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I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion per se, but here's my opinion on Dorman parts...
@kennythewelder touched on this breifly regarding Dorman door pins, but these kits are GARBAGE! People, please stay away from these things, even the pins are trash. About 6 months ago, I bought a kit of Dorman pins, Cunningham Machine bushings, and Cunningham Machine roller pin for the driver's side of my truck. The roller pin was fine, but the Dorman pins are not too spec and I beat on those pins FOREVER to get them to seat into the Cunningham bushings. Well, as time goes by, the bottom pin start to work itself out of the hinge. The door started creaking like it used to and eventually I said screw this. I went online and bought AC Delco pins (old school type) and bought new Cunningham Machine bushings bc I thought the bushings in there would be FUBAR from the Dorman pins. My dad and I re replaced the pins last weekend and when I tapped the AC Delco pins in place, they slid in no problem. Now my door is finally fixed and I know those pins and bushings will last for years to come.
Second story with Dorman, I bought replacement radio knobs for my radio bc 3/4 of them were broken/missing. The Dorman knobs don't look nearly as good as the GM ones and while there's nothing wrong with that functionally, it just looked ugly and I didn't like it. I went on Amazon and bought the GM Genuine radio knobs and they look SO MUCH better.
That being said, I also bought Dorman Lug nuts bc I lost a couple while replacing ball joints, so far those are fine so I'd say lug nuts are OK from them.
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion per se, but here's my opinion on Dorman parts...
@kennythewelder touched on this breifly regarding Dorman door pins, but these kits are GARBAGE! People, please stay away from these things, even the pins are trash. About 6 months ago, I bought a kit of Dorman pins, Cunningham Machine bushings, and Cunningham Machine roller pin for the driver's side of my truck. The roller pin was fine, but the Dorman pins are not too spec and I beat on those pins FOREVER to get them to seat into the Cunningham bushings. Well, as time goes by, the bottom pin start to work itself out of the hinge. The door started creaking like it used to and eventually I said screw this. I went online and bought AC Delco pins (old school type) and bought new Cunningham Machine bushings bc I thought the bushings in there would be FUBAR from the Dorman pins. My dad and I re replaced the pins last weekend and when I tapped the AC Delco pins in place, they slid in no problem. Now my door is finally fixed and I know those pins and bushings will last for years to come.
Second story with Dorman, I bought replacement radio knobs for my radio bc 3/4 of them were broken/missing. The Dorman knobs don't look nearly as good as the GM ones and while there's nothing wrong with that functionally, it just looked ugly and I didn't like it. I went on Amazon and bought the GM Genuine radio knobs and they look SO MUCH better.
That being said, I also bought Dorman Lug nuts bc I lost a couple while replacing ball joints, so far those are fine so I'd say lug nuts are OK from them.