Finding the Correct Parts Is Never an Easy Task
Every owner’s manual of every car made should include a nice long list of places that distribute their parts to the general public. You can always go to the dealer but then they are going to want to install them. You can search online, but you never know where their coming from or if they are quality or junk.
I’ve owned many different cars in the past and the toughest quality parts to find bar none were Mitsubishi parts. My older Eclipse would constantly need repairs, and since I’m a little cheap and a bit of a grease monkey, I always ordered parts and did the labor myself. The vast majority of those parts broke shortly after due to no fault of my own. The only ones that didn’t were the OEM ones, but then again, those were even harder to come by.
The second most difficult manufacturer to find was for Suzuki parts. Same as with the Mitsubishi, the majority of the parts that you can find are either garbage, or always out of stock. The ones that you really want are all OEM and, well, good luck! The Japanese manufacturers need to start taking parts lessons from their American counterparts. By far the easiest parts to find on the market today are OEM Ford parts. There is a good reason I now drive a F150. Fixing it is so much easier!
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