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General Discussion Area => General Chat => Topic started by: barnes on July 13, 2015, 10:52:10 PM

Title: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: barnes on July 13, 2015, 10:52:10 PM

Hi everyone I'm new to the forum. I have a 71 Corvette convertible that i will be rebuilding soon just curious on the availability of getting new parts in Australia can anyone point me in the right direction or is all my buying in the US? I did buy a lot of parts when the dollars was strong  :tears: but forgot about parts like the Front and Rear shocks  Cheers Kerry

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: Scott on July 14, 2015, 08:09:20 AM

I've used http://www.vbandp.com (http://www.vbandp.com) for almost all my brake and suspension stuff.  I got a few parts from https://www.vansteel.com (https://www.vansteel.com) as well.  Between them you should be able to make the car drive and handle pretty nicely.

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: sirfixalot on July 14, 2015, 08:16:43 AM

Pretty sure Gabriel shocks have a listing for c3. Pedders have a listing for C3 springs never looked at shocks?

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: Camo on July 14, 2015, 09:14:04 AM

And there is always the club sponsor, located in Sydney, listed art the bottom of the forum

(http://www.nswcorvettes.com.au/forum/banner1.jpg)

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: barnes on July 15, 2015, 10:06:37 PM

thanks for that guys. has anyone here  tried any of the Australian Gabriel shocks or Pedders on their Corvette? if so what did you think? cheers Kerry

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: Reklaw on July 16, 2015, 07:58:45 AM

I put Pedders Gas Sports Ryders on my '75. Found them to be too hard and ended up spending the big bucks and put Bilsteins all 'round. Ride was so much better.

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: 77CVT on July 16, 2015, 08:02:46 AM

I grabbed a set of Gabriels when Supercheap had a buy 3 get one free sale.  I had to wait a month or so to get them ordered in but didn't have a problem with them.

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: 69CVET on July 16, 2015, 02:16:25 PM

If you strike out there and I have also found Phil at Vett Connection in Victoria extremely helpful on some parts that I have needed and sometimes he has them in stock so you can save on the expensive O/S shipping always worth the call - You can get  Phil or Geoff on 9776 4114
Plus he is always good for a chat when it involves Vettes.

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: barnes on July 16, 2015, 08:19:25 PM

thanks Guys this is a great site cheers Kerry

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: White88 on July 17, 2015, 10:43:31 AM

You can also try here   https://pontiworld.com.au/
Dave Clee always very helpful. Situated down Wollongong way, mail order warehouse all american car parts.

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: MADLT1 on July 17, 2015, 03:19:49 PM

I had pedders do my car,it sits really low and handles great,and have had no probs for years now

Title: Re: corvette parts sold in Australia?
Post by: barnes on July 18, 2015, 05:32:03 PM

I just purchased some front and rear HD KYB Gas shocks from (Pontiworld)  I was going to get the Bilsteins... Aussie dollar too low for that and freight is ridiculous from the continental USA. also some of them wont air freight shocks