Year one rant...

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 06:30:45 PM

So I received their 15% off card and I thought I'd post in group buy section. I went through to see if anyone posted it yet, then a thought struck me. Why should I post for them, trying to give them a customer?
Last week I ordered some parts and I checked with Year One for seat cover price and they quoted me over $100 more from last time I've checked with them. They said that its due to "price of vinyl going up".
Now if you look at this post http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,52535.0.html by one of the Legendary auto interiors rep (I presume) it states that they are holding pricing throughout 2009.
I went ahead and placed order with Dante's who gave me better deal and I went ahead and bough some other parts, package tray, headliner, package tray jute, and headliner.
What do you think guys should I recommend Year One to anyone? On a side note, I got good deal on a vapor separator from them.

CB · February 20, 2009, 06:33:55 PM

I hear they got high shipping costs so that's holding me back to order from them.

Ghoste · February 20, 2009, 06:37:07 PM

It isn't just hearsay, its a fact. Their shipping costs are enormous especially for anyone out of country.

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 06:40:33 PM

It's not a way to make a customer, especially during bad economy like nowadays.

jaak · February 20, 2009, 06:45:32 PM

Year One sucks, with all the online venders now you can find everything cheaper anyways. On of my first orders was from year one, astronomical shipping prices, I have never used them again.
All they are is a middle man, they buy direct from manufacture, jack up the prices, rape you on shipping. Useless.

Jason

Charger-Bodie · February 20, 2009, 06:48:05 PM

Quote from: jaak on February 20, 2009, 06:45:32 PM
Year One sucks, with all the online venders now you can find everything cheaper anyways. On of my first orders was from year one, astronomical shipping prices, I have never used them again.
All they are is a middle man, they buy direct from manufacture, jack up the prices, rape you on shipping. Useless.

Jason

Exactly!!

I only buy from Year One if its not available anywhere else.Period

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 06:49:46 PM

I guess lesson learned, shop around before you buy!

CB · February 20, 2009, 06:56:14 PM

I wonder if I should keep posting Y1 discounts in the discount section

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 07:00:53 PM

Quote from: CB on February 20, 2009, 06:56:14 PM
I wonder if I should keep posting Y1 discounts in the discount section

That's what I'm asking in this thread lol. Another thought is IF someone from here does decide to buy from them at least they have a discount code. I'm going to contact Dante's from now on if I need anything, he usually can beat other's prices.

RECHRGD · February 20, 2009, 07:10:16 PM

I used to have real good luck with them in the past. They always had what I needed in stock, but they were never cheap and always tried to nail you on the shipping. I tried to order a few parts from them about a month ago and every one was on back order. No sale!! If they're letting their inventory go to hell, then they won't be around much longer.

Bob

Rolling_Thunder · February 20, 2009, 07:25:31 PM

some things like a dash harness can only be had at year one... i source all my stuff from ANYTHERE else before I call year 1...

ACUDANUT · February 20, 2009, 07:52:02 PM

However, Year one does not make anything. So. who really makes the wiring harness ??

hotrod98 · February 20, 2009, 08:02:22 PM

Year One sells PUI seat covers now. They haven't sold Legendary stuff in quite a while. I quit buying interior stuff from them four or five years ago after receiving PUI junk. The covers were poorly sewn, puckered, wrinkled, pos.

The last time I placed an order with YearOne they were rude. For one thing, they sent me a 20% off card in the mail and then refused to honor it because I'm at jobber pricing already which amounts to about 13% average discount. My customers can buy parts cheaper than I can.
I've spent many thousands of dollars with them but not any more. In fact, I'm looking for a dealer that I can rely on to get an order out in a timely manner. I've tried a few, but so far, I've had bad luck. The worst part is no communication regarding back orders, etc.
With the current state of the economy, you would think that these companies would be concerned about customer satisfaction. Guess not.

M&H makes most, if not all of their harnesses.

Rolling_Thunder · February 20, 2009, 08:06:17 PM

Quote from: ACUDANUT on February 20, 2009, 07:52:02 PM
However, Year one does not make anything. So. who really makes the wiring harness ??

M&H wiring out here in Santa Fe Springs, CA ---- problem is they are contracted to Year One only and will not sell you the harnesses directly.

400/6/PAC · February 20, 2009, 08:08:11 PM

Quote from: ACUDANUT on February 20, 2009, 07:52:02 PM
However, Year one does not make anything. So. who really makes the wiring harness ??

They sell Painless wire harness, They are made in FT Worth TX and can be bought directly for a lot less than Y1
And they have great Tech support.
http://www.painlessperformance.com/contactus.php

Dodge Don · February 20, 2009, 08:23:25 PM

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,51138.msg557884.html#msg557884

Mean 318 · February 20, 2009, 09:10:30 PM

Well I have got a LOT of parts from year one and the only one I thought SUCKED was their dual hood scoops.... Outside of that everything was great! I know they are not making the parts, but I do get a 15% everytime and then a 10% for spending over $1000.00 so that adds up to 25% off! I guess I am just lucky that I have been so lucky with them. But the last order I got from them was full of backordered parts... but I am not too sure how much of that is their fault...

BlueSS454 · February 20, 2009, 09:13:20 PM

All the harnesses I have ordered for my car through Year One have ended up being M&H ones.

Ghoste · February 20, 2009, 09:14:47 PM

Unless you specifically order the Painless setup from them, the M&H ones are what you will get. All of the factory correct ones they advertise are M&H, the Painless ones are in their catalog but they are clearly marked as being Painless.

Back N Black · February 20, 2009, 09:20:21 PM

You know what ticks me off! Is to see Ceo's of YearOne on a muscle car shows telling the viewers that it all about the customers and helping the guys that want to build a car on a budget. BS!

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 09:21:58 PM

Quote from: hotrod98 on February 20, 2009, 08:02:22 PM
Year One sells PUI seat covers now. They haven't sold Legendary stuff in quite a while.

hm, that's interesting. Ive talked to one of their sales guys and he said they were legendary seat covers (the ones I wanted to order).

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 09:23:31 PM

Quote from: Back N Black on February 20, 2009, 09:20:21 PM
You know what ticks me off! Is to see Ceo's of YearOne on a muscle car show telling the viewers that it all about the customers and helping the guys that want to build a car on a budget. BS!

I'm sure you guys know that "budget" and "charger" don't mix well

mauve66 · February 20, 2009, 09:27:35 PM

Quote from: Silver R/T on February 20, 2009, 09:23:31 PM
Quote from: Back N Black on February 20, 2009, 09:20:21 PM
You know what ticks me off! Is to see Ceo's of YearOne on a muscle car show telling the viewers that it all about the customers and helping the guys that want to build a car on a budget. BS!

I'm sure you guys know that "budget" and "charger" don't mix well

well, i don't know about that, seems like 2nd gen chargers can almost be made from scratch like a chebby or furd, now 1st and 3rd gens are the ones that get scr@@@d
oops, did i say that out loud?

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 09:31:07 PM

Last time I've checked parts for my 68 were pretty expensive. You're paying $360 for a repro tach, you know car isn't cheap lol

Ghoste · February 20, 2009, 09:32:18 PM

You can get a repro tach? The only option for a 1st gen is old junk or NOS.

mauve66 · February 20, 2009, 09:35:10 PM

as a side note, Mark (Gibber) on the 66-67 charger site is rebuilding the gauges and needles and power packs, B/E is making the dash bezels and taillight chrome so things are getting better for us i guess, maybe he advertises over here i don't know, just started coming here myself

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 09:37:08 PM

Quote from: Ghoste on February 20, 2009, 09:32:18 PM
You can get a repro tach? The only option for a 1st gen is old junk or NOS.

I was talking about 2nd gen, my Charger particularly. Ive bought thousands worth of parts and still have more on my list.

Ghoste · February 20, 2009, 09:42:55 PM

No, I knew what you meant Silver I was just tweaking your nose because I think you missed mauve66's point. Yes, the parts for a 2nd gen are expensive but at least you can get them. If your primary choice for like new parts were limited to NOS, the way it is on a 66 or 67, then your costs would be considerably more. Anyway, it isn't a contest about whose car is the most expensive to restore, the fact is that Year One needs to bend us over a little less, right?

Silver R/T · February 20, 2009, 09:58:19 PM

Most businesses SHOULD rely on repeat customers. They drive away customers with high prices. I'm glad that there's alternatives like Dante's etc. where I can save some $$. I don't have much more parts to buy and when I will I'll try different sources rather than Y.O.
P.G. Classics came out with their own parts, particularly seat covers. However, I'm not sure how good of quality those are.

terrible one · February 20, 2009, 11:54:17 PM

I definitely agree with all being said. The only thing I have used YO for is their harnesses (and even then it's only the ones I can't get through Evan's, etc.) And YES, they will BUST YOUR HEAD on shipping! Somewhere else on this forum it was mentioned that Year One gets some kind of refund or discount from USPS for pushing so much through them. Therefore, they charge you more on the shipping so that they can make more! I also found it kind of amusing that the only time I heard anything from them on my backorder was when they sent me a postcard AFTER I had gotten my dash harness.

bull · February 21, 2009, 01:26:14 AM

Funny, I was just thinking about this a few minutes ago before seeing this post. The only thing I will/would buy from them are those things I can't get elsewhere. The wiring harnesses is a good example of what I'm talking about and I'd be hard-pressed to come up with anything else. I'll buy the harnesses from them with a 25% off code(s) and the shipping on those will be about $35 IIRC. Other than that there's really no reason to buy from them considering all the other vendors out there now that do the same for far less money.

69hemi · February 21, 2009, 06:54:21 AM

I went around with them because at that time they had a deal on the Coker Redlines I needed. Well it digressed into an argument regarding the 20% code I had and the 4 or 5 tire deal. Anyway, I posted up here and when the post got to about 3-4 pages of everyone bashing Year One I sent the link to Kevin King the Pres of Year One.

I told him to read what his company's reputation in the Mopar community was. He sent me an e-mail trying to explain the inconsistencies between his stated policies and the real ones and how he was sorry but that's the way it was and really seemed to care less that there was 4 pages bashing his company and they way they do business.

Short of the matter, that company has gotten way too big for its britches and since they don't make anything for us Mopar guys we can buy the same stuff for less at a lot of different outlets. I use Mega Parts www.megapartsusa.com and deal with Roy & Jamie Stephens. They are a father & son duo that has built that company up to a real nice place to do business and they will make you the deal you need without any coupons etc.

1969chargerrtse · February 21, 2009, 07:53:54 AM

Quote from: CB on February 20, 2009, 06:33:55 PM
I hear they got high shipping costs so that's holding me back to order from them.

Man you ain't kidding. I ordered a small tach wiring harness and it came in the big heavy thick box. I think I paid about 11.00 in shipping for this small part. What a waste of money and material. I buy from them only when I have to. I bought a shifter slide that I think is 39.00 from YO and 15.00 from Dante. The hole was to small and I had to drill it larger, but I saved a lot of

Ghoste · February 21, 2009, 08:25:13 AM

An argument about the 20% code? Remember when they used to let you combine codes and ran deals? I called one time when it was a couple of days past my birthday so they threw in some t-shirts. What ever happened?

Blakcharger440 · February 21, 2009, 03:59:44 PM

I think if more people stopped buying from them they would be inclined to adjust to the market or go out of business and unfortunately it seems I have seen more go out of business before they get better customer service or prices.

The70RT · February 21, 2009, 04:10:44 PM

Quote from: 1969chargerrtse on February 21, 2009, 07:53:54 AM
Quote from: CB on February 20, 2009, 06:33:55 PM
I hear they got high shipping costs so that's holding me back to order from them.

Man you ain't kidding. I ordered a small tach wiring harness and it came in the big heavy thick box. I think I paid about 11.00 in shipping for this small part. What a waste of money and material. I buy from them only when I have to. I bought a shifter slide that I think is 39.00 from YO and 15.00 from Dante. The hole was to small and I had to drill it larger, but I saved a lot of

I ordered front e brake cable $25....rubber groumet for same cable $25

Got the groumet 2 weeks before cable (like I could use it) and it was in a big assed box like 12"X10".

Chatt69chgr · February 21, 2009, 04:23:06 PM

I've spent a couple thousand with them. I always waited for the 20% deal. I've gotten two 15% off post cards in the last two or three months so I figure business must be down right now. Had never got anything better than 5% or 10% in the past. I have mixed feelings about them. I do think they charge too much for shipping. And you can oftentimes find the item cheaper from the original source if you are willing to spend some time doing a little surfing on the web and making some phone calls. Some folks don't want to do that and want a place where they can order everything so I guess YO is the place for them. I do like the catalog. I got my repo 440 hi po cast iron manifolds from them at a real good deal. I wasn't aware of anyone else that had them at the time-- period! That is, besides used stuff on EBAY that everyone wanted a fortune for. So YO does serve a purpose. Each individual needs to decide if the extra they charge is worth the convenience. I'm just glad that we are now able to get reproduction parts for our 2nd gen Chargers at all.

Mean 318 · February 21, 2009, 06:37:53 PM

I would like to speak my mind now.... I loved year one! Good deals if you knew what you were doing, but the last set or door handles I got were right from Chrysler... mopar boxes! The new ones are off brand! You are also telling me that their interior stuff is no longer Legendary? This sucks! I will take my business elseware!

Ghoste · February 21, 2009, 07:56:05 PM

Quote from: Mean 318 on February 21, 2009, 06:37:53 PM
Good deals if you knew what you were doing, but the last set or door handles I got were right from Chrysler... mopar boxes!

As an aside, anytime you see a part in their catalog with an "FD" prefix, call your Chrysler dealer first. They may no longer be able to get it and they may not offer it for less than YO but the FD parts are things they are getting from Mopar and charging you a fee for handling it.

jb666 · February 21, 2009, 08:33:40 PM

I ordered a bunch of stuff from YearOne.. When it came to the end and he told me the shipping cost he heard my chin drop open.. He says "We drop ship from various warehouses to make it more convenient for you". Well, make it LESS convenient for me and save me some $$. He couldn't do it. I put the order on hold and found all but one (wiring harness) elsewhere. I will not use them again, there are too many other good vendors out there that WANT business and care about actually saving you a dollar.

Daytona R/T SE · February 22, 2009, 12:28:51 AM

Year One is a filthy whore.

Year One sticks it to the customer on shipping charges, and price gouges on everything else so they can afford to Sponsor every car related TV show there is...

You know, the shows that have 7 minutes of actual car content and 23 minutes of commercials?

And they will build you an ugly version of a Bandit Trans Am for only $200 K

Such a deal...

Ghoste · February 22, 2009, 12:39:13 AM

Not to mention the "free" parts they so graciously sponsor some of the magazine or millionaire celebrity builds. I wonder who subsidizes those "free" parts?

gordo1968charger · February 22, 2009, 04:16:04 AM

i ve always thought the customer service was good with year one,had about 3 items wrong,they are expensive though and the shipping is too.
seat kit i got off them was PUI,front seat seam stitching is coming away after 3 years and very little use.

i think summit are the best out there,good price and cheap shipping.
an electric voltage regulator was 50 dollars from year one and 30 dollars from summit!

moparstuart · February 22, 2009, 08:19:14 AM

they used to send us free stuff for our summer car shows , now they charger for the stuff , for us to advertise there name

The70RT · February 22, 2009, 10:11:22 AM

I ordered a brake line set and I got it all on except for the master cylinder lines. I got left port lines. I needed right port lines. They wouldn't let me return the left port ones for right port ones. They don't sell them separately.....but so what, they have them made to order anyway since it takes weeks to ever get anything. I had to go to fine lines and pay another 50 bucks just to get them. I listed the others here and on ebay for 20 bucks and nobody wants them.

hotrod98 · February 22, 2009, 12:31:56 PM

Legendary has expanded so much that they're now selling a lot of the stuff that YearOne carries. You can also get some pretty good deals from some of the e-bay guys that you would never think about having mopar stuff. I've been buying grilles and body parts from Matt's Classic Bowties. I just bought a 69 Runner grille for far less than any of the other guys. Their shipping is very cheap and so far I've been very pleased with them. They carry mostly the Goodmark stuff. I figure they're a big buyer of the Goodmark Camaro stuff and it's evolved into the other parts that Goodmark sells.
They had a big sale on the 70 Cuda grille kits last year and I picked one up for $550 plus $40 shipping. I should have bought two of them. The runner grille and bezel kit that I bought this weekend was $319.95 plus $35 shipping. Best deal I've seen by far.
Just an FYI. Not meant to be a shameless plug for them.

68beepbeep · February 22, 2009, 12:51:52 PM

Year one is just the middle man, that we know, and remember they are mainly a GM based supplier.
Have a 2008 catalog and wanted to buy a re pro tachometer for my '68 Plymouth, called them (with my 15% coupon) and they said the tach went up in price in January, 40.00 more??? Plus their heavy shipping cost, what did I save???

69hemi · February 22, 2009, 02:09:10 PM

Quote from: Daytona R/T SE on February 22, 2009, 12:28:51 AM
Year One is a filthy whore.

Year One sticks it to the customer on shipping charges, and price gouges on everything else so they can afford to Sponsor every car related TV show there is...

You know, the shows that have 7 minutes of actual car content and 23 minutes of commercials?

And they will build you an ugly version of a Bandit Trans Am for only $200 K

Such a deal...

Now that is some funny sh*t right there, i don't care who you are!

Daytona R/T SE · February 22, 2009, 05:14:35 PM

Quote from: 69hemi on February 22, 2009, 02:09:10 PM
Quote from: Daytona R/T SE on February 22, 2009, 12:28:51 AM
Year One is a filthy whore.

Year One sticks it to the customer on shipping charges, and price gouges on everything else so they can afford to Sponsor every car related TV show there is...

You know, the shows that have 7 minutes of actual car content and 23 minutes of commercials?

And they will build you an ugly version of a Bandit Trans Am for only $200 K

Such a deal...

Now that is some funny sh*t right there, i don't care who you are!

Yes, it's funny...But true!

bull · February 22, 2009, 06:47:35 PM

Quote from: gordo1968charger on February 22, 2009, 04:16:04 AM
i ve always thought the customer service was good with year one,had about 3 items wrong,they are expensive though and the shipping is too.
seat kit i got off them was PUI,front seat seam stitching is coming away after 3 years and very little use.

i think summit are the best out there,good price and cheap shipping.
an electric voltage regulator was 50 dollars from year one and 30 dollars from summit!

Summit? Summit is pretty good if you own a Chevy or a Mustang. I don't think Summit is a very good example considering their catalog has only 4-6 pages of stuff dedicated to Mopar out of 434 or so pages total. Sure there's some Mopar stuff mingled in with the other stuff but you'll get pretty frustrated trying to build a Mopar if you rely much on Summit.

Don't get me wrong, Summit has probably the best customer service and shipping in the business. They're just not that interested in helping the Mopar guys out.

Ghoste · February 22, 2009, 06:53:14 PM

Who do you recommend for discount mail order speed parts for Mopar Bull? (a serious question btw)

bull · February 22, 2009, 07:19:27 PM

Quote from: Ghoste on February 22, 2009, 06:53:14 PM
Who do you recommend for discount mail order speed parts for Mopar Bull? (a serious question btw)

No one.

Get what you can from Summit and suffer through the rest is about all I can tell you.

472 R/T SE · February 22, 2009, 08:14:27 PM

For the detail & restoration crowd, I've found A & M high tech auto (Bill) pretty hard to beat. For some reason his site is down.

Silver R/T · February 22, 2009, 08:27:04 PM

Quote from: bull on February 22, 2009, 06:47:35 PM
Quote from: gordo1968charger on February 22, 2009, 04:16:04 AM
i ve always thought the customer service was good with year one,had about 3 items wrong,they are expensive though and the shipping is too.
seat kit i got off them was PUI,front seat seam stitching is coming away after 3 years and very little use.

i think summit are the best out there,good price and cheap shipping.
an electric voltage regulator was 50 dollars from year one and 30 dollars from summit!

Summit? Summit is pretty good if you own a Chevy or a Mustang. I don't think Summit is a very good example considering their catalog has only 4-6 pages of stuff dedicated to Mopar out of 434 or so pages total. Sure there's some Mopar stuff mingled in with the other stuff but you'll get pretty frustrated trying to build a Mopar if you rely much on Summit.

Don't get me wrong, Summit has probably the best customer service and shipping in the business. They're just not that interested in helping the Mopar guys out.

Agree, Summit is not a company dealing in resto parts.

jaak · February 22, 2009, 11:21:30 PM

Anything Goodmark sells is available through summit... http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=Dodge+Charger&N=700+115+400463&rsview=sku&Ntk=KeywordSearch

Type in Dodge Charger then click on year 69, 3277 items match, they sell more then most think they do. It isnt listed in catalog, its on website. Now I know they dont have everything, but they have more than most think.

Jason

tommymac · February 23, 2009, 12:23:05 AM

I've bought a lot of parts from YO but lately I can find things a lot cheaper elsewhere,like Rock Auto,Jegs,and Summit.They got Greedy!

gordo1968charger · February 23, 2009, 02:08:45 AM

i ll be getting my forward light harness from year one then i ll probably not bother using them again.
when i phoned up year one for my ssbc conversion they were more expensive than jegs,but when i told them this they matched the jegs price.
THEN FU***D ME ON THE SHIPPING!!

dodgecharger-fan · February 23, 2009, 10:09:54 AM

Quote from: jb666 on February 21, 2009, 08:33:40 PM
He says "We drop ship from various warehouses to make it more convenient for you".

That's an interesting statement for them to make.

Knowing that they are mostly just a middle man, I read that and think that they're just taking your order and turning around and placing orders with the manufacturers.

There's nothing wrong with a drop-ship model for a business - unless the consumer can order from the same sources. Then, the only value that YO brings is a single place to spend all of your money - and spend more of it.. Sure, you save some time, but with everyone on the Internet, it doesn't take THAT much time and effort to find other or the original source of products. Maybe there's some value in that they can help make sure you get the right part, but so can the other sources...

Ghoste · February 23, 2009, 10:27:32 AM

Its sad to keep seeing these sort of statements over and over because they started off as so much more. They were one of the pioneers of warehousing restoration products for Mopars (yes, they started with Pontiacs first but they moved quickly to include Mopar and did it before anyone else) and then it seems they grew into this. I've used and recommended them many times in the past but it looks like that is over. I only that whatever the locked arrangement is with M&H ends soon and the wiring harnesses are opened up to the other suppliers as well.

BROCK · February 23, 2009, 10:53:27 AM

Quote from: Ghoste on February 23, 2009, 10:27:32 AM
Its sad to keep seeing these sort of statements over and over because they started off as so much more. They were one of the pioneers of warehousing restoration products for Mopars (yes, they started with Pontiacs first but they moved quickly to include Mopar and did it before anyone else) and then it seems they grew into this. I've used and recommended them many times in the past but it looks like that is over. I only that whatever the locked arrangement is with M&H ends soon and the wiring harnesses are opened up to the other suppliers as well.

IF YO continues on this trend....the wiring harnesses will be available from other sources soon enough. I bought a trunk floor for my 70 from YO 10 years ago. It arrived with shipping damage, so I got on the phone with their customer service. They were more than ready to swap out the part! So, I dug a bit deeper - because the beedrolls
looked more like a drunk day laborer used a planishing hammer over a crappy form. They went & pulled another trunk floor from their werehouse for a comparison. Long story short....the easiest thing to fix on that trunk floor was the shipping damage

Back then, their motto was "If a better part were available, we'd offer it". Just makes me
mad. If a better company worked with the drunken day laborer....everyone would win - including the new, found a
purpose in life, employee that quit drinking

bull · February 23, 2009, 11:32:12 AM

Quote from: jaak on February 22, 2009, 11:21:30 PM
Anything Goodmark sells is available through summit... http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=Dodge+Charger&N=700+115+400463&rsview=sku&Ntk=KeywordSearch

Type in Dodge Charger then click on year 69, 3277 items match, they sell more then most think they do. It isnt listed in catalog, its on website. Now I know they dont have everything, but they have more than most think.

Jason

That is more than I thought but type in 69 Camaro and you get 11837 parts.

ACUDANUT · February 23, 2009, 01:54:34 PM

Try 67 Camaro. They are better anyway.

Troy · February 23, 2009, 02:11:09 PM

Quote from: bull on February 23, 2009, 11:32:12 AM
Quote from: jaak on February 22, 2009, 11:21:30 PM
Anything Goodmark sells is available through summit... http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=Dodge+Charger&N=700+115+400463&rsview=sku&Ntk=KeywordSearch

Type in Dodge Charger then click on year 69, 3277 items match, they sell more then most think they do. It isnt listed in catalog, its on website. Now I know they dont have everything, but they have more than most think.

Jason

That is more than I thought but type in 69 Camaro and you get 11837 parts.

But that's not Summit's fault - I bet there are more parts produced by more manufacturers for the Camaro.

Troy

Ghoste · February 23, 2009, 02:14:46 PM

I tend to agree with you Troy because I doubt that Summit stocks every single one of those items they list no matter which car its for. To be sure, they stock an enormous warehouse but I'd bet there are a lot of things that they order after you order. Its no sweat to them to offer more, its the dollar they like not the auto brand.

RTDaddy · February 23, 2009, 08:36:42 PM

I used to buy a LOT of stuff from Y1, my tactic was to get a list together, have a discount card, drive down, fill out the list, which almost always generated at least 25% off. And if the part wasn't in stock, they shipped free. Well, that was before the internet, and before they closed the free shipping loophole. Their shipping habit are pitiful, I recently got a dor lock rod clip, (the little plastic one) in a 12" cube box, RIDICULOUS. They were one of the early suppliers for Mopars, but are getting beaten out by the more user friendly guys, (until they get too big to).

"IF YOU'RE UNDER CONTROL, YOU AIN'T GOING FAST ENOUGH."

Silver R/T · February 23, 2009, 08:45:54 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYeTDtjJrqw

jaak · February 23, 2009, 10:25:14 PM

Quote from: Silver R/T on February 23, 2009, 08:45:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYeTDtjJrqw

more like... "Get your asshole reamed, with Year One."

Jason

bull · February 23, 2009, 10:39:43 PM

Quote from: Troy on February 23, 2009, 02:11:09 PM
Quote from: bull on February 23, 2009, 11:32:12 AM
Quote from: jaak on February 22, 2009, 11:21:30 PM
Anything Goodmark sells is available through summit... http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=Dodge+Charger&N=700+115+400463&rsview=sku&Ntk=KeywordSearch

Type in Dodge Charger then click on year 69, 3277 items match, they sell more then most think they do. It isnt listed in catalog, its on website. Now I know they dont have everything, but they have more than most think.

Jason

That is more than I thought but type in 69 Camaro and you get 11837 parts.
But that's not Summit's fault - I bet there are more parts produced by more manufacturers for the Camaro.

Troy

It would be interesting to see though how many parts carry the actual Summit name for each different model. Theoretically, IMO anyway, there shouldn't be any more Summit-made parts for a Camaro than a Charger.

Ghoste · February 23, 2009, 10:43:02 PM

I don't think Summit make anything do they? I thought they were strictly a mail order warehouse hawking other peoples products.

Troy · February 24, 2009, 12:20:43 AM

Quote from: Ghoste on February 23, 2009, 10:43:02 PM
I don't think Summit make anything do they? I thought they were strictly a mail order warehouse hawking other peoples products.

I'd say you're correct.

Troy

bull · February 24, 2009, 01:48:57 AM

Quote from: Ghoste on February 23, 2009, 10:43:02 PM
I don't think Summit make anything do they? I thought they were strictly a mail order warehouse hawking other peoples products.

Maybe, I don't know. If not they are rebadging parts because they have a big list of stuff with the Summit brand name on it:

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=1968+charger&N=700+115+400304&Ntk=KeywordSearch

superduperbee · February 24, 2009, 09:07:20 AM

My main problem with YO was they refused to ship to a post office box. I live in a crappy area, stuff not safe being delivered to the house. I had to have a Go-Wing shipped to the storage company where I kept my car. Shipping was over $90

Ghoste · February 24, 2009, 09:55:21 AM

No, they're not actually making any of those parts Bull, they're just rebadging them. Mancini's do the same thing. There's a small chance that they could be making some of the easier stuff but I'm 99.9% sure it's all rebadged. Like generic drugs or no name groceries.

694spdRT · February 24, 2009, 11:07:22 AM

Quote from: 69hemi on February 21, 2009, 06:54:21 AM
I use Mega Parts www.megapartsusa.com and deal with Roy & Jamie Stephens. They are a father & son duo that has built that company up to a real nice place to do business and they will make you the deal you need without any coupons etc.

I will second that Mega Parts is much easier to deal with. Most of the stuff for my '69 resto came from them and they offer even more parts now.

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