Looking for alternative parts source

["stevepeck1" <stevepeck1@xxxx>]

The prices for many items from the reglar vendors just aren't 
palateable to me.

I have seen a cross-reference list for a number of items, some of 
which I have utilized.

Two items, I simply can not figure out:

Right side Steering Rack Boot ($80, plus at D vendors for a boot!)

Hood struts at a local place (Pep Boys, Auto Zone, Advance, NAPA?)

Anybody got good part numbers and vendors?

Thanks.

-Steve #3302