Buying car parts via Amazon (a Review)

"Buckner" (Buckner) 06/30/2015 at 18:06 • Filed to: amazon, review, truckyeah, motherfucker

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After taking the ole’ truck out for a spot of fishing a few weeks ago, I decided my old ass first gen 4runner needed to ditch the lift blocks. I bought some lift leaf springs via Amazon (prime bitches). A ubolt flip kit and a set of weld in shock tab mounts. Cool..finally can get that knocked out.

A few days later.....

One leaf spring arrives on my dock at work. One. I explain that it should be a pair, as no one buys just one spring unless something went very wrong. A place called TruckCustomizers would be used to shipping pairs of suspension products. “1 of 1”. This one lonely leaf spring was also a pair of bushing short. It had the front but not the rear set. I wait a couple o’ days. Five to be exact. Still nothing. I contact the seller and much to their credit they immediately admitted their mistake that they only sent one. Cleared up and bushings are being sent too. I am still waiting on flip kit so I am not in a hurry.

Meanwhile....in a few days

U bolt flip kit seller still has not shipped the kit. It has been a week. Nothing, four days later. Ubolt guy is still MIA and so are my bushings.

Today...

Box arrives. Fuck yeah!

.....motherfucker, really?

Not even once.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Buckner 06/30/2015 at 18:09

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Yup I tried amazon once, bought a mirror and verified with the seller it was for my car. It wasn’t. Went to my local parts store like I should’ve in the first place and got the right part for a lower price.

Buckner > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 06/30/2015 at 18:13

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I think they need to bounce a couple sellers. Stir things up.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Buckner 06/30/2015 at 18:15

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Agreed. Or support local parts places provided they have good service and prices. Finding a good cheap parts store run by people with actual brains is like finding gold.

ShelbyRacer78-Fusion Modifier > Buckner 06/30/2015 at 18:58

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I’ve gotten a lot of car parts from Amazon. Never had an issue. I got my EBC brake pads for my sable from amazon, Mind you I looked up part numbers like no tomorrow tho...

Buckner > ShelbyRacer78-Fusion Modifier 06/30/2015 at 19:13

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Part numbers are the issue here, Donny.