When you're buying car parts ESPECIALLY DeLorean parts, you're paying for the part, but also more for the name. You can come up with a small and simple part for the DeLorean, and tack on a huge price tag because it is for the DeLorean. But really this works for just about any car. While for some parts this is not true, there are parts I see that it is true for. Just compare the prices of the little available parts from Parts America with DMCH or other vendors. I try to hold of an order as long as I can until it is something I really need, and cannot find by other means. Hold off on ordering the foam, I just might have something sufficient enough to work. I'll check tonight and contact you off list. -Dani B. #5003 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "MATTHEW D SPITTLE" <supermatty@xxxx> wrote: > 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@xxxx) 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@xxxx] > > 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@xxxx > > > > 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! 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