Major brands including Bosch, GKN, ITM, Lucas, Girling

This is a local outfit that does repair and parts sales, but they will do mail- order with Visa/MC. They are courteous and knowledgeable. I bought my M/C rebuild kit from these guys for $18 vs. $45 from Dave Bean, and when I needed Girling Red Rubber Grease, they knew what I was talking about instead of thinking it a joke. - Cory Carpenter

These guys are fine for parts but I'll never let them touch my car again. About a year ago I took my TR8 in for a front end alignment and to have the fan belt squeak fixed. When I picked the car up they informed me that they had broken a tie-rod end. They actually explained to me how they even had 2 people pulling on the nut trying to get it loose before it broke. They said they didn't have the problem on the other side because they heated it before removing it and it came right off. When they threw the bill down for me to look at they had charged me for a new tie rod end and for the labor to install it. I asked them why I should pay them for their breaking my car as they didn't call me to ask permission to take the big hammer approach on the tie-rod end. They wouldn't back off. They just gave me the owners name and said he would call me. I paid them and said I'd never be back. The next morning when I started the car the fan belts were squeaking again. I called back to complain about it and they explained that multiple pulley type fanbelts almost always squeak and if you put new belts on they would likely start squeaking in 10-15k miles. I asked again for the owner to call. I check the tie-rod end price at TRF. They had charged me 2X the price from TRF. I called back to complain about this and finally caught the owner in. He explained he couldn't refund any of my money and even explained that the reason they had to charge so much for the tie rod end was because they could only find 1 supplier locally that had the part and they had promised the car to me that afternoon. By this time I was on fire. To top it off, I got tired of the fan belts squeaking and removed them myself. Not only were they the wrong belts, they were so worn the rubber was cracking and separating. A similar letter to this was sent to the better business bureau. - Bruce Harding

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