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Mail From: jeff (Jeff Shanholtz)

I've had a 66 mustang coupe since 1987 and have done little work on it over
the last decade. Well, it's time to do some significant restoration and the
first thing I want to do is convert the front brakes to disc.

I haven't even been to my local mustang shop (Rose City Mustang in Portland,
OR) more than a couple of times in the last decade, much less ordering stuff
from the online mustang shops. Any advice on whether I'm better off buying
online or locally? I haven't checked the price on the kit locally yet, but
thought I'd see what opinions are in here first.

Really, this question applies to much more than just this one product.
Whether we're talking about a major purchase like this or a small one, is
online or local better?

And which online shops are favored by all of you?

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Mail From: speegle ((email redacted))

My opinion is to do both.

1. For items you can identify by maker (Drake, PRO...) I might buy online... you can make some assumtions as to quality that way.

2. For many other items I would buy locally so that you can inspect them before purchase.

Online is often difficult to return items and you find buildign a relationship with the local supplier helps alot when you need that part quickly or that little extra effort or help with things

Just one experianced opinion

Jeff S

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From: Jeff Shanholtz <(email redacted)>
Sent: Mar 15, 2005 10:46 PM
To: (email redacted)
Subject: [CM] buying online vs. locally: planning to buy disc brake conversion kit

I've had a 66 mustang coupe since 1987 and have done little work on it over
the last decade. Well, it's time to do some significant restoration and the
first thing I want to do is convert the front brakes to disc.

I haven't even been to my local mustang shop (Rose City Mustang in Portland,
OR) more than a couple of times in the last decade, much less ordering stuff
from the online mustang shops. Any advice on whether I'm better off buying
online or locally? I haven't checked the price on the kit locally yet, but
thought I'd see what opinions are in here first.

Really, this question applies to much more than just this one product.
Whether we're talking about a major purchase like this or a small one, is
online or local better?

And which online shops are favored by all of you?

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Mail From: ffacker (Fred Facker)

Jeff, I prefer to buy locally at Classic Mustang of Houston when I can because when I stop off to pick up the part, the guys there can usually give me some pretty good instructions on how to install or undertake whatever project it is I'm working on. I bought my front disc conversion kit there even though they had to special order it because I knew they'd give me great support as far as showing me how to get it on the car. Also, when the kit arrived, one of the rotors was damaged during shipping, but they were able to swap it with me the next day. Had I ordered it online there would have been shipping time and costs back to the company, then shipping time back to me, etc.

I have also used mail-order from Texas Mustang, Mustangs Unlimited and Mustangs Plus for other items. Mustangs Unlimited and Mustangs Plus both provided great service. However, I had some problems with Texas Mustang. I placed an order through their website. The next day I had a salesman call to confirm my order and to try and sell me some kind of tool for the a/c register clips I had ordered, etc. I didn't buy any of the other things he was offering, but said that yes I wanted what I had ordered. A couple days later I got my order. Then the next day I got my order again. I had to spend nearly $100 to send back the second order. Texas Mustang would only reimburse $30 of it because they said UPS had overcharged me, and I could have shipped it for cheaper. Then they were very slow about taking the second charges off my credit card. I'll never use them again.

I think my disc conversion was made by American Power & Brake although that might not be the exact correct name of the company. The kit was a little cheaper than the Stainless Steel kits, and it uses stock rotors with a single-piston caliper. The set-up fits with 14" wheels (although it did scrape with my 14" spare). I also converted to a Wagner dual master cylinder. My brakes work great, but I had to do some creative bending of the brake lines that ran from the old fruit jar to the distribution block. I wish somebody would make pre-bent lines for that conversion.

Good luck.


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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:46:29 -0800
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conversion kit
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I've had a 66 mustang coupe since 1987 and have done little work on it
over
the last decade. Well, it's time to do some significant restoration and
the
first thing I want to do is convert the front brakes to disc.

I haven't even been to my local mustang shop (Rose City Mustang in
Portland,
OR) more than a couple of times in the last decade, much less ordering
stuff
from the online mustang shops. Any advice on whether I'm better off
buying
online or locally? I haven't checked the price on the kit locally yet,
but
thought I'd see what opinions are in here first.

Really, this question applies to much more than just this one product.
Whether we're talking about a major purchase like this or a small one,
is
online or local better?

And which online shops are favored by all of you?



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