![]() The rebuilt starter I got for our Ford Tempo 2 years ago from THE ZONE is still going strong, although I had my doubts from day 1 and still do. The rebuilders are cutting corners just like everyone else lately, and for the most part, the internals that get replaced with parts that come from. The real problem with re-"manufactured" parts is the quality of the materials they use when they are re-BUILT. When you MANUFACTURE something, it is made from ALL new materials, not just some. I have always had a problem with what they call "re-manufactured". Too late.Auto Zone was already on the way with their battery for the same price. So I said forget it.then about 15 minutes later, the counter guy called me back and told me they quoted me on a battery they didn't normally stock but found one "hidden at the end of the shelf" uzzled: if I still wanted it. The only time I even bother with NAPA is when the other guys don't have what I need.Īdvance made me mad last week.they quoted me a price on a battery, and when I ordered it the next day, suddenly the price became $10 more. And at the same time, their prices are not in line with other places who offer better warranties. Imho.NAPA's warranty SUCKS and the quality of their parts has gone down the tubes considerably over the past few years. Their people are more friendly and their delivery time is much faster. I've been buying nearly all of my parts from the Zone lately and have not had any problems so far. IDK that was my experience for the day got me thinking.I have commercial accounts with the big 3.Advance, Auto Zone, and NAPA. I got the Duralast link and man you could just feel the quality in your hand, the rubber was firm, solid part compared to the MasterPro. ![]() The MasterPro sway bar link was cheaply made, cheap rubber, basic tack weld holding it together. I was genuinely surprised when I opened the box. same as before and it turns out they didn't have one so I ended up going to AutoZone and got a Duralast sway bar link for the same price. I went to Oriellys to get another sway bar link for 29.99. When I went to do the other side I wasn't sure if I was gonna need another SB link or not but I ended up cutting that one off too. I put some new struts on my wife's suv and couldn't get the sway bar link off for **** so I just cut it off and bought a MasterPro sway bar link from Oriellys. I buy a lot of parts from Oriellys so I use a lot of MasterPro never really used anything different until today. BWD isn't exactly a house brand/private label, but they are only a step above. I have also seen a BWD crank sensor for a Ford 6.0 PSD that had the Ford part number and only the Ford part number engraved on it.appeared to likely be a Ford part that had simply been reboxed. Sometimes reboxed/rebranded parts can surprise you.I opened up a "BWD" temp sensor or something for a Honda Accord, and it had actually been boxed still in the Honda bag.it was an OE Honda part, still in the Honda wrapper, just thrown in a BWD box. They may sometimes get the part from the same manufacturer, built to the same price point, and there is no real difference. You may get a great Driveworks part, or a garbage one, depending on where they got it from. You may get a great Duralast part, or a garbage one depending on where they got it from. Quality varies greatly from not so great to practically as good as name brand, just with a shorter warranty and hopefully lower price. Private label parts are just that.private label, IE sourced from someone else. I feel like I have lucked out with a 5 year /52K Masterpro Hub assembly on a Durango 4x4. Moog parts are generally high quality across the board. The only good non OE manufacturer I can think of is GMB. Sometimes they make their stuff in China, but usually they have engineers design things right, and a quality control group that actually is aware of what is going on at the factory. Moog might also be good, because they are part of federal mogul. If you need a hub assembly, you either need the OEM part, or one made by a major OE supplier such as Timken or SKF. Those hub assemblies are good for 1 year. I do not know anything about "Masterpro" because I never worked near an O'Reilly. This happens to Duralast in some situations too. Sometimes I would get 2 parts with the same application and same part number, yet both were made differently.Īdvance Auto does this, they have Driveworks, and they also have a few other names. I find that the manufacturer of those parts is random.
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