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metalhead:
Anyone bought much from Ecklers Corvette? Ive bought quite a bit from them in the past couple of months as I've been collecting bits and pieces for the car, and have been very happy with the services and shipping cost, but have now found a couple of the parts that I'm not very happy with and am wondering if others have had similar experiences and/or if I should buy parts elsewhere in future.

- Steering column lower bearing and retainer kit - bought as original didn't feel perfect and is apparently a common issue, but the replacement had much much more play than the original. Half the play was in the replacement retainer, and half in the replacement bearing (found by mixing and matching old and new). Ended up repacking the original bearing with grease and putting it back in.

- Replacement centre gauge and stereo surround plastic - Mine had been cut for a cd player, but was cracked  from one corner. I paid an exorbitant amount (2.5x price for a standard replacement) for a replacement to suit cd player, expecting a differently moulded part. I received a modified (and honestly, pretty roughly cut, I could have done a neater job myself) standard part.

Have I just been unlucky, or have others had similar issues? Getting a bit concerned about the parts I haven't gotten to yet now!

sirfixalot:
Have seen the centre instrument cluster panel cut out is a bit of a rort for something you can do yourself. Havent been able to locate the DIN  panel that they fit over the top of the existing opening Nothing some carefull cutting & filing of a piece of black colourbond steel couldn't replicate

Green69:
The pity is, whilst the people that you are talking to on the phone are most of the time willing to help you, the people who are doing your parcel don't really give a .... I received bags of parts who were already open with indeed half of it missing or the wrong part numbers and even broken parts! They tried to fix the problems and on some cases succeeded . But I took my business to Corvette Central and other these days. As I said, pity, because I liked their variety of parts.
Thierry

gtc:
I quit using Ecklers years ago for many of the reasons mentioned. I use Corvette Central, Zip and others.

One of the long time members of the Club, who isn't on this forum, and is the owner of numerous Vettes, highly recommends a guy in Georgia named Sam Mooney. He is apparently very good at locating just the right part and he keeps the shipping costs as low as he can. The advantage is that you're dealing direct with a guy who knows Corvettes, not a remote shipping clerk who doesn't give the proverbial rat's:

http://www.fullthrottlecorvette.com/

Miss Independent:
If you are looking OS for parts you could try Zip Corvettes one of our sponsors .http://www.zip-corvette.com/
 I always have a positive response from them in advertising deals and can pass on the enquiry  to my contact there. Not sure on costing but I'm sure they'd also be happy to help you out.  Keen parts also can be found in our club magazine and may be worth a try as well. http://keenparts.com/

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