summit private label parts?
 

I just ordered a Summit 155lph fuel pump and their upper and lower rear control arms, and was woundering if anyone has had any success or problems with the Summit private label parts. For the price it looks like you can't beat them.....

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I have not ordered any store brand parts. My bet is that Summit would not risk their credibility by offering poor quality store brand parts. Are they equal to top quality name brand parts? Most likely not, IMHO. My thought is you will probably get what you pay for. Since my time and effort are worth something to me, I do order the best name brand parts and pay something extra for them. I don't want to do it twice if I can help it.

Rev

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I've NEVER had any problems with any Summit "brand" items, except for -AN fittings, those suck. Most of the Summit parts are manufactured by name brand companies, don't forget Summit owns TrickFlow!

Like Rev said, they're not gonna risk their credibility with junk parts. But for the record, I'm staying away from the fuel line fittings in the future. ;)

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I'm not really concerned as much about the control arms as much as the fuel pump. Thanks for the input guys.....

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Trust me, "Summit" did NOT build that fuel pump, or the control arms for that matter.

If I was gonna guess, I'd bet that BBK parts "fit" that Summit fuel pump. ;)

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I just bought a summit racing short throw shifter....yes the cheapest one made in the history of the world, lol :D . It was assembled with the shifter handle backwards, was akward to mount and i'm not quite sure how the shifting is yet because i need to finish the car. Also the mounting bolts that come with it are WAY too long. so basically i had to reuse the stock bolts, dissasemble and reassemble the shifter to work and try and use the supplied washers (have offset holes like eccentrics) to try and find a way to bolt it to my T-5.
It's a very nice billet aluminum black finish, and the adjustable stops are very nice. I hope the feel is good, the shifter has springs on the sides that i'm sure will help push the shifter toward center when i need to hit 3rd gear. This is the first time i've bought a summit generic product and as i like to say when fit and finish aren't good - you get what you pay for.

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I just wanted to let everyone know that all of our Summit label parts are quality inspected and tested before we sell them. We are currently checking on the shifter in question to see if there are any problems with it. If anyone has had issues with this shifter, or any other Summit product for that matter, please feel free to call us so we can assist you. Our customer service department can be reached at 1-800-517-1035 or you can email me direct through this site. We are here to help. Thanks

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That's what I love about Summit. In the very rare instances where I've had any problems, they have jumped right on it and made immediate corrections without any hassle or hesitations at all.

Rev

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I like to think of Summit brand parts as the supermarket brand goods people buy....they suck!
So far,I got burned on their AN fittings and a fuel pressure gauge. The fittings leaked like cheap diapers, and the gauge could never decide what reading it wanted to give me from day to day. That was strike two and I'm not about to get strike three!!
I'd rather take my chances with swap meet parts than to buy Summit brand parts.
FWIW, I would send that fuel pump back tonight!!

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Never bought their parts (except for their mufflers), but I agree with Rev. Last year when I ended up with the wrong distributor gear, due mostly to their error, I had the right one the next day. I have heard of some issues with them also to be completely honest.

Ryan