More Performance Parts

Injen has the first tuned intake featuring "Mega Ram Technology" that optimizes horsepower and torque. All intakes utilize 60601 T6 aluminum tubing or cast design. Other features include Tig welding, swaging, and Mass Air Sensor adapters as necessary.

Performance Air Intake Kits from aFe give your vehicle the air it needs by replacing the restrictive factory intake system with a high flow conical air filter, and providing isolation from hot engine air. One of the distinguishing features of aFe filters is the pleat height and pleat spacing – generally 25% taller and more openly spaced than other performance filters. The more open the pleats...the better the airflow.

Need a Mesh Grille for your 350Z? Need a Roll Pan for your F-150? Need Side Skirts for your Mustang? Street Scene has the most innovative, and high-quality, car and truck customizing parts and accessories available. You will find these parts and more in the "Body Exterior" category of the RockAuto catalog.

United Tune-Up Kits

RockAuto now has premium Tune-Up Kits from United Ignition that include wires, distributor cap, and rotor all in one box. It is much less expensive than buying all three components separately, and you will have the assurance that all the parts have been selected to perform flawlessly together.

Customize Your DashMat & Premier Floor Mats

Add a custom touch to your DashMat or Premier floor mat with a logo or monogram. The mats are expertly embroidered using state of the art computerized equipment assuring lasting quality and beauty.

Ordering is easy. First choose your mat...then you will see options for logos and monograms in the drop-down lists and More Info pages.

Bosch Spark Plug SPARKTACULAR

If you're due for new spark plugs, try the very newest from the Bosch line-up. You'll notice the improved performance and can get a cash back rebate by mail when you purchase Bosch Platinum Ir Fusion™, Platinum+4, Platinum+2, Platinum Plus, or Super Plus Spark Plugs.

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Tech Tip - Talking Parts To A Mechanic

I do neither of these things and not just because it would take several big trees to make a paper copy of the catalog nor because I do not like to get involved in other peoples’ misunderstandings. It is perfectly fine if mechanics include a mark-up on parts prices while doing the profit margin calculations in their business plan. Their own local source for parts might be relatively expensive compared to RockAuto.com too. Few of us would confront a restaurant owner that charges $1.50 for a glass of Coke because we know an entire liter of Coke is available for $0.99 at the grocery store down the street.

Auto parts cost a lot more than a Coke and I can understand feeling taken advantage of if the $437 radiator on the Mechanic’s bill “really” only costs $152 plus shipping. The ALLDATA service is used by many mechanics to create parts and labor cost estimates. I looked up a random Chevy, 1994 Caprice 5.7L, on ALLDATA and found the OEM, retail parts prices listed were anywhere from 60% to more than 300% higher than prices in the RockAuto.com catalog. Thinking you are paying $15 extra for a knock sensor might not seem so bad but paying $150 more for an ACDelco alternator might startle anyone.

Talk to the mechanic before the repair to prevent price misunderstandings or if you want to bring your own parts. Mechanics are used to installing parts that customers walk in with like fancy wheels, performance exhaust, or carburetors. Mechanics are usually happy to install other parts carried in by customers if there is an up-front discussion about the cost of diagnosing the repair, scheduling the repair, the cost of reinstalling a part that fails under warranty, etc. Some parts might be expensive or hard to find even for the mechanic and they will be happy if a customer walks in with quality parts ready to be installed at a scheduled time.

I do this myself when a repair is too hard, too urgent, etc. The clutch in my wife’s car recently started slipping badly. I emailed a local transmission shop in advance to get an installation price for my clutch kit. Up-front I gave them the ok to also repair or replace incidental parts (they resurfaced the flywheel). They were happy to have a vehicle to repair on an open Friday afternoon and the right clutch kit. ALLDATA correctly said it would take the professional mechanic an afternoon, but it would have taken me a week to replace that clutch. I was so happy, I gave the mechanic a RockAuto magnet!

Tom Taylor,
RockAuto.com Auto Parts

Hi,

My 1973 Buick Riviera GS Stage 1 is finished at last! A lot of RockAuto parts have been used, and I am just waiting for two more orders for small bits and pieces as I write. You guys are so efficient and fast with the parts, not to mention incredibly reasonably priced.

Thanks for helping me get my ride back together. She's been repainted and retrimmed, I made all the new seat covers myself, exactly like the originals but with the individual scallops to the rear bench. Other than the custom paint and the tri-colour interior, she is stock...which just goes to show what an amazing car she must have been way back in '73.

Cheers,

Nick in Cornwall, United Kingdom

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