Is it me or are parts getting worse than ever.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:36 pm
Just some of the parts I’ve purchased recently.
A new radiator for £109.00 from a well known supplier described as OE specification it arrived in the following condition. Scratched, dented, finished in almost see through black gloss paint, neck not welded on straight, no drain hole,metric thread on fixings, bolts missing which should have been with it. To top it all the radiator was 9mm narrower than the one it replaced. Spent hours striping and refurbishing it and making it fit.
A new distributor from another supplier it arrived and had been put together so that instead of firing on number one it was firing on number four, striped it down and put it back together the correct way.
Chrome rocker bolts that the chrome flaked off the first time I put a socket on them.
I know I should have sent them back to the respective suppliers but I’m finding more and more that parts are just such poor quality.
I just won’t order from them again and to think one of them claims to sell only top quality parts.
A new radiator for £109.00 from a well known supplier described as OE specification it arrived in the following condition. Scratched, dented, finished in almost see through black gloss paint, neck not welded on straight, no drain hole,metric thread on fixings, bolts missing which should have been with it. To top it all the radiator was 9mm narrower than the one it replaced. Spent hours striping and refurbishing it and making it fit.
A new distributor from another supplier it arrived and had been put together so that instead of firing on number one it was firing on number four, striped it down and put it back together the correct way.
Chrome rocker bolts that the chrome flaked off the first time I put a socket on them.
I know I should have sent them back to the respective suppliers but I’m finding more and more that parts are just such poor quality.
I just won’t order from them again and to think one of them claims to sell only top quality parts.