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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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New Choice for oem Parts:

Local dealer - Tri-cities Nissan has decided to get competitive. They have set up a web site which is still growing with features.
I've compared some prices with Courtesy, and Tri-cities beats their prices hands down. I encourage everyone to do their own comparisons!

www.nissanpartsasap.com

We all need affordable pricing for parts!!
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 06:48 PM
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not a bad site.
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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prices are definitely cheaper that courtesy
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Good find, they have the same prices as the website I use, I wonder if shipping is cheaper.
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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Please don't post this in EVERY forum. Posting it in the general forum once would be acceptable.
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 07:06 PM
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It's good to see some local dealerships finally getting competitive. The two dealerships nearest me want an arm and a leg for most OE parts...
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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Sorry Matt. I know many don't visit the general forum, so thought I was helping.
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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No worries. I needed to put someone under my thumb today. now talk some smack so I can banninate you.
Old Oct 28, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 02:49 PM
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I just ordered OEM bump stops, strut dust boots, spring perch rubber, and some other front end stuff from these guys. Saved me nearly $50 over Courtesy.

Too bad I spent $350 at Courtesy a week or two ago. Wish I'd known about these guys sooner, I bet I could have saved a TON.
Old Nov 19, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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I've been on them for a while to get competing. Let me just say I'm VERY glad to have a great relationship with these guys! They are currently working on establishing Paypal as an option...if they've not already. Also, they are looking at of course making the site more user friendly.

I'll make sure they know the .org is appreciative and looking to further make use of their website.
Old Nov 19, 2011 | 07:33 PM
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Nice find. Thanks for posting it up.
Old Nov 19, 2011 | 08:06 PM
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Good find. Considerably cheaper than Courtesy.
Old Nov 19, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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I wish I had seen this thread last week. I ordered a gas gauge fuel tank sending unit (25060-4L700) from nissanpartszone.com. They were $120.91. This new source (Tri-Cities Nissan) is $115.33.

How is the s&h charges?
Old Nov 20, 2011 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris Gregg
I've been on them for a while to get competing. Let me just say I'm VERY glad to have a great relationship with these guys! They are currently working on establishing Paypal as an option...if they've not already. Also, they are looking at of course making the site more user friendly.

I'll make sure they know the .org is appreciative and looking to further make use of their website.
Their site is definitely usable but I had trouble finding a few parts, especially ones I know exist.

For example the knock sensor sub-harness that us VE guys always replace along with the knock sensor. Their website won't acknowledge it exists (it says something like this part isn't compatible with my selected make/model or something like that, even though I know it is) even if I navigate right to the section. Same for the temperature sensor beside the coolant temp sensor.

I tried a few direct part number look-ups that didn't work and pulled up nothing.

But all in all it's all good - the prices make up for it.

DennisMik - no "handling" charges per se, but the shipping charges do seem higher than what you'd think they'd be. They charged me $28 shipping for 2 strut dust covers, 2 spring perch rubber inserts, 2 of the plastic "spacers" in between the strut tower and strut mount, 2 bump-stops, crossmember bushings (4), sway bar endlinks, and sway bar bushings. None of those are very big at all and would all fit in a single box and weigh no more than 3-4 lbs and I would think should cost no more than $15ish to ship.

They do have a disclaimer that if your shipping comes out higher than the estimated cost they'll charge you the higher cost. But, of course, no mention of if they deduct cost if it comes out cheaper.

But still, even at that, they're considerably less than Courtesy.
Old Nov 20, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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The location of parts is a component of what I was referring to in terms of being user friendly.
My understanding is the problem with the site indicating no matching part is when there is more than one similar part for that vehicle. My understanding is that you should not get that message if you put in your vin code.
I've already told them that the website saying parts don't exist when the vin is not used will deter people. We will see how this changes.

So, for those checking it out, put your vin code in, especially if you get a message a certain part is unavailable.
Old Nov 21, 2011 | 06:40 PM
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They have added paypal! and they have also made the site a little more functional....so they are listening to your suggestions Chris
Old Nov 21, 2011 | 07:45 PM
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Any input from you guys would be great, so post up suggestions. I'll take it to them or you can call and talk with them personally!
Old Nov 23, 2011 | 07:31 AM
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Just got my shipping notification from them. Not bad considering I ordered a bunch of obscure stuff that they likely had to order from Nissan.

Chris Gregg, another quirk I noticed is that when you add an item to your cart and then go continue shopping/add more items it doesn't keep your trim level/engine selections. So for example for me once I added an item to the cart, it would then revert my vehicle back to a GXE auto for some reason so I always essentially had to start anew with my vehicle info for each part I wanted to look up and add to the cart.

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Old Nov 26, 2011 | 09:31 AM
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Please don't post this in EVERY forum. Posting it in the general forum once would be acceptable.
Old Nov 26, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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Please don't post this in EVERY forum. Posting it in the general forum once would be acceptable.
Really? I can see you are destined for great things here on the forums.
Old Nov 28, 2011 | 04:23 AM
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Nice site. Thanks!
Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:37 AM
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Where is this website?

www.nissanpartsasap.com

They must be currently updating the website because it comes up blank?
Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:43 AM
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Looks like the site is currently down.
My only gripe with courtesy parts is that they are slow.
Old Nov 29, 2011 | 08:51 AM
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Just clicked the link, not sure how long the site may have been down, but it's working fine at 11:50am (my time).
Old Nov 30, 2011 | 10:06 AM
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just got my first order from Tri Cities today, unfortunately it was missing one of parts I ordered but I have contacted them via email to see how they handle this. On a positive note they also sent me a sweet nissan pen and beer(or soda) can insulator...FTW

went through the packaging material and found the part(its a clamp so its small) WHOOOOOO! TRI-CITIES its my new parts dealer!

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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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Why can't I find 16576-CD000 (z-tube) on the site? Found it on many others, hmm...
Old Nov 30, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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Call them. Let them
Know, helps them improve the site in order to better serve us.
Old Dec 4, 2011 | 08:44 AM
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Have the typical issue of locking up rear brake caliper on my 2003...so rear brakes are wearing prematurily. Going to replace the caliper so went ahead and contacted Tri-city Nissan to pick up some new pads.

Just learned Nissan now has a "value advantage" line of products such as brake pads and air filters. The products cost a little less, but appear to be of high oem quality. The brake pads themselves I picked up for my 2003 were a bit cheaper, very little metalic content (mostly ceramic) and even come with new shims and greese.

I'm pretty sure these parts are not yet listed through Tri-cities website, but you can call them and ask for pricing on "Value Advantage" parts.

Ex: Part number for rear brake pads on 2003 are dd06m-4u09jnw.
Old Dec 20, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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Nice site. Thanks!
Old Dec 20, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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I just sent an email to Ray (parts dept.) of how helpful they are, I ordered about $300 worth of parts and I cannot tell u how helpful they really are... Thumps up to the whole team!!
Old Jan 1, 2012 | 12:55 PM
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Just ordered some windshield moulding from them, and not only was the price cheaper, the shipping was cheaper as well. I couldn't find the dust boot covers for the front struts, so I'll give them a call tomorrow morning.
Old Jan 1, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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Bookmarked... this looks good
Old Jan 1, 2012 | 02:30 PM
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This site may look good to some of you, but I'll stick with
World Parts Express...
Old Jan 1, 2012 | 02:44 PM
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Great find, thanks.
Old Jan 8, 2012 | 02:20 PM
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This site may look good to some of you, but I'll stick with
World Parts Express...
Guess NOT, site isn't up anymore...
Old Jan 8, 2012 | 02:39 PM
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Finally found a reasonable price + shipping for clips for my front bumper! Tri cities is great
Old Jan 11, 2012 | 12:44 PM
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Does anyone know if the rear deck spoiler also comes with the cover to hide the 3rd brake light hole when it's removed?
Old Jan 13, 2012 | 05:29 AM
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Yay to being cheaper the courtesyparts.
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