Anyone have any stories pertaining to not shopping smart for parts for their z? I just bought a JWT clutch and flywheel combo. Total price was $921.63 from JWT direct. Later to find out that i could have gotten the same package, PLUS a new clutch line and alignment tool for only $775 shipped. I guess the one that doesn't research is the one who has to pay the price! Anyone else have any stories???

 

Not really with the Z, but back in 2002 I had a 240sx HB and attended the Tokyo Auto Salon. At the TEIN booth they had just released the HE coilovers and I picked up a set for about $2000. Mind you they were not even in stores yet, so I was excited to have something no one in the world had yet on their car. 1 month later I saw them for sale here in Hawaii for $1600 >_< Patience is a virtue.

 

no.. i wait for weeks.. sometimes months, and buy almost all of my parts from members with the exception of a couple good deals from some vendors

 

Maybe you did not do so bad.

Parts are often sold on the grey market. They are authentic parts sold by an unauthorised retailer. Often the manufacture will not honor any warranty or correct problems.

 

i bought my exhaust, hks replica from a vendor in ft.smith arkansas. he promised a good fit, after paying 550 for my exhaust i found out i couldve gotten one on ebay for 350+. so i got owned for not searching...

in time im gunna get rid of it and buy that exoticspeed errrwun talkin bout or buy a used aps exhaust

 

snyzzle z. I wish i had patience like that. it would save me hundreds!