Denny and Woogeroo,
I've learned the hard way that things aren't always as they appear or are advertised.
My truck needed a complete new brake system and I decided that since the parts would "only be about $250 more" why not just upgrade to power disks in the front.
I compared the prices from 5 of the major players and not one mentioned anything about their systems not working with stock wheels and I want to keep the stock look. I understand that the experienced guys here know that but I'm new and simply assumed that fundamental problems like this would be mentioned in the catalogs. It's not, and I don't know where you guys draw the line but, owning a business myself, I consider that an unethical business practice.
However, I also understand why they don't mention it. If one vendor mentioned one negative thing about something they are selling the customer is going to assume their parts are different from somewhere else and buy the exact same thing from someone who doesn't come clean. This issue is endemic to the industry.
So, here I am after most of a day with my mechanic putting the brakes on and taking them off three times because the instructions omit certain things that you don't discover until you get the things completely installed. We go to put the wheels on and you can guess the rest of the story.
So what are my options? I already blew $70 getting the parts shipped from California, I'll have to blow another $70 shipping them back PLUS get stuck with a 15% - 20% restocking charge, PLUS eat the money I paid my mechanic to waste a day. OR I can buy new wheels.
Buying the new wheels made the most sense, but they have to be painted, tires remounted/balanced so when it's all said and done my brake upgrade that was "only" going to cost $200 more in parts is now costing almost $1000 more... money that was budgeted for other things. And all because the vendor just "forgot" to tell the truth about what they are selling.
That whole rant has nothing to do with Classic Parts specifically. Like I said the problem applies to all the big players. I'm just looking for a vendor closer to North Carolina to save a little on shipping.
You can bet your a$$ that I'll be doing a lot more asking on my next big purchase.
So there... I feel better now :mad:
But I'll feel a lot better when I get my truck back on the road
