MasterBlaster
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Can We Get an Ultimate Parts Thread?
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84B23F
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Nothing but the finest in the Ultimate Parts Thread.
nibroc
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thanks for that info 84
dl242gt
The world of the smiling Dogo
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Yesterday a friend and I installed Swedish Car Parts front struts and deutchpartsusa upper strut mounts along with the 15A strut plates. Everything is working very well. The shocks are nice and firm without a harsh ride. Very similar to the old Boge Turbo Gas struts I've used long ago. The upper strut mounts are working well and I noticed the easier effort for turning with the new mounts. I've put about 50 miles on everything and I'd recommend the parts.
dl242gt
The world of the smiling Dogo
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Oh well. Things change. The Intermotor brand distributor cap I posted about is no longer reboxed BERU Germany. It's made in China. The quality seems good on the Chinese made one but I'm sad to see the BERU one go away. 
dl242gt
The world of the smiling Dogo
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I just bought a set of winter blades from Advance. They were $$ at 20 each blade but they have worked great so far. Trico winter blades with the teflon edge. Used them for a couple weeks so far and very smooth operation.
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Trico has good stuff on the upper end of their range. I usually try to get blades from Rock Auto if I'm placing an order, I don't think I've ever paid more than $10 ea even for premium blades.
With that said, I can't stand beam blades on the 7/9 cars because they don't make contact with the glass for like the last inch at rest. Not to mention they don't really look right on an older vehicle.
I like anco 97 series for a good conforming traditional blade. They aren't the longest lasting but they're cheap.
dl242gt
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Since this is an Ultimate parts thread. I figured it was a good idea to tell you folks about the great price on crossdrilled and slotted rotor and pad kits on Rock Auto. Just look up your year and model and look under the brake kits.
dl242gt
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Parts alert! Rock Auto has professional parts Sweden oil filters for sale for 1.09$. They look like reboxed Mann filters in the picture. Stock up!
dl242gt
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Update:Got the PPS oil filters on close out in today. They are China made copies of the Mann oil filter. The quality seems to be ok. They have that same heavy solid feel the original ones did. This is the cheapest oil filter I think I've ever bought from a parts supplier. So there you go.
CineMan
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Pro Parts Sweeden was formerly known as ScanTech. They are garbage Chinese parts that I would never put in my car. ScanTech made such a bad name for themselves (often referred to as ScamTech) that they changed their name to PPS. Don't buy that junk!
Agree. No Pro Parts for my 240s.
dl242gt
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I've used some of the PPS stuff with success. When they were Scan Tech they sold you the timing belt cover with no timing mark on it. 
When they changed to PPS they added the timing mark for the belt cover. But you definitely have to check their stuff.
When they changed to PPS they added the timing mark for the belt cover. But you definitely have to check their stuff.
bobxyz
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PSA - Counterfeit Bosch 0280212016 MAFs (aka LH2.4 016 AMM) on ebay
I've noticed recently that there are lots of sellers on ebay advertising new Bosch 0280212016 MAFs for ~ $150. These are all counterfeit, and the sellers and/or counterfeit MAF ads seem to disappear pretty quickly. I have no idea if these MAFs will work at all, but they're certainly counterfeit. The original LH2.2 and LH2.4 MAFs are a "hot wire" design. LH3.1, and the rest of the automotive world, switched to a "hot film" design. They're generally not compatible and have issues when used in the original LH2.2/LH2.4 systems.
Not a genuine Bosch part:
I've noticed recently that there are lots of sellers on ebay advertising new Bosch 0280212016 MAFs for ~ $150. These are all counterfeit, and the sellers and/or counterfeit MAF ads seem to disappear pretty quickly. I have no idea if these MAFs will work at all, but they're certainly counterfeit. The original LH2.2 and LH2.4 MAFs are a "hot wire" design. LH3.1, and the rest of the automotive world, switched to a "hot film" design. They're generally not compatible and have issues when used in the original LH2.2/LH2.4 systems.
Not a genuine Bosch part:
DavidSamuels
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Thanks for that. Timing is amazing. A customer just messaged me about 016 AMMs a couple of days ago, and the first thing I did was go to Ebay and see these. Didn't seem possible, and I warned him off in favor of a good, used, original unit. I was spooked by the price and the number of listings.
These may be legit MAFs, but using a newer style MAF sensor (which would be awesome!) with a small compute inside to make the output match the original hot wire curve.
It's becoming very common as manufacturing lines are moving on to better technology, there's just no need to keep the old tech lines going. The GM map sensors that everyone loves are basically empty now except for a small chip and sensor, the old ones were completely filled with a PCB. The output graph is identical to the original units with the map sensors.