Rock Auto Hack --- finding closeout parts for Z's

[Wade Nelson]

(stolen tip from another website)

I discovered a way to quickly find all closeout parts offered for a specific car without clicking every parts category.

On the home page, click on the big red start button to start the "Interactive" catalog.

Towards the bottom of the page, look for "Catalog display problem? Click Here for the traditional HTML version." This will take you to the older style catalog search.

Search through the catalog till you find your specific car model.

Your address bar should read something like "http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carcode,1352720"

The numbers at the end is your car's code #.

Use this link, but replace the Xs after "carcode=" with your car's code.

http://www.rockauto.com/RSS/vehiclefeeds.php?carcode=xxxxxxx&m=wc&l=en&...

It takes longer to read this than to actually do it. Enjoy

Is it just me or is Rock Auto getting RIDICULOUS with their shipping charges? $13 to ship a $7 valve cover gasket???

I bought one on Ebay instead for $8 with FREE shipping...

[EuroDat]

Is it just me or is Rock Auto getting RIDICULOUS with their shipping charges? $13 to ship a $7 valve cover gasket???

I bought one on Ebay instead for $8 with FREE shipping...

I have had similar problems with an order for a set of brake caliper pistons. They came from three different warehouses and they wanted to charge three shipping charges. Ended up buying them on E-bay.

That is a good trick you found.

Chas

[psdenno]

Shipping charges do seem a little wonky with some vendors, but I suppose we still have the choice to buy elsewhere. On the other hand, those parts don't just jump into the boxes by themselves and labor and postage costs seem to be constantly rising.

Dennis