This place is now as of 8/2/11 at 1928 Valley Blvd - they moved.
I'm into this place. I am visiting friends and family while on my vacation in LA. I love working on my car as a hobby, and on the drive down from Oaktown, I noticed some looseness in my car's steering/suspension. I yelped for a close auto parts place and tried this place out.
A small mom'n'pop operation on Valley. I called ahead for Acura upper control arms, to be sure the prices were reasonable before going into to get my fully supply of parts. Upon arrival I inquired about a few other parts that wanted to pick up; rear sway bar bushing, sway bar end-link kits, back rotors, and rear pads. All the prices I was quoted were very reasonable. By reasonable I mean only a few bucks, literally 0$-5$ more than the amazon prices and about the same as Rock Auto.com on an exact part/brand part-to-part comparison. But the best is that A-1 is about 10-30$ cheaper from the Kragen/Oreilly's, Autozone, and Pepboy prices on an exact/brand part-to-part comparison (btw I usually go to Kragen/Oreilly's for the selection of higher grade parts). The parts were all available for pick-up, within 2 hours, except for the rear sway bar bushings and end links which were a special delivery requiring a couple days.
The woman who helped me was very nice, efficient, and professional. She quoted me prices on the cheapest parts first, then when I inquired for specific brands (moog, bemix, brembo) she quoted me those prices as well.
I will definitely be coming back here whenever I'm in East Los again. Prices are excellent, quality high-grade parts available, no pressure to buy expensive parts (I did that on my own), and the couple who work here and own this place were super nice. read more