|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
21-08-2022, 10:13 PM | #1 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 73
|
What's your go to / cheapest source of spare parts?
Note I'm in Melbourne Onlineautoparts.com.au seems to be the cheapest I've seen. They are fairly good.. 3-4 day delivery usually. The only down side is the shipping and perhaps extra day as they are in QLD sending it to Melbourne. Any sites you guys use? Sometimes I've found depends on the part/timing Wether or not SCA or Repco work out to be cheapest or easiest option. Sometimes they can be cheaper and get it almost instantly over getting a shipped item. But usually OAP.com.au is cheapest. Interested to see if anyone else has a good source. |
||
21-08-2022, 10:48 PM | #3 | |||
Regular...with metamusal
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Geeeloong
Posts: 6,922
|
Quote:
yeah .... shipping it would be a downside . . . . wouldn't be quicker by post? i mean what port is it going via?. ebay can be cheaper .... but not always altho their postage can be good. what domain are you buying Simon?? |
|||
21-08-2022, 10:50 PM | #4 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 73
|
Interesting to hear about your experience with sparesbox. What else can you tell me about your experience their, this bad one and others? How long had you bought from there
|
||
21-08-2022, 11:55 PM | #5 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hervey Bay
Posts: 5,379
|
Onlineautoparts has a mixture of cheap no name brand stuff and brand stuff. The no name stuff I've gotten from them has been questionable and didn't last too long. I'm still pi$$ed off about the window motors only making it to 14 months before snapping the cable.
Contrary to CB I've always had an excellent experience with Sparesbox. I had one hiccup ages ago when I first used them, but their response to and solution was more than acceptable. Since then I've only bought stuff through eBay from them, whether that makes a difference. Their prices are almost unbeatable when they put their stuff on special. Repco and Supercrap have their place, but 95% of the time only when they have sales on. Even then it can still be found slightly cheaper elsewhere. The Nulon 5W/30 synthetic oil in a Supercrap exclusive 6l size is excellent buying when its 50% off. Any special orders parts via Supercrap website when directed to pickup from store arrive very quickly. 3 to 4 business days at worst. When you ask them to mail and Auspost gets involved can be 7 to 10 days. I seriously recommend stumping up the $50 for an eBay plus membership. As stupid an idea as I thought they were, mine pays it back 10 times over year after year. Most of the big parts sellers online offer free express post for ebay plus members. Plus you get offered parts on sale more often and special extra discounts above normal sales. My account says I've saved $330 so far this year, which I assume is based on express post upgrades. I think it might be closer to $500 when you consider the extra and bigger discounts that are offered. Sometimes you have no choice to goto a specialist. Consolidated Bearing seems to sell OEM and brand name drive shaft and bearings at very good prices online. Normally I goto Hardy Spicer in Darra Qld for driveshaft parts, they just seem to sell them pretty cheap and shipping is always overnight on Toll... For $20 usually. Then there is Motospecs, Repcos warehouse. They sell direct to the public at very good prices, trade like prices. Whenever I buy stuff off them the invoice has a 20% discount over their RRP, which is already a massive discount over the Repco RRP. And I never ask for any discounts, but just seem to get them. Maybe they think I'm special or just feel sorry for me. I suspect it might be the latter. |
||
22-08-2022, 12:45 AM | #6 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 73
|
I had the same problem.with a window motor I bought from there aswell. It still works but is temperamental.
Got me a little worried you religiously referring to SCA as Supercrap Co spidering I've just invested into.their 3T ToolPro jack and $379 Tool Pro Kit cut to $179 lmao Do you have a few eBay stores you rely on, or do you just search your part and get the cheapest. I'll consider eBay plus if I can find a good source. You've never had problems with parts not matching etc? That's the only thing I've ever worried about buying online over SCA/Repco. Although OAU I seem to have built a bit of trust for but know.their products can be of cheap quality. You get what you pay for. |
||
22-08-2022, 05:40 AM | #7 | ||
DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
Posts: 23,211
|
One of my more recent spends with Online AutoParts was a timing belt kit, their Matsumoto house brand. The parts inside were recognisable OEM and aftermarket items, the belt being the same brand as that it was replacing at no less than 60% over recommended service age! So it was great value.
Sparesbox appear under-resourced in customer support and those staff can’t tell you anything off-script. In the last eighteen months I had one order delayed to the point where I replicated it buying over the counter at Repco - all I could get was scripted platitudes, no accurate ETA. Another order of Aerotwin wiper blades, four of one type and one of another - they sent 2+1 and it took over a week to rectify. Another time within the last eight months, I enquired early in the day, stating I needed an answer by COB on shelf stock. It took five days for their response and I had already bought the item elsewhere. …Then the famous RDA discs and pads saga as mentioned earlier, a 14 day window for items implicitly in stock became 73 days. The prices at Sparesbox look good but their commitment is worth 4/5 of nothing. |
||
22-08-2022, 07:27 AM | #8 | ||
Cabover nut
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Onsite Eastcoast
Posts: 11,521
|
That jack works great, see picture in your own thread regarding cradle stands you posted on its toughness.
__________________
heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
|
||
22-08-2022, 09:38 AM | #9 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hervey Bay
Posts: 5,379
|
Don't stress, Supercrap is just my pet name for them. I have SCA stands and tools and they are just fine.
Once upon a time when they first opened they were very much like a self serve Repco or Bursons. Automotive parts and accessories galore, for all different makes and models. Then their business model changed and they added camping stuff, garden tools, hoses, sprinklers and toys. You can buy backyard firepits and shovels from them. https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p-...ce/622535.html Hence the suffix "crap". If I wanted that stuff I'd go to BCF (yes I know BCF and SCA are owned by the same company), Bunnings or Kmart. As for ebay stores I mostly buy from Sparesbox, Rolan Australia, Supercheap or Zivor Automotive. Kmal9112 is a suspension shop on the Gold Coast that sell Superpro suspension stuff at good prices too. All 4 of them often have decent discounts going. Plus there always a myriad of other smaller sellers you find good deals at the time from. I ALWAYS look up the part number on the manufacturer catalogue first and search by that, rather than just a general "front bushes for BF Falcon". You tend to get more results and sometimes cheaper options because someone has described the part for a different or less popular vehicle. I've never had a mismatch. Plus the bonus is if you search by part and you order XYZ and they send ABC they don't have a leg to stand on and worse case ebay will force a return. Yes I know doesn't help when you've got the car torn apart, but I just plan my stuff ahead and don't start till I have everything in front of me. If you want genuine parts, just type a general description with the word genuine in it and it will bring up the dealers first. Then you can get the Ford part number and do specific searches from that. I've bought genuine stuff through dealers like Bayfords and Jeffersons and its turned up damaged. Quick call to their ebay team and they sent out a new one express post with a bag to return the dud one. Couldn't complain about the service. |
||
22-08-2022, 09:21 AM | #10 | |||
T3/Sprint8
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 16,690
|
Quote:
SCA in the early days was very cheap in tools etc but they lifted their game long ago. No diff to most Trade/Retail outlets nowadays having Good Better Best stratergy. IMO buying online is great for some due to savings but nothing beats buying online ala SCA and the likes that you can at least call them if an issue or otherwise like a WTY.......that beats any saving getting some customer service that is lacking bigtime today.
__________________
Tickfords T3/TS50 '02 Sprint8 manual Sept 24 '16 Daily Macan GTS "Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Abraham Lincoln" |
|||
3 users like this post: |
22-08-2022, 09:37 AM | #11 | |||
Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 73
|
Quote:
I feel like this last point you made is exactly worth the money. Is SCA customer.service that great though? I know.repco is but yet to see if SCA is. |
|||
22-08-2022, 11:18 PM | #12 | ||
Looking for clues...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Morayfield
Posts: 23,796
|
With the cars I’ve been playing with, I’ve almost exclusively used Rockauto in the USA for parts. From my Sierra (former Merkur XR4Ti, the cheap Jeep Grand Cherokee (XR6T manual utes can’t tow 2T)
My last order was for the F150, working on the back end I ordered 2x Gas-Magnum heavy duty shock absorbers, and a kit for the roll bar rubbers and drop links. With $60 postage it came to $195. Then fitting the sway bay, I broke the diff mounted Speedo sensor, and found the drop links were bent, so another $90 was spent and it’s in transit. Delivery is usually between 6-8 days. My wife works at a new car dealership, her daughter has a VW Tiguan, we got a cheap quote for $680 for an air pump that was leaking oil. I got it for $150 shipped from California.
__________________
2016 Ford Falcon FG/X XR6 Turbo you beaut ute 1985 XR4Ti Sierra - Build Thread 1971 Fairlane 500 and... a collection of Jeep Towpigs and... two collections of rust and some new plastic bits roughly shaped like an F-Truck and.... some spare metal bits with holes in them |
||
22-08-2022, 11:49 PM | #13 | |||
Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 73
|
Quote:
|
|||
22-08-2022, 11:58 PM | #14 | ||
Looking for clues...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Morayfield
Posts: 23,796
|
They use FedEx, Rockauto is like an Aussie Repco, but cheaper. If you can get the parts from the west coast you save a day or two. Parts get moved to the west coast, from where ever they originated, then stopover in Hawaii, then to Sydney, then to whatever area in Aus you are in.
Another trick I found, I needed drop links plus a speed sensor. I add a heap of different examples to my cart, then on checkout I look for the two coming from the same origin, then remove the rest. Cuts down on shipping charges if the whole order comes from one place, rather than two, three or more.
__________________
2016 Ford Falcon FG/X XR6 Turbo you beaut ute 1985 XR4Ti Sierra - Build Thread 1971 Fairlane 500 and... a collection of Jeep Towpigs and... two collections of rust and some new plastic bits roughly shaped like an F-Truck and.... some spare metal bits with holes in them |
||
3 users like this post: |
23-08-2022, 03:45 AM | #15 | ||
DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
Posts: 23,211
|
I had a RockAuto order arrive super fast on standard/economy freight yesterday. Ordered ~11PM Thursday last, delivered 10AM Monday. It came via FDX75, the weekend freight hop, not the weekday FDX77 which is even more direct.
|
||
2 users like this post: |
23-08-2022, 06:54 AM | #16 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,116
|
Fedex from the USA is much quicker than USPS.
|
||
This user likes this post: |
23-08-2022, 04:48 PM | #17 | ||
Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 50,000
|
UPS (not USPS) also deliver to Australia in a very quick time frame too ex USA.
Fedex and both UPS really have their service sorted to Australian customers, does anyone use Summit Racing at all? Was buying stuff at retail pricing from them cheaper than our own Singapore based supplier. If anyone is keen on oldskool Stewart Warner instrumentation, Summit Racing has a whole heap of it real cheap too. |
||
This user likes this post: |
23-08-2022, 05:36 PM | #18 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hervey Bay
Posts: 5,379
|
Powerbulbs in the UK are brilliant. Usually Half price or better compared to local prices for same bulb. Delivery time is quoted at 7 to 10 business days but they normally turn up in 5 to 7.
It's frustrating that it takes longer to get sent something from Melb to Qld than it does half way around the world. If LED globes are your thing I've found LED Shop Online in Qld to have great quality stuff at really good prices. Their H4 LED headlight bulb is exceptional. |
||
2 users like this post: |
23-08-2022, 07:11 PM | #19 | |||
Experienced Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Australasia
Posts: 7,825
|
Quote:
|
|||
23-08-2022, 09:39 PM | #20 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hervey Bay
Posts: 5,379
|
|
||
25-08-2022, 06:34 PM | #21 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Taromeo
Posts: 10,669
|
I use Online Auto Parts quite regularly as I live in a rural area.
I don't buy the cheap stuff but the name parts are always reasonably priced. For the Victorians, they also have a warehouse down there so it's not just Qld. Their delivery charges are quite reasonable and I have even ordered from them on an afternoon and had the package turn up at my local Post Office the next day. |
||
31-08-2022, 08:16 PM | #22 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: St Marys Tasmania
Posts: 3,556
|
G'day all.. About six weeks ago I did the unthinkable in the rain and managed to back into a mate's Ford Territory ...Just careless , no excuses and did $1200 damage to the rear quarter panel subsequently done under insurance .. Surprisingly all I really did to the AU 2 was break the left hand tail light and cracked a bit more paint on the rear bar .. Once I sorted out the insurance for Leigh to get his car fixed quickly I tried to buy a new tail light .
. Rang Ford in Tassie (three dealers)... Nup ....can't get them anymore they all said . Gave me the genuine part number though .. Rang the various recyclers to try and find a Series 2 or 3 light and shocked to find they are pretty hard to come by and after trying 3-4 of them I gave up .. Good ol EBAY then .. Plenty of non genuine but not many genuine at the time .. Then a mate told me about a mob called Carparts2U . I visited their website , found a tail light for $75 and rang them .. They were awesome and I paid for it via Paypal .. Postage was $19 with insurance . Two days later it arrived beautifully packed . I had a really close look before fitting and was genuinely pleased with the quality compared to the genuine one . It may not be OEM but to say I was happy and relieved that it was a pretty accurate alternative is an under statement .. I have been stung by after market parts before but thankfully not this time .. Carparts2U are a father and son company based in Sydney . I think their prices are pretty good , their service is terrific and will use them again .. |
||
This user likes this post: |
31-08-2022, 11:23 PM | #23 | |||
Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 73
|
Quote:
|
|||
03-09-2022, 08:38 AM | #24 | |||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: St Marys Tasmania
Posts: 3,556
|
Quote:
Mostly electrical components I've tried to source via Ford and the yellowing headlights I wanted to replace surprised me .. Ford wanted $370 each or well over $750 delivered a couple of years ago . I was expecting a couple of hundred but not nearly double the price . Ended up using some compound and now periodically rub them and reasonably rejuvinate them . Front brake calipers ended up being non genuine because Ford's seemed to cost more than made sense at the time .. New keys cutting and coding from local Ford mob quoted $350... Chose a private crowd to do it for $190.. When I got the cheap brand new LH tail light recently I noticed Carparts2U had the headlights for series 2-3 AU's for $195 each .. If they are equivalent quality to the tail lights I might just go with them later on . I guess it's understandable given AU's are now at least two decades out of production but it's getting harder for me to justify the extra cost of OEM parts to keep the old girl on the road .. If you are not familiar with them ,here's the link to their website ..You can ring them and double check on details too .They told me that they have lots of parts not listed and why it's worth checking via the Call Us servivce if the required part isn't showing in the drop down inventory ..really friendly mob .. https://www.carparts2u.com.au/.. . Cheers ... Last edited by roddy1960; 03-09-2022 at 08:51 AM. |
|||
03-09-2022, 11:44 AM | #25 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,962
|
I come across quite a few AUs at the DIY wreckers. Presumably all the good parts would get taken in a hurry.
__________________
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rides (past and present) Current: 2004 Ford Falcon 5.4L 3v Barra 220, Manual Past: Mitsubishi Sigma (m), Toyota Seca (m), Toyota Seca SX (m), Toyota Vienta V6 (m), Toyota Soarer 4L v8 (a), BA XR8 ute (m), T3 TE50 (m), BMW Z4 (m) AFF motto - If contrary views trigger, please use ignore button. |
||