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From: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
> At 04:42 PM 10/5/2007 -0400, David Scheidt wrote:
>
> On the same subject, has anyone noticed the quality of aftermarket auto
> parts. Do you think it's junk? Should you go to the discount dealers for
> the OEM parts.
>
> I bought an 84 Honda Accord new. It took almost 20 years and over 120,000
> for things to fail, like the 1/2 shafts and alternator. I bought, what I
> thought was decient, parts from the aftermarket box store suppliers, AutoZone,
> Advanced, etc.
>
> The replacement 1/2 shafts only lasted about 2 years as did the alternator.
> In the last 4 to 5 years, I've replaced the 1/2 shafts twice, and the
> alternator twice.
>
> I'm beginning to there that there really is something to the OEM parts!
> But sometimes I just can't accept the price, like $380 for a Honda alternator.
I'm still amazed about the oem wear parts on our '93 mazda. the clutch was
replaced by me in 2001 at 250k miles with a mot of meat still on it. I did it
only because I had a long weekend and couldn't believe it was still going and
was halfway concerned it was shot and something about the car was preventing me
from feeling or hearing the scraping,etc.
same car, front pads replaces at ~90k for same reason, lots of pad left.
NINETY THOUSAND MILES! replacements from discount auto lasted about 25k. I'll
be buying oem mazda wear items from now on.
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