Favorite Places for Hard to Find Parts

[crimsonavenger]

First off let me say happy new year to everyone. Secondly, I apologize if there is a specific sub-forum where this could go but I didn’t recognize any that were any more suited than this.

I wanted to know what were some of your favorite places to go, whether it be brick and mortar or online, for those hard to find parts?

I have been running into a lot of issues lately with a lot of the parts needed being discontinued from the factory when they were dealer only parts. I have used the following in the past, ebay, car-parts.com, and rockauto when I can but I often find either their supplies are limited as well, the item description is very poor, or I’m not sure about the supplier. I was wondering if I could get some advice from some of you more experienced techs & diy’s, and was hoping to build a list of good reputable non-standard parts suppliers.

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[Nick Warner]

That would be dependent on what kind of car you are looking for the parts on and what kind of part it is. Anything specific you have in mind?

[crimsonavenger]

Well for specifics I posted that in my ABS thread under the Service and Repair questions forum.

However, I was hoping to use this thread as a vehicle for compiling a list of good overall sources and suppliers for OEM and Aftermarket replacement parts in general.

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