106722 INSULATION, ROOF PNL $38.18 $38 for a piece of foam, plus shipping. That's expensive for a college student, even one working full-time. I'm not having much luck with the vendors lately. I basically don't buy from the vendors unless it's DeLorean specific. Some examples: One time I ordered a hood latch spring from a vendor. The cost was $2.95. When the spring arrived, I saw that the total sale was $17. Yes, it was $14 for them to ship a spring to me. It could have fit in a regular envelope with a single stamp. When I installed this high quality, SEVENTEEN-DOLLAR-SPRING, it didn't make my hood *pop* open any more than the original one did. So, I went to Ace Hardware, picked up a spring for $1.50, and now my hood pops open! Another vendor I called 3 times so far about getting door keylocks, but no luck so far in getting back to me, and it's been almost a month. I tried another vendor, but they said the locks aren't available. Oh well, it must not be that important. I won't mention all the times when I was a newer owner and I found out by calling one of the vendors that something I need wasn't available. Well, let me mention one...one time, I called a vendor and realized I wouldn't ever be able to have a functioning engine compartment cover because there were no more hinges available. So these are the events that inspire me to boycott the vendors for all but the most exclusive/unreproduceable parts. If you feel the same way I do, let me recommend E-Bay (www.ebay.com) and Josh Haldeman (jhaldeman@xxxxxxxx) as a source for your DeLorean parts. Neither of the said sources ever run out of certain parts; neither take multiple phone calls to ensure items are shipped, and neither charges me over 4 times the cost of the total order to have it shipped. Last time I checked, the DML was independently operated, without commission from vendors(or is it?). For this reason, I would like to respectfully ask the moderator to add the phrase, "Go get one from the vendors." and all permutations of that phrase, to the list of items which are caught in the net during the moderating process. I've heard the argument; that if we don't buy all of our nuts and bolts from a vendor, then we won't fund the remanufacturing of new products that aren't available. Well, either those new products, or the vendor's new Ferrari. I'm not trying to stomp on anyone's toes, but I think we need to remember consumers drive certain merchants to sell, not the other way around. Matt #1604 On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:41:12 +0000, Travis Goodwin wrote: > The T Panel has a custom shaped piece of foam. It's best if you just pick it > up from a vendor, their not very expensive. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt [mailto:supermatty@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:37 PM > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DML] T-panel foam > > What kind of foam is used for underneath the T-panel? Can I get > this at Lowes? > > thanks, > > Matt > #1604 > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/