What is the quality of auto parts sold on Ebay?

Question

I need a clutch master and slave cylinder for my 93 honda del sol. Does someone have experience buying auto parts on Ebay? Ebay items on sale: http://motors.search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&mppfqy=del+sol+clutch&catref=C6&satitle=del+sol+clutch+cylinder&sacat=6000%26catref%3DC6&fmmk=&fmmd=&fylo=&fyhi=&mppfqy=del+sol+clutch&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=

Please click on the link and let me know if you recommend a certain Ebay seller.

Answer 1

Quality is all over the place, from top notch parts to absolute garbage. The parts I've sold on there myself have usually been in about the same condition as a part pulled off a junkyard car, and I've always represented them as such. There was one famous horror story I've heard about somebody buying a turbo and having it split apart - turns out it was a very cheap knock-off made by Communists that had been GLUED together where a decent manufacturer would have welded it.

My advice is to either buy a rebuild kit for this and fix it yourself, go with genuine Honda parts, or buy parts from a brand name that doesn't sound like it was picked by committee - one like Raybestos or Bendix.

Answer 2

Just buy from someone that has a pretty good feedbacks in the last month and pay with your credit card through Paypal so if anything is wrong u can do a chargeback without paypals hassle!

Answer 3

i have bought a nice cold air intake from chromeintakes on ebay and it was pretty nice. it went right in the wheel well of my car (most of the them i found only were short ram intakes) it was of good quality and properly cut but other than that i cant say more about other auto parts that i bought on there.

Answer 4

well when ur lookin at the part look at the seller and see what his rating is for selling items if its high then chances are good hes reliable and so is the part