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Originally Posted by 1969LTX
Great, this was good info. I am on budget and do need to consider where to put my money. Yes, I do prefer us made parts, but its a fact at most of the repro and resto parts comes from China or Taiwan.
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You know, it's not necessarily China, per se, it's the LOWEST BIDDERS in China that some USA companies use.
Wow, those are some nasty comments above by fellow member
Casper42.
I won't stoop to his level, but will say he's been very fortunate if he has truly experienced no problems with CPP parts. I've used a few of them on a 55 Chevy car, and had quality and fit issues with each of them. Their tubular upper control arms were nice, but the included ball joints had cracked dust boots right out of the box! I ended up using Moog ball joints instead.
Speaking of Moog, they are a good example of quality parts no matter where they are made.
I also have to say that I've spoken with more than one vendor about their decisions to not sell certain ChiCom parts that are poorly made. My most recent example is H&H Classics not being able to offer some 55-57 Chevy parts (window regulators?) for some period of time, because they were all poorly made. And I suspect GMC Paul's would have similar stories. However, I don't want to speak for either of these excellent vendors.