Date:         Thu,  1 Feb 1996 11:15:02 -0500 (EST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Robert J. Schreiner" <rs6l+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject:      Re: Quality of Whitney parts

You wrote:
>Someone once mentioned that they might be working on a list of parts 
>that are reported to be good from JCWhitney.  I haven't seen it.  Some
>have had bad luck with their door seals.  Others got seals that said 
>WCM.  I know some of you order brake parts, seals, bearings, etc with 
>regularity.  My problem is that I don't always know exactly what I am 
>doing.  I mostly order from RMMW and pay a little to a lot more but 
>know that they will send me a quality part that fits.  I would like 
>see some positive and negative recommendations about what can safely 
>be ordered from JCW and what cannot.  I need to save money where I can
>and I still have a lot of brake and suspension parts between me and a 
>run to Baja.  Jim
-- 
If your buying chrome parts beware!
A couple years back I bought a front bumper and headlight rings for my
'69 bug, EVERY time it rained they turned orange with rust! Very poor
quality but what can you really expect for $19 bumpers.
 Recently I gave them another shot, I bought a gas tank for a old
Willy's Jeep,JCW was the half the price of the other vendors and the
quality was good.

I guess JCW is like a box of chocolates... you know the rest.
RJ.