Paddock + quality

How do you of Paddock-spares- and quality? Last year I bought lots of parts for my restoration SIII. In November I could drive it on the road for the first time. And now: the last part of the exhaust is so rusty and leaking that I will have to replace it. 2 of the 3 seat-bases are already cracking/ripping. Email to Paddock resulted in asking for photo's, I send them. But now they don't seem to know me anymore..... Anyone with the same experience? Jurjen

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JCBR wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

I grumbled here recently about the fuel lift pump for my 300Tdi that would only fit after I'd re-bent all the fuel pipes. Anyone looking under the bonnet when I come to sell will see the mess and suspect there is worse he can't see. Well, I would anyway. I've promised myself some new fuel pipes, another (proper) fuel pump, and a supplier in the future who is NOT called Paddocks! And that's just one example.

Derry

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Derry Argue

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You get what you pay for, cheap and nasty, IMHO. Beth

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Beth Clarke

I used to use paddocks. But I learnt the hard way. Now I use a local independant LR garage, where the parts guy knows which cheap pattern parts are ok and which are best bought genuine.

Alex

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Alex

There seems to have been a lot of people 'having a go' at Paddocks on here recently. I feel I must redress the balance somewhat. Over the last 12 months I have spent in excess of £2K on my Ninety. At least half of this, if not more was spent at Paddocks. I use Paddocks regularly for replacement LR parts. Accesories for off-roading I buy from wherever has what I need (QT, Rebel, Simmonites etc). For standard replacement parts like C.V. joints, propshafts, wheelbearings, seals and incidentally, a fuel lift pump that fitted better than the original I find Paddocks hard to beat on price. On the quality front I've had no problems. When replacing my rear shocks I was offered no less than 4 alternatives of different manufacture and quality available off the shelf! The inward facing rear seats I bought were great. The counter staff have given me much advice about what to buy and why. I have never been steered down the most expensive route when taking this advice either. Next time I need a spare part, guess who I'll happily phone first?

Stew.

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1990 LR ninety (Jasmine) with bits on! 2002 Freelander Td4 ES (wifes)
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90ninety

"JCBR" wrote

I don't think that Padock are alone with this problem. I bought two pairs of JATE rings from DLS. I compared them with proper JATE rings and they are a very poor copy, although the bolts were supplied with opened Land Rover plastic bags.

After taking photographs of them, I returned them to DLS. They don't answer e-mails or letters.

Next stop, probably small claims court.

Reg.

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Reg

rings

don't

The moral of the story is that if one is in any doubt, buy Genuine Parts or at least buy locally where you see the goods before purchase. It may cost a small percentage more in the first instance, but you will at least know what you are getting.

Huw

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Huw

I think Beth's comments above sum up the problem - if it is half the price of all the other suppliers it might just be because it is only worth half the money!! Paddocks are not alone in selling 'cheap and nasty' though - most of the big mail order names do it. I have afriend who sells LR parts from his garage and he actually stocks

2 qualities of most parts - if the customer chooses the cheap one then at least he can say 'told you so' when he then sells him the dearer one a couple of months later!!

If it is apart that has to fit right or has to work properly then I would always suggest to buy Genuine or top quality, if it is a 'cosmetic' part then a cheaper one may well be just as good.

David Llama 4x4

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On or around Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:25:05 +0100, "Huw" enlightened us thusly:

in some cases, though, "small percentage" is about 300% or more if you're talking about genuine parts [1]. In that case, I'll carry on buying cheap ones from Paddock and taking the chance...

[1] and in some cases, the parts are identical. Mother (my mother, I mean) was quoted 350 quid to supply and fit a vacuum pump on a 300 TDi, a job which any half-competent mechanic can easily do in half an hour. Let's suppose that they bill for an hour's labour (which in itself would be a rip-off; it really is an easy job, took me about 15 minutes), at say 70 quid plus vat, that still means over 250 quid for a pump which I got for 109 including vat ISTR, and which was the SAME pump, made my the same manufacturer.
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Austin Shackles wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Needed a new interior light for my 1992 200Tdi p/u. The local authorised LR dealer quoted £40! (I did not ask whether that was inclusive of VAT but probably wasn't).

I got the exact same item from the local after market guy for £16 + VAT.

It pays to shop around.

Derry

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Derry Argue

instance,

Local parts from non Land Rover dealers may in fact be cheaper for 'genuine'. Your LSUK dealer or specialist such as Shorts of Swansea could supply genuine Bosch, Lucas, Magnetti, Perkins [not relevant here] parts and other factors can supply many other OEM parts such as LUK, Bendix etc at reasonable prices. These are all likely to be local. Panels and specialist parts can be sourced locally but are not likely to be made by the original supplier to Land Rover, which means that they *could* be of unknown quality.

Huw

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Huw

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