Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Rip off

[Larry Bard (larrybard]

(I apologize if I appear to be inappropriately hijacking this thread.)

I am planning to sell my 1992 512TR on Bring a Trailer (assuming the market hasn't collapsed, or won't shortly, as a result of the securities markets tanking). One of the few things I'm seriously considering doing prior to listing the car for sale (in addition to getting it detailed, and fixing or replacing a broken seat belt housing, but not even bothering finding a replacement for the cracked front black bumper trim) is replacing the front hood struts, which are no longer able to hold the hood up. I will probably have my trusted, careful mechanic do the work, in part because I am so mechanically inept, and after viewing a few YouTube videos am too wary of scratching/breaking something. But I have a few questions about purchasing replacement, working struts. (I'll probably purchase a couple, because I can't tell whether one or both of my current struts are shot.)

Would it likely be important to a purchaser of my car if it no longer had OEM struts? I could buy a couple of what appear to be the correct struts (part 61571600) on Ebay (from "FerrParts") for $49 apiece, plus modest shipping. Or I could buy, for a whole lot less on Ebay (e.g., as little as $12.10 a pair, from "Total Autopart") a no-name brand, new. Frankly, I'm wary of the possibly significantly inferior quality that could be sold for such a low price, and think it makes sense to pay a bit more for the used struts.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (And all reasonable offers for the car will be given consideration -- but I truly have no idea what it might/should sell for, which is why I intend to expose it to the "auction marketplace" via BaT.)

Thanks,

Larry

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Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 4:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Rip off

 

I've had good luck with Sachs struts. 

On 6/14/2022 7:20 AM, George wrote:

Since Clyde brought up his daughter's need for bonnet struts on her Lexus, I also need boot lid struts on the '04 XK8.  So I searched Amazon (have also looked at Rock Auto...) and found several different manufacturers - Boxi, Lesjofors, A-Premium, YHTAuto, and more.

Any advice on how to choose what's good?  Or are they all pretty much the same?  I can pretty easily see some "good" ones being far better than other "good" ones....

Dad told me that he bought parts from a Jag dealer in Knoxville (and I have bought a couple of things there, which I couldn't find anywhere else), but they want about $180 - EACH - for these struts.  It's not a proprietary part, so no reason in the world to pay that crazy money for something as simple as a gas strut.

Anyway, appreciate inputs on how others make their choices on something like this....

Thanks!

gp