Auto Parts Prices Going Up...and FAST
 

I purchase a lot of auto parts, just a heads up that prices have shot up ~since September, and expect much bigger jumps after the first of the year.
...China trade tariff induced I'm told.

STOCK UP, bad weather coming. :D
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My old college room mate took over ARA auto air conditioning years ago. Many parts he was even a sub for some of the OEM folks worldwide. He had several parts made in China. The new tariffs have made them price prohibitive to continue and is looking at plants again in Mexico.

I will pay more if quality improves

I guess this means Harbor Freight prices will also skyrocket

I will pay more to not have to deal with the damned Communists.

BRING ON THE TRADE TARIFFS! More is better.

What is the tariff %?

Tariffs are applied to the import price. So, a $20 item at import is now $24 with a 20% tariff. The retail prices increases from $55 to $59 or something like that?

"I will pay more to not have to deal with the damned Communists."
THIS.
The Chinese have killed a great number of American boys in Korea & Vietnam. They will likely kill more in the future. We have helped create that monster.

This. I've learned never to buy the cheapest part - it's always junk.

The computer or phone you used to make these posts were most likely made in China. I know mine was.

Based on a brake rotor I bought in August, for $78.xx went to $89.xx., same vendor, top line product.
Other factors may involved, metal prices?

Just a heads up, no politics!
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I looked at two front pre bent brake lines at Inline Tube last week for $35. This week they're $45.

This will be a great excuse for Edelbrock to double the price of their heads before I get around to buying them

My Toshiba is a piece of **** that's been problematic since new. Warranty repair involves sending it to the Philippines, where they'll perhaps steal my data from the hard drive.

The fukkin' Communists and the Communist Collaborators have essentially killed off domestic electronics production except for some higher-end audio equipment.

Because those criminals destroyed large swaths of American industry, there's no choice but to buy Communist Crap.

Why do I have to post this? Isn't it blazingly obvious?

Interesting.
I build my own computers. I have used ACER Motherboards for over 20 years, built at least 15 computers for people including my family and have never had an issue with a motherboard or hard drive. Same deal with Computer Chips and Memory.

But I am really sorry your POS, made in Japan, was problematic since new.

https://www.techradar.com/news/mobil...aptops-1318014
Their Laptops have been a POS for several years now.



Tom V.

You have been talking about them since the Bush administration.. The first one. I think you will be OK.

Japanese company, product made in Communist China.

I've recently bought brake rotors and noticed that too. At least about a 20% increase.

The stainless steel Chinese knock offs of Dougs round port headers are still around $150 w/free shipping. When the tariffs are repealed, which they will be eventually, will prices go down on products that had been raised because of them? I'd bet not.

... and shipping has gone way up over the last half dozen years. Crazy prices on oversize shipping is the reason I invested in a nice tubing straightener and am now buying hoops of tubing & bending my own. Have several flaring tools & original example lines for 70-72 A-body's & 2nd Gen T/A's, which makes it even easier.

Fixed it for you

That seems to be a generic statement vs an answer. Got any real proof to that statement.

By the way, Taiwan, is Nationalist China and not a Communist Country. One of the most Democratic Countries out there.
That happened on December 8, 1949 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...ital-to-taiwan

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I have owned on of those fancy flaring tools that has a hand hydraulic pump that makes the flare, works flawlessly!!! Mastercool is the brand on the case, I bought it from NAPA.

I had owned this kit for about 3-4 years, had not even used it yet. A friend was working on his Hot Rod project. He had bough a set of trans cooler lines, already flared and bent. One end on each line had to be cut off and re-flared.

I re-flared one end of each line. He looked at both tubes...my flares were better than the ones that came on the lines.....


Parts prices going up???? Crap since 2005 (remember hurricane Katrina???) everything has been going up, and has not slowed down...

Are you thinking that Toshiba is not a Japan-based company, or that the To****ba computer I bought didn't come in a box that said "Made In China" on it?

Yes, the legitimate government of China fled to Taiwan when Mao was making noise about revolution. The legitimate government of China is the government of Taiwan, as far as I'm concerned...but the UN and the various member countries have other ideas, and none of them asked my permission.

There are good products coming out of Taiwan, and bad products, same deal for Japan.
My company basically pulled out of Japan, removed all dealerships) as no one was buying the cars. Have no love for Mao or the rest of the Mainline China games.
But I have met very good Engineers that originally were born in Mainline China.
These people were Turbo Engineers. You personally bring a lot to the game, Schurkey, as do others. Trolls do not.

Tom V.

Trolls are everywhere, as you said Cliff. Look for attention based on how bold they think that they are.

Many of my parts vendors have sent me letters and e-mails "explaining" why the price of their products will be going up or has gone up. Of course they claim it's all about the tariffs. To me, it very much like all the trucking and shipping companies tacking on crazy surcharges and raising rates dramatically when gas prices went to $4.00 a gallon 5 years ago. Gas here is now right at $2.00 a gallon and has been under $2.50 for years. Did any of those surcharges and crazy rate hikes go back to normal? Of course not. When the tariffs are eventually lifted, don't expect anything to go down in price. The inflated prices are here to stay. You will just be paying more for the same Chinese junk.