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. > > I've never heard of any exceptions, certainly. Have you tried asking > them? > > -- Mark |
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:27:13 -0500, "Oppie" >
wrote: >Then there's the catch 22 of buying something like a body control module >from a junkyard. It won't work in the new vehicle unless it is reprogrammed >(as I have heard) and the dealers are the only ones that have the machine to >do the reprograming. Many will flatly refuse to connect their Tech II to any >system with used controllers. > >"Mark T.B. Carroll" > wrote in message ... >> teem > writes: >> >>> Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing >>> them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. >> >> I've never heard of any exceptions, certainly. Have you tried asking >> them? >> >> -- Mark > thanks guys,i tend to make a mountain out of a pimple.I just have these wild thoughts of the partsman saying something like:''You know how to do this?'',or,''This should be done by qualified personnel''.I wnt to get those broken front end pieces on my Ion changed since the weathers been cooperating.i was told I need 3 parts,& the one goes from the corner of the car up,around the wheel well,if i dont need it,I dont buy it.Thanks again. |
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In article >, teem > wrote:
>thanks guys,i tend to make a mountain out of a pimple.I just have >these wild thoughts of the partsman saying something like:''You know >how to do this?'',or,''This should be done by qualified personnel''. In 30+ years of buying parts at dealerships, I've *never* been asked or told anything like that. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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"teem" > wrote in message ... > On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:27:13 -0500, "Oppie" > > wrote: > <snip> > thanks guys,i tend to make a mountain out of a pimple.I just have > these wild thoughts of the partsman saying something like:''You know > how to do this?'',or,''This should be done by qualified personnel''.I > wnt to get those broken front end pieces on my Ion changed since the > weathers been cooperating.i was told I need 3 parts,& the one goes > from the corner of the car up,around the wheel well,if i dont need > it,I dont buy it.Thanks again. A tip: If you can, bring in the old part. Put it on the counter and say: " I want one of these". They will ask a few questions and then you can match the new one to the old one when they go in the back and bring out the new one. |
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