Universal Parts Availability

[geezer]

I've ordered from him before, good guy, but by the time you pay his serious markup and shipping...

Many of his parts are still available at the dealer, the 280Z console for example($121 at my local dealer), but being in BC, he has access to parts that our USA dealers do not. I don't know what we could offer in exchange, but setting up a club brothership between countries certainly would seem to be a good thing for NOS parts avaibility.

It might be worth it to plan a trip and take a shopping list, a credit card, and a Fedex account!

Will

If you do plan a trip with your shopping list, credit card and a Fedex account, make sure you choose the right city & dealer to deal with. It makes a huge difference. You mentioned in another thread the tier pricing on volume that the dealers are eligible for. This allows a dealership with higher volume parts sales, some flexability when dealing with customers and they may be inclined to pass on some of the savings. Another thing I found out the hard way was the rather large price discrepancy caused by the dealers particular geographic location. I was told by my dealer that the cost of shipping the parts to them from the warehouse that has the parts in stock is charged to the customer although it is a hidden fee that only shows up as higher pricing. I think any "club brothership" purchases would benefit from a few well placed calls to a savy parts manager.

[hls30.com]

Ron,

You've done this before!

Great points! What about Dealer suggestions?

Will

[geezer]

Ron,

You've done this before!

Great points! What about Dealer suggestions?

Will

In order to elaborate more, the experiences of our members from across Canada, if shared would provide a point of comparison. In the recent '70-'73 New Door Panel thread, the price differences became apparent. It seemed the lowest pricing came from Western Canada and member unkle even mentioned the club discount given by his local dealer. So, that's a good indication that they will be willing to negotiate pricing on volume purchases. The location of the parts warehouses must factor in favor of the western provinces as well as the PST (Provincial Sales Tax), which is different or nonexistant in each individual province. It is also possible, to have the GST ( federally imposed Goods & Service Tax rebated on dollar amounts exceeding $625.00 if the goods are being exported out of Canada. Any group purchases over this amount would be able to apply for a GST rebate.

This is just what I found to be the case in my limited buying experiences. The biggest problem I see is finding out exactly what parts are available from the dealers in Canada that can't be found in the US and also what can be ordered directly from Japan.

Edited May 25, 2009 by geezer

[hls30.com]

Ron,

I think-perhapse wrongly-that there are only around 20 part numbers that are seriously in demand enough to make this worth while, and I have tried several hundred part numbers at my local dealer(I have notes on what was actully NLA). I have tried interior parts, switches, and a few mechanical parts-the vast majority for 240Z, and in each case, tried each part number in order(sometimes the newer successions don't show or are not readable in EFast, so I pulled out my parts books, and tried every part number in some cases several times.)

Maybe the thing to do is create a wish list and see who wants what.

I'll re-run it at my dealer to confirm availability, and see what we have.

Will

Edited May 25, 2009 by hls30.com

[240dkw]

Ron: OK I will start

I have ordered a four sets of door panels from the local dealer here in Red Deer and they have all come from Calgary. I think there is a parts depot in Calgary, but I am not sure (when ever the parts person checks the computer he says that there are xx sets in Calgary and I assume that he means at the warehouse). I will ask this question next time I am at the parts counter. As Ron stated there is no PST in Alberta so the only tax is the 5% GST. I am unable to get a club discount here. Price per set was $397 including GST.

Edited May 26, 2009 by 240dkw

[Zak's Z]

I have ordered 4 sets of door panels from Nissan here north of Toronto. I paid $424.00(approx) for each set. I recently got a small discount worked out for our Z club members, and I bought a bunch of stuff recently. I'll have to find my receipt if you want prices, but I got a diff mount, a bunch of bolts, brake lines, engine lamp.

Let me know if you want prices and specific items.

[geezer]

Will, I agree, it is a short list and the demand is light, except in the case of the door panels perhaps. And even so, I think most everyone who wanted a set, got them. The intent of my original post in this thread, was to point out the differing tax structures for each province and the inflated final cost due to shipping from the parts depot to the Nissan dealer. I found that I live in a heavily taxed, parts deprived dead zone with a Nissan dealer that has a take it or leave it attitude. I ordered a set of door panels. They were not delivered together. One panel came from the parts depot in Calgary and the other came from, according to the label, the Eastern PDC in Brampton ON. This really racked up the hidden shipping cost and along with both PST & GST added, the final cost was $490.41 CDN. That’s a far cry from the $380.39 CDN with free shipping that Unkle paid on the west coast. Luckily I was able to forward them to a member in the US for a nominal shipping cost without any further fees being incurred at the border.

Thanks guys for volunteering the information. Next time I need a part ordered, I’m calling Zak.

[Zak's Z]

Any time Ron. Just fire me an email!