hi, I am looking to purchase a couple of items for my xsara, and was wondering if any of you had any experience with http://www.aepdirect.com/, or http://www.eurocarparts.com/ ?
thoughts and opinions good or bad welcome.
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aep direct/eruo car parts experience?
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Re: aep direct/eruo car parts experience?
AEP any day over Euro Car parts...
Theres also GSF Car parts too... but for me, its AEP....
Theres also GSF Car parts too... but for me, its AEP....
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Re: aep direct/eruo car parts experience?
Depends what you're buying, I buy different parts from different suppliers...
I've bought spheres from aepdirect, so I can vouch for them for that. Some other parts I've bought from GSF and yet others from carparts4less.co.uk. I have no experience with eurocarparts.
What sort of parts are you after ? For parts like balljoints its more important what the brand is than where you get it.
I've bought spheres from aepdirect, so I can vouch for them for that. Some other parts I've bought from GSF and yet others from carparts4less.co.uk. I have no experience with eurocarparts.
What sort of parts are you after ? For parts like balljoints its more important what the brand is than where you get it.
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Re: aep direct/eruo car parts experience?
I use them quite a lot because there's a depot about two miles away. Also you can order and reserve online then go and collect. Doing it that way there are some fantastic discounts to be had. Last week I got a Bosch 5year battery with 15% off and during the summer got discs and pads for the C5 and Xsara with 30% off.Mandrake wrote: I have no experience with eurocarparts.
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I'm lucky, in Reading we have a wide choice of motor factors. I've used ECP, and I have had no problems with them.
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I've had several parts from ECP fail after a few months.
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Re: aep direct/eruo car parts experience?
i wont use ECP anymore as i think they sell sub standard and also fake parts,
i had a oxygen sensor from them in a Bosch box, fitted it took the car for a re/test and it failed on lambda sensor,
i had fitted a new cat at the same time, fitted the old sensor returned to test station and the car past MOT,
also bought a pair of front arms from them for a Volvo V70, the bush's didnt last a year before they literally fell apart
it seems to me they are out to try and wipe out there competitors by undercutting price's,
this means they have to adopt the T*E*S*C*O syndrome of squeezing there buying in price down so much the manufacturer has to cut corner, and produce sub stranded crap
i had a oxygen sensor from them in a Bosch box, fitted it took the car for a re/test and it failed on lambda sensor,
i had fitted a new cat at the same time, fitted the old sensor returned to test station and the car past MOT,
also bought a pair of front arms from them for a Volvo V70, the bush's didnt last a year before they literally fell apart
it seems to me they are out to try and wipe out there competitors by undercutting price's,
this means they have to adopt the T*E*S*C*O syndrome of squeezing there buying in price down so much the manufacturer has to cut corner, and produce sub stranded crap
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Eurocarparts are swines if you want to return anything. "its used" is their common issue, well i rang them up and supplied the car reg/model and they sent the incorrect part, who's at fault them or me? You can more often than not compare parts to see if they are correct, but sometimes its only when you offer up a part in a tight space you realise its not gonna fit!
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Re: aep direct/eruo car parts experience?
Same here (well, Twyford anyway) and I use ECP and GSF, though I tend to go to Slough because it's quicker to get there than to Reading, despite being twice the distance. No problems with either. I've also bought spheres from AEP direct and Pleaides.Hell Razor5543 wrote:I'm lucky, in Reading we have a wide choice of motor factors. I've used ECP, and I have had no problems with them.
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AEP for me if it's a choice between GSF, ECP and AEP. Just be absolutely sure you both know which part it is you need if buying mail order - VIN or registration numbers aren't always enough. Malcolm Lockwood runs an excellent smaller business, and ime good small businesses are better than good big businesses - for a start you'll talk to someone who knows his stuff. 01274 640590.
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thank you all, for the info, is much appreciated.
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Europarts are great prices on Bosch batteries plus they are the only ones I will use now.JohnD wrote:I use them quite a lot because there's a depot about two miles away. Also you can order and reserve online then go and collect. Doing it that way there are some fantastic discounts to be had. Last week I got a Bosch 5year battery with 15% off and during the summer got discs and pads for the C5 and Xsara with 30% off.Mandrake wrote: I have no experience with eurocarparts.
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