Slav,
You think like I do! I made a spread sheet comparing Merriam, Virginia Beach LR and Atlantic British for LR branded parts. Ultimately Merriam gave me the best service and the prices overall were close most of the time. I was not disappointed with product quality.
Thanks a great heads up eye opener. Had to ask, any great priced Indy suppliers of OEM LR parts on the west coast (S.F. Bay Area) vs paying large shipping fees across the country?
If anyone knows parts pricing my son Nick being into 80's era 325is and M5 BMW's racing them.
Nick mentioned ECS the company that bought out almost all the Indy parts suppliers like Pelican parts. "ECS is EVIL" they are called and look them up on Facebook under "why I hate ECS".
A good company called FCP, STP Euro being the best should a part fail like a water pump with 100K miles on it it's still a free replacement exchange along with by PayPal covering boxing and shipping fees I was told, STP being the best
I will find out needing a water pump for the 95 Disco1 which has been warning me when parked 2-3 weeks at a time a couple drops of coolant at most but dry when driving the past 8K miles. Garage toy not a daily driver no worries.
"Evil ECS" now owns Turner Performance with Turner's parts still covered by Turner vs ECS that would tell you to get screwed.
On a shipping rippoff recently purchased a cam chain tensioner spring (cheap insurance vs the big boom), spring the size of a $0.50 piece for a mid 80's era Honda motorcycle.
Most dealerships mentioned NLA along with most Indy parts suppliers.
Located available from a large Indy supplier a $6.93 OEM spring. In shipping enevlope total weight 0.9 oz., got nailed with $10.96 shipping when 1 oz. or less is generally $3.49 shipping. Talking 162 miles away all in Calif. Add insult they taxed the shipping. Their shipping is free on orders over $149 in parts before tax and shipping added.
Another one to watch out for is Ebay listed OEM parts if too good to be true pricing then reading their $50.00 shipping which is was normally around $11.00 by other Ebay sellers.
Look around before hitting that "buy it now" button in a hurry......~~=o&o>.......