Jim, last comment before you was 6 months ago
I've read your restoration project so I know what you are on about. Your car turned out a beauty!
Anyway, a good time to share some of my experiences with CI.
As I live in the Netherlands it's going to be expensive anyway to order something due to shipping and import taxes.
So normally I ordered "big" by just piling up parts that I needed and once I was sure that I got it all and they had a good discount % I put the order in.
CI does take their time when it comes to providing a shipping quote and also to get it shipped takes a little longer then with other shops.
But, I always got what I ordered and I rather see it being steady and slow but at least correct. (specially in my case so far away)
Besides that, after having driven around 50 miles with a new speedometer (Rally dash...$350-ish) it broke down.
I contacted them and explained what happened, they understood my situation and send me a new one for free and mentioned to send the bill if any import taxes were to be paid.
Also the old one was not needed to return due to the shipping costs.
All in all guys, this type of service is hard to find in Europe.
Regarding the discounts, it states
up to 30% discount.... nobody said you will get 30% off
CI have quality products which are near original in looks and function, you cannot compare this with the cheaper Ebay stuff or so.
Yes there are many more shops who provide quality parts with sharp prices, they most likely run on a smaller inventory then CI.
CI has a lot of parts and I rarely need to wait long on parts that are out of stock.
Now I found a web shop in Germany which also does a good job on this, I turned more towards them as the shipping costs and import taxes are killing me.
But regularly I need to fall back on CI for their quality parts and insane amount of variety of it as they don't have that here in Europe.
So from my point of view, thumbs up for CI!