What a joke to order a gauge cluster for a 78 malibu with the speedo and tac opening being 4 1/2 inches. The fuel,oil,temp and volt is cut to 2 1/2 inches. Apparently China dont do well with inches!!! All gauges are typically 3 3/8 for speedo and tach. The other 4 are 2 1/8. I spent $450 for this turd that even need to paint dur to discoloration and if I want to return it there gonna charge me 25 % restock fee not to mention shipping cost. Yes I now know what they put in small print about the precut hole sizes but it also says factory gauges will fit right in What a fricken joke!! If anyone knows where to get a set of mechanical gauges that fit these oversized holes please let me know!! read more

I think I'll send the catalog back! I have the Chevelle catalog. Parts look great. Catalog looks great. BUT, after reading all these bad reviews, I'll just stay with NPD. I've been ordering parts for my 70 GTO and 72 Chevelle with absolutely no problems. read more

They are crooks...anyone out there that had a order problem with them, you know what I mean. Terrible customer service, arrogant attitude, etc. So many vendors to buy Chevelle parts from, skip these guys read more

Horrible customer service. Items arrived late other items in the order never arrived. No phone call or email. They overcharged shipping, sent doubles and charged shipping for returns as well. Just horrible to deal with. read more

https://www.ss396.com/el-camino/FPC7005SS.html pump to carb fuel line doesnt fit as stated on the webpage and will have to be bent about 2". i didnt feel comfortable bending a stainless steel fuel line as i dont think customers should have to do that and im not buying a bending tool. they say it fits , then it should fit. so i got the RMA #34214 authorization but i soon found that i would have to pay for shipping back to them. lol why would i pay for shipping back to them when the part does not fit as they state it will? i talked with Christopher M and he said. "Unfortuantley, we cannot provide a free shipping label to return that part because it is not considered damaged." ss396.com are a bunch of idiots and truely do not care about keeping their customers. during my search on why this fuel line doesnt fit as it didnt appear to be damage and box wasnt damage. i found another customer with the same year engine and purchased the same fuel line from the same vendor back in 2015. and guess what.....he was complaining that the part did not fit and it would have to be bent. https://www.chevelles.com/threads/1970-396-fuel-pump-line-to-carb.745066/#post-7350754 so even though i sent emails to Christopher m letting him know i can prove this stupid vendor is making these parts wrong forcing customer to bend it, ss396 would not send me a free shipping label. i showed my proof and ss396 doesnt want to hear anything about it much less fix the issue with their vendor, leaving a customer to have to deal with the problem. so i am forced to now do a credit card charge back to get my refund. and in the end......they are going to send me a shipping label to get their product back. they lost a real customer who was ready to spend more money with them but as they dont care about me, i will be spending my hard earned money with opgi.com instead i should have anyway since they are local and they have always made things right. lets see what the excuse is on this problem? moving to florida? no seasoned employee's to handle complaints? theres always an excuse. read more

Ground Up Restorations - doesn't fit as stated and they want customers to pay for return shipping. LOST A CUSTOMER - Auto Parts & Supplies Near Me - Palm Coast, Florida

Excellent parts availability, even though most prices are higher than their competitors. Friendly folks answering the phones and when ordering - buy buyer beware when trying to return parts! This company will do whatever it can to make the process easier and attempt to avoid accepting returns. Everything falls apart for client service once you involve a supervisor, warehouse, or finance person. After returning a brake line kit I did not need, I returned it. Then I was told it appeared used, line ends looked installed, and get this - the tag was dirty, so wear gloves when looking at or checking fitment on SS396 parts! After thousands of dollars spent, too many hours on the phone, out-of-pocket shipping costs, and declining to ship parts back to me without me providing them a label, I placed my last order weeks ago and will never order from here again. I am forfeiting my parts with them at this point; it's not worth my time and frustration over less than $200 parts. Wow, I have never had such a horrible experience with an automotive company trying to return a part that truly was not installed. Five stars to the gals and guys answering the phones and overall to the parts. Zero stars to the company's supervisors, managers, and warehouse folks running those operations. Sincerely, a customer no more read more

Caution, I ordered Metro SoffSeal Trunk weather striping that is made in the USA from Ground-up and they sent me a Cheap Taiwanese brand Weather striping instead, and then said they can substitute brand of product ! I would consider that FALSE Advertising ! How do you trust someone who will do that to a Customer who has spent Thousands of Dollars with them. read more

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I ordered a front and rear bumper the front bumper came damaged and missing nuts and bolts and when I contacted them about the issue they said that they would send out new bolts nuts with the rear bumper. Well when the rear bumper came there was no nuts and bolts for the rear bumper and there was no nuts and bolts to replace the front bumper. I emailed Teresa asking her to please send the nuts and bolts as promised and still have not received a reply back. You kind of get the feeling from the reply previously that you are bothering them and obviously they are not true to their word. read more

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Been waiting for parts I've ordered almost 2 months with no ETA on when it will be here! If I cancel and get a refund no shipping money will be refunded cause my other parts came.... This place is a joke buyer beware they won't tell you the parts are back ordered until you ask..... read more

I will first start by saying Christina B. is fantastic. Its a bummer her upper management isn't. I ordered (4) seat belts for my Chevelle. I received 3 black and 1 chrome. I didn't realize this until after the 3-day return grace period. To be perfectly honest it was way after. The car was getting the interior done and they were with the 20 other boxes of parts waiting to be installed. It's obvious that they sent the wrong product regardless of when it was discovered. I spoke to upper management and explained my situation. It was like talking to a wall. Basically, a person without a pulse. I get we all make mistakes. I would like to think that a large company like this would accept the responsibility and own their errors. Unfortunately for me that's not the case. Now I am paying shipping fees out of my pocket for a mistake they made. Buyers beware, check your stuff immediately, obviously there packers are as incompetent as upper management is. I wouldn't want to see anyone else get screwed like I did. I'm just a small time guy who fixes up cars in my garage. Maybe I didn't spend enough money to get special treatment. Either way they have forever lost my business. read more

Restoring a 70 chevelle, bought a new 4 row HD radiator which took over 6 weeks to deliver because it was back ordered. When it finally arrived, it was mangled. Since they couldn't tell me when a new one would arrive, I agreed to 50% off and I'd deal with it. Took it to a local shop to straighten it out (no heat, no brazing). Fast forward, went to install the thing a month or so later and it was 0.25" too long! Contacted ground up again and they won't honor refunding the remainder because I "modified it". Seriously... had I known it wouldn't fit when it arrived mangled I would have just gotten a refund. Now I have a boat anchor and my pocketbook is lighter. Shitty customer service..... they should have held their supplier accountable instead of screwing their customer. I get that it wasn't their fault but they need to fix their supply chain. If you need to buy anything of any value, looked elsewhere because when it arrives damaged or doesn't fit, they will leave you hanging read more

I ordered rear original style spring shackles and they sent some generic junk. When I called them to correct the mistake they made. I was told that's all they had and just to send them back. They made me pay for the return shipping. I will not purchase from this company any more. read more

BEWARE THEY OVER CHARGE CUSTOMERS ON SHIPPING compared to other online store...why? its not because of fedex or ups etc charging them more, as we know businesses get bulk shipping prices which are much lower than joe shmoe walking into fedex ups and shipping an item. you ship a lot you get much lower shipping charges. so they are making money on shipping aswell. they like the $30 dollar shipping amount. put some stuff in your basket and you will see how $30 seems to pop up almost everytime. and if you have a return item....yea you wont get a free shipping label like most honorable businesses, you pay for shipping back. thats when you see how much shipping really cost and how much they over charged you for shipping. then they will do a 30% restocking fee on the return regardless of what the problem was, damage, missing parts in shipment....yea customers loosing money again. once you look at how much money your going to loose shipping the item back...you realize its best to just throw it away or sell it at a lower price on ebay. also they pay an outside feedback company.....why?? lol so the majority of legitamate negative feedback is not put on their website. look at these reviews on yelp and look at their website reviews....lol and you will notice on the feedback part, you cant click a link on that part and give a direct review of that specific item like most legitamate buisness. hence why they use an outside feedback review company. home depot, lowes, and most other companies you can leave a review on that specific item....thats how they control the negative feedback from customers. buyers beware. read more

Ordered a carpet for my chevelle and mind you i had a car show pending so i ordered it on time only to receive a carpet for a nova and not even the right color and not only that they inconvenience you by sending you a return label and you have to go drop it off at a UPS location. I had to go out of my way to return their error and had to wait for them to receive the carpet and only then will they ship my order. WILL NEVER ORDER FROM THEM AGAIN WILL TAKE MY BUSINESS ELSEWHERE read more

Not what they used to be. must be going through some changes. customer service manager is rude and unprofessional. i used to use them exclusively for all my restoration needs, not anymore. too many poor experiences. Beware of their quality of products as well. lots of better options out there. read more

I purchased the super sport wheel kit from this company less than a month ago and paid to have the wheels and tires balanced and installed. Within a matter of days the paint started flaking away. Two weeks later after watching the paint continue to flake off with time I decided to call Ground Up and spoke to Kevin who after checking with his manager, offered to send me a complimentary rattle can of touch up paint and told me, "once they are installed there is nothing we can do for you" and that was his "company policy." I don't remember GM's factory steel wheels flaking away after a couple days. Spend your money elsewhere or be prepared to get bent over. read more

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Watch out. Went on google to search parts and decided to order from them the order was over $600 and the search I looked up said any orders over $299 use promo code for free shipping and that was all it said. I have a screenshot of it. I made the order and then after I saw I was billed for freight I called back and talk to their customer service. Customer Service argued with me and told me that not everything over $299 is free freight. So I offered to send them a screenshot of what they have on Google and she says she doesn't care that not all the things or free freight and apparently what I ordered was not free freight. So Buyer beware false advertising. .you would think on a $600 order that they would take care of the freight not even to mention I've got three cars that have stuff they have that I could order I'm not going to now. read more

Poor communication on shipment leading to having to reschedule a full weekend of restoration work. Ordered two products....carpet and a Flatline brand insulation kit. SS396 aka Ground up sent me a shipment email but left the tracking number blank. I emailed about the tracking number and the reply was simply a copied and pasted tracking number. No other words like...' we apologize for not including on original notification". I tracked the shipment which indicated a delivery for last Friday. Made plans for weekend. Shipment arrived Friday but only the carpet was delivered. I inquired again and again got a simple copy and paste of yet another tracking number showing then insulation would be delivered Monday. Frustrated with poor communication. Many more items to purchase to restore my car but SS396 lost my future business. read more

have only ordered a handful of items from this POS outfit (thank god). Half were defective right out of box. First was set of hood hinges. Very weak and bent. No chance of holding hood up. Next was 4 row brass radiator. Leaked right out of box. Luckily I decided to send to radiator shop to test. Guess I needed to have that done as soon as I got it. Never mind that I spent over $300 for it. No cooperation from this joke of a company. Never again. Buyer beware. I've restored two in last 5 years and there are many reputable vendors. Buy from them. This POS needs to go out of business. read more

One of the worst customer service experiences I have ever had. I have been buying parts from this company for a few years now. For the first time; I received a defective part and sent it back in for warranty. The warranty was refused because it was scratched up from being installed; then they charged shipping to return the defective part back to me. Very disgraceful. read more

You'll find everything you want right here! Why go anywhere else? Free catalogs, and beautiful cars on display. Almost everything you need right in house! I absolutely love to visit and of course to buy what I need for my project without having to wait for days or weeks! read more

I would consider this place a RIP-OFF. Ordered a wiring harness for an interior mirror. Was advised what part I needed, wrong part sent. Advised of their error. Was billed 20% restock fee. WEAK customer service, unknowledgeable parts advice. Total RIP-OFF. read more

This company is false advertisement if they ever state free shipping please note they will still charge you for shipping when you purchase your order. FOR EXAMPLE CURRENT CODE FST189 (do not believe it) I called Ground up and spoke to a gentlemen in customer service who advised me that he will refund my shipping charges via a STORE CREDIT ONLY. That is complete BS and false advertisement. they are not the only restoration site out there. This is a great reflection of how companies false advertise sales on line. This place was a real disappointment. shame on them. read more

Had to eat 2 finders at the cost of $1400. They looked fine but when I tried to install them, they wouldn't fit. Now 396SS.com says I'm stuck since I signed for them. read more

I bought a chrome front bumper from this company about a year ago, and the finish is already pitting and cracking. I sent an email to the company asking them to contact me to see how to resolve the issue. They did not respond right away. When they did, they said they were "looking into it" Haven't heard anything since. Very poor product and terrible customer service read more

Beware before you buy from this company. They will not tell you things are out of stock on their website. They do have a nice selection of merchandise however a lot of it seems to be out of stock and they are unable to get it in any timely fashion. I am currently waiting for something for over a month as they still do not know whether will come in. Over the last couple months this is happened to be three or four times which is why am writing this review. Once or twice I finally had to call and cancel because it had to have it could get me the part. Call and make sure it's in stock before you buy read more

will not do business with these people again , ordered seat covers , a entire kit $1400.00 and when they cam in did not open them , well two wks later went to put them on and they said they only have a three window to inspect all of there parts , would not even say they were sorry . so please ,dont waste your money here , i will be buying from others places , restoration world does not have this policy , GROUND UP SUCKS. read more

I have spent over $25,000 in restoration parts with Ground-Up SS396.com in the last 12 months. I have had to return defective parts with an average of 3 phone calls and numerous emails. Not 1 time did I get a return phone call. I always had to call. Terrible communication. The latest concern, was the purchase of a Shifter Assembly Kit for a SS 396. (hard to believe they could mesh that up). They shipped the kit without a shift handle with the note "backordered". When I called and talked to Edmond he wasn't any help, and after a super long time on hold me told me he would have a supervisor call me. As usual 1 week later I had to call him back. This time Edmond put me on hold for a "super long wait" and told me they would have to send me a pickup tag for returning it because they didn't have any idea when it would be available. While on hold, the on hold message was advertising the 4 speed change over shifter kit we were talking about. Again, I ordered a KIT. Now that the shifter is installed in a 1969 SS Chevelle and waiting on the handle ground up wants me to remove it from the car at my cost and ship it to them. This company hasn't any idea how to take car of a customer. BEWARE before you order. read more