03-12-2018, 04:17 AM
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1A Auto Parts?
For those users who ended up buying from them, mind giving some reviews? I found some really old threads with some users who purchased some parts and wanted to know how they're holding up. I just replaced my LCAs with ACDelco, but will be changing my UCAs with 1AAuto ones since they were <$80 for the pair.
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03-12-2018, 08:20 AM
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Moving from 4th Gen to General Discussion.
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03-12-2018, 11:33 AM
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I purchased their lower control arm for my 4th gen. Shipping was super fast, and the part was pretty beefy! The price is very good, and so far I have about 5,000 miles on the new part with zero issues.
As for now, I would recommend them for sure. I don't see why it wouldn't, but I hope it lasts!
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03-12-2018, 01:47 PM
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I just rebuilt the whole front end of my 05 with 1A stuff (CAs, TREs, end bar links). Everything fit right and felt sturdy and matched the OEM (as far as looks). I had more issues out of my KYB struts than the 1A parts
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03-14-2018, 11:00 PM
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I just received my UCAs from them and I would not be able to tell the difference between these and another aftermarket company. I searched other forums and saw that their CS is actually active on a few; they even said they use the same distributor as some other companies which I find plausible. I'm just surprised that their parts are basically half the price of others. Time will tell if these are equivalent to them though.
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03-14-2018, 11:55 PM
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I just received my LCAs from HexAutoParts.com for attractive price. Shipping was super fast which come from CA, and the parts are good. As for now, I would not be able to tell the difference between it and 1A Auto Parts. As for me, best price is the most important.
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03-15-2018, 08:47 AM
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Can't speak for their parts, but they do have a lot of good how-to info at their site.
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03-15-2018, 01:13 PM
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1A auto - door activators
I bought a couple of door lock activators (might be called something different, I can't recall)...
The front door driver side was very affordable, it's been in almost a year, still OK.
Later I tried the back door driver side, and I found that there is a small door you have to open to insert one of the cable ends, and that door has very brittle hinges, so it broke... but they sent me a new one & it was pretty fragile too, but I was more careful & used some duct tape, and got it installed (summer/fall?) and still working.
My experience, fwiw.
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03-16-2018, 10:13 AM
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I ordered new LCA with ball joints from then and they worked great. Ive also ordered new heated mirrors from them too and have had them on for over a year with no issues. the LCA's have been on for about 12k and no issues. Looked very similar to OEM.
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03-19-2018, 02:36 AM
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Thanks for all the feedback, everyone seems to be fine with them so far, but no one with a ton of mileage on them yet. I finished installing mine and will find this thread later on if they end up failing too quickly.
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03-19-2018, 09:41 PM
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My experience with them was ordering window regulators and a door lock actuator for the '04 jeep WJ that I used to own. I can say with complete truthfulness that the parts I got were the crappiest low quality junk I had ever seen, they were multiple levels below any junk that vato-zone sells.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 2ndhandyotaman
My experience with them was ordering window regulators and a door lock actuator for the '04 jeep WJ that I used to own. I can say with complete truthfulness that the parts I got were the crappiest low quality junk I had ever seen, they were multiple levels below any junk that vato-zone sells.
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Did they end up failing? If so, did you contact them? They claim to have a lifetime warranty on some parts, like the
UCAs I ordered (another reason why I bought it from them), but they have different warranty periods for different parts I'm assuming, lowest being a year.
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03-20-2018, 03:32 AM
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i have purchased a few things from them also. no problems and they do stand behind what they sell.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gookies
Did they end up failing? If so, did you contact them? They claim to have a lifetime warranty on some parts, like the
UCAs I ordered (another reason why I bought it from them), but they have different warranty periods for different parts I'm assuming, lowest being a year.
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Honestly, I never even bothered to install them, I just called and got a return authorization and sent the junk back to them. The parts just looked that cheap in quality to me, it wasn't worth the effort to give them a try. I did get a full refund of the purchase price, I had to absorb the return shipping costs.
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I also bought my lower control arms from them, good price, fast shipping and SOLID arms. when we was installing them another guy but his from another place almost double the cost, his was EXACTLY like mine even same numbers stamped on them. He was a little upset lol.
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