I have made some somewhat major parts purchases of late and have been shopping around to find the best price.

One of the parts I needed for my 1995 was a new ignition cylinder and door lock sets.
I priced it out on the internet and at local aftermarket parts sales places and found that if I were to buy it I would have to buy it separately and have a locksmith cut my key from the two sets of keys, because the aftermarket parts DO NOT COME IN A SET.

So I found fordparts.com and called Ken and found out that the Motorcraft parts come as a complete set and COST THE SAME AS A AFTERMARKET SET.

Why would anyone put anything but Ford parts on a Ford? Most of the time it is price. But in this case when you go to fordparts.com you will find the price about 41% less than a Ford dealer!

I am trying to put Motorcraft parts back in my Ford trucks and help out FoMoCo at the same time!

 

Ford spun off Visteon many years ago, just like GM spun off Delphi. The big auto companies dont make individual parts themselves anymore. Unless you buy a part from the dealer at the high marked-up price, Ford is probably not in the loop making a profit on it.

Jim

 

Fordparts.com is ran by a dealer in Washington, so I would assume that at least a Ford dealer is making money

 

There are a couple of Ford dealers on here that do really competitive part pricing too