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> > Well, go to town today for errands and I'll be damned if some bonehead
> > backed into the left side of the hood and headlamp. The bad thing is that
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> Keystone. There's great savings to be had out there. Check out
> www.car-parts.com.
As a bodyshop estimator... I'd say good luck finding a 2008 headlamp
already, as for Keystone, make sure its CAPA certified, otherwise you will
have fitment issues. Half the time I just try and price match OEM parts to
what the cheapass insurance companies want to pay for aftermarket parts,
because I don't want to have to deal with the headache of the owner not
liking the quality of the parts.
You'd be surprised what insurance companies try and get us to do.
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> -Mike-
> mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net
Mike Marlow - 30 Mar 2008 13:05 GMT
> As a bodyshop estimator... I'd say good luck finding a 2008 headlamp
> already, as for Keystone, make sure its CAPA certified, otherwise you will
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> You'd be surprised what insurance companies try and get us to do.
My best friend is an adjuster for an insurance company. You are right. As
far as salvage yards having 2008's yet, that could be an issue, but it's not
a guarantee that 08's won't be in the salvage stream yet. Many of the parts
sold by Keystone now are CAPA certified, even if they don't carry the
premium label. I haven't purchased any Hyundai parts from Keystone yet, so
I can't speak to their fit for non-CAPA certified parts. I do know that in
the domestic brands (and in particular GM), their parts fit well whether
certified or not. It's actually getting harder to even get non-CAPA
certified parts. Some of the imports from Japan have given me trouble in
the past. All of that said, parts like the headlamp module etc. don't
generally seem to cause the problems with fitting that sheet parts do. At
least from my experience.

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