Paulie
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We don't have a local NAPA, and AutoZone kisses my ass lol. But you DO have to be careful about the Duralast parts. Some are good, some are not.
Airtex and another brand I can't remember (possibly duralast) make the shittiest fucking fuel pumps I've ever had the displeasure of using.
They're notorious for failing after about 6 months.
I don't get why consumers continue to give these companies credibility by buying those pieces of shit. I guess it's becuase the difference in price between them and the OEM part is a couple hundred dollars
Exactly. If the difference was even 50% I would happily go to the dealer for OEM parts. But I know for my VW, the difference is sometimes 2-300%. As an example brake rotors from Auto Zone or Napa, $40. From the VW dealer, $120.
Of course anyone who has used those Auto Zone rotors will tell you they are shit. But when you can put 3 of them on for the price of 1 from the dealer....
I usually try to get my parts online and can often find the OEM brands a lot cheaper than dealer parts.
I like Rockauto.com for parts. You can get economy brand parts, all the way up the ladder to OEM.
Easy to change parts I don't mind going generic, but if a part is hard to access and takes hours to fix it might be worth it to get OEM to avoid having to do that same time consuming repair in 6 months.