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Ss396

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Ss396 has a rating of 3.2 stars from 187 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Ss396 most frequently mention timely manner. Ss396 ranks 36th among Auto Parts sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Phenomenal company”

JAMES B.
8/17/24

SS396 is an awesome company. Easy ordering, great customer service and great products. I have made several orders and ordering, confirmation, fulfilment and shipping notification are always quick and precise. Fedex on the other hand was a cluster, delayed attempted delivery said noone was available ( no signature was needed) called customer service and was told it was delayed, getting to Concord, this happened twice. How can a delivery be attempted if it hasn't arrived at the terminal(twice)? Finally arrived 4 days late. SS396 great company! Fedex not so much.

Top Critical Review

“Junk chinese parts”

WILLIAM W.
10/2/24

Ordered complete wiper motor with pump received cheap chinese motor with pump separately which required modification just to bolt on cninese motor which had electrical conn in wrong position which they are aware of as it is stated in their catalog. Well the cheap chinese motor did not work cost me 30.00 additional dollars for return shipping they would not accept modified pump for return even though they made the decision to send that junk without even notifying me. Meanwhile customer is waiting

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Thumbnail of user ruebenl1
Washington
1 review
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June 30th, 2020

Nobody carries the specific Black with gray speck trunk paint that is stock for my 68 Chevelle that I purchased from Ground Up. Most retailers carry gray / white or black /aqua. It's all about the detail. Thank you!

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Joseph – Ss396 Rep

Rueben,

Thank you for your kind words. We're glad you were able to find the exact paint you needed for your restoration as we here at Ground Up SS396.com understand its all the little things that go a long way in completing a restoration project. We'd also like to thank you for sharing your beautiful 68 Chevelle, we love seeing our customer's cars on the road once again!

Thanks,
Ground Up, Inc.

Thumbnail of user mikes4294
Nebraska
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February 21st, 2023
Verified purchase

As I am packaged my $500 seatbelts out of the box the center push button emblem is not even in position where it should be. They are stuck in all different directions and places on the seatbelt, terrible quality control. How are we going to resolve this issue and make it right.?

Thumbnail of user josephm2939
Illinois
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April 6th, 2022
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I purchased the complete interior for a 63 nova website says it's in stock. Spent over 1100$ then the next day I receive an email saying the rear seat cover in the kit is on back order, ok I guess I'll wait for a while and it will show up. WRONG. I have sent an email to their customer service every month for the last 8 months. I get told the same thing every time it will be another month. Now they have a seat cover in their inventory that would work but they want me to pay the difference, you would think they would work with me after I have waited 8 months. You would be wrong. Kim in customer service is kinda rude!

Thumbnail of user curtw33
Illinois
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February 13th, 2020

I've made several orders with them with over $8000 spent. I'm missing parts and have duplicate of some parts. They were great to deal with but due to there three day policy it doesn't help you when you need to put your car together. I won't be doing business with them any longer. All I wanted is what I ordered, I Offered to send back the duplicate parts. I sent pictures of what I got and was told that is what there policy is.

Thumbnail of user thomasa1523
Texas
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April 12th, 2023
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I enjoy browsing the Ground Up SS396 site. The parts always seem to be in stock and arrive in a very timely manner, usually within 4-5 days. I have been very pleased with my overall shopping experience with SS396. More orders are forth coming.

Thumbnail of user ronw511
Maryland
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June 14th, 2021

Received a SPAM email from these morons today. Never done business with them before, never even heard of them before. I am not even a muscle car enthusiast or owner!

If anyone from this company sees this review, know this: I have reported you to your email provider/network host. I will also be reporting this unethical marketing behavior on as many web sites as I can find!

DO BETTER!

Tip for consumers:
Don't buy anything from these clowns. In addition to spamming, they don't seem to back their products or issue refunds without complaints and delays.

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none, idiots spammed me without my permission.

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Joseph – Ss396 Rep

Hello Ron,

We're sorry to hear this and are currently investigating the issue. At Ground Up, Inc., we don't purchase any email addresses as we see that as a waste of time and money. The only way we capture contacts for our email campaigns is via our website, blog, and checkout. We don't even allow customers to sign up over the phone as we don't allow verbal opt-ins.

To figure out what happened in your instance, we need more information. Without knowing the email affected, we can't track the source of where the email was captured. If you would like us to look further into this issue, reach out to info@ss396.com. We'll be more than happy to get to the bottom of this issue with you.

Thanks,
Ground Up, Inc.

Thumbnail of user travisc124
Wyoming
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March 26th, 2020

Spent a ton of money with these guys on 2 complete ground up restorations. Orders missing items only to find out that they supposedly drop shipped them when in reality they hadn't even processed the drop ship order. Instead of resolving the mistake they could have expedited the shipment but didn't. Just found that many of the parts I bought can be sourced at other places much cheaper... sorry ss396.com... you've lost my business and I spend thousands $$$.

Thumbnail of user neils217
Georgia
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April 16th, 2020

Ordered a 67 Chevy II grill and front grill emblem. I was concerned about quality because of the lower price than their competitors but everything was top notch. I ordered on a Thursday and received product by Wednesday am in Georgia.

Thumbnail of user irishkid854
Illinois
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April 4th, 2023

Save your time and money and go elsewhere, The last few times we have reached out for parts either have been treated with rude answers or poor customer service. We were delivered the wrong part even sent an email cancelling the order when the error was identified they continued to send the parts to us. We received them and called immediately and told we would have to pay shipping and mind you we have spent thousands of dollars over the years here as a resto shop. Well needless to say we will continue to go elsewhere until they can improve their customer service.

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Thumbnail of user jamesf189
Canada
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June 24th, 2017

If you've restored a car before- you know you need a lot of parts and sometimes you'll order the wrong thing, or not need something.
At first the company was great to deal with- I ended up spending close to $3000 usd on parts, until we ran into a problem with a part that wasn't as advertised, and they stopped responding to emails and phone calls. Very frustrating!

Thumbnail of user timma67
Minnesota
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July 5th, 2023

Orddoir panels for my 81 camaro they showed up damaged sent pictures in within an hour of receiving package. I was told to send more the next day and did still no response called again said they needed more pictures that were not on the list and sent them. Called them again today was told that they are waiting to hear from ups before they can send replacement or refund now it's going to be another week or two before I even find out if I get a refund if ups doesn't dispute it what a joke

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Thumbnail of user mikef1078
Illinois
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February 28th, 2021
Verified purchase

With help from Matt, had my order sorted out. Placed my order Wednesday night and it arrived that Saturday. I didn't expect it till Monday. I thought it was cool they allowed Saturday delivery on a ground order.

Tip for consumers:
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Website is easy to use or call they are very helpful on the phone

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Fender hardware

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Thumbnail of user kenw273
Connecticut
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March 10th, 2020

Their catalog is very vague regarding vehicle fitment. Their website is poorly designed. When returning items, they do not refund shipping cost. Many times it costs twice as much for the customer to ship an item back, then when they ship it to the customer. They underweight the item and take advantage of the shipping company. Not an ethical company. Steer clear.

Tip for consumers:
Original Parts Group & e-Bay are more reasonable, dependable and accurate.

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Thumbnail of user randyd445
Oregon
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May 18th, 2022
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The worst customer service I have ever had experience with. Had to file a claim with bbb and the fraud department at my bank because of mislabeled door panels being shipped to me and damaged items. They want me to pay shipping back to them for items that are junk. Hope this review helps someone.

Tip for consumers:
Don't order from them. They ship you junk rusted parts and will now pay for shipping these junk parts back. Very disappointing.

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Joseph – Ss396 Rep

Hello Randy,

Unfortunately, we have tried our best to rectify the issue, but you refused to accept any resolution we provided. You made this purchase online and we get it mistakes happen, but it clearly states in the title of the product Light Saddle Z35 as the color, not black (https://www.ss396.com/camaro/IPA-78FD35-P.html). It even goes into detail in the part notes how colored products are special order items and non-returnable. This said, we offered to accept the item back and offered you a full refund for the door panels you miss ordered, to which you refused. Now all of a sudden the product is damaged which was not stated in your initial interaction with us, we are going to send you a return label for the product but they will need to be inspected upon return to determine the extent of the damage and whether or not it is a manufacturer defect. One of our Customer Services reps will be in touch shortly, we hope you find this resolution acceptable.

Thumbnail of user jesser668
Georgia
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January 26th, 2023
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Either they are trying to sale parts they don't have in stock or they don't want to honor the promotion they are trying to give on free shipping. I bought a chevelle rear deck repair panel last night with free shipping. Nothing about none in stock. This morning I get a email, none in stock. Now it says this item is not eligible for discounting and free shipping. That was not on there yesterday. This thing is freight shipping is probably 200.00. What a rip off.

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Joseph – Ss396 Rep

Hello Jesse,

Sorry to hear you didn't have the best experience shopping with us. Unfortunately, at this time we do not list inventory on our website due to system limitations that we are working to resolve, this said, we do provide prompt notice when processing orders for items that are not currently in stock and provide you with the option to keep the product on order or cancel it. In regard to free shipping, we try our best to make this as clear as possible online by listing promotion availability on all product pages and by detailing exclusions in the terms and conditions of the promotion. Please see below which is pulled directly from the terms and conditions of our free shipping promotions.

"Free shipping does not apply to expedited shipping methods, Oversize items, or Truck Freight items."

Lastly, all products on our site that require shipment via truck freight are clearly indicated on the product page in a yellow box that states "This product ships via Truck Freight" and in the checkout, you are provided notice on the shipping selection page that states "One or more products are oversized. A representative will email you." Again we apologize for the confusion caused and for the negative shopping experience you had. We hope this clears up the confusion and that you can understand why we can't apply free shipping to an item that needs to ship via Commercial Truck Freight. We wish you the best of luck in your restoration endeavors and hope you will shop with us again in the future.

Thumbnail of user chriss4400
Indiana
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April 4th, 2023

I was sent a wrong fitting to a PS conversion kit. I've spent nearly 2 hours talking to tech and customer service. I have sent emails 2 times with pictures showing the problem. I'm being told after I have spent
$910.00 on this kit that I'll have to buy the part that they sent wrong. Its a $12.00 part. Any decent customer service would have sent the part and admitted fault and moved on. But no this is still not resolved. You get 1 chance to make a 1st impression. You have blown your chance. I will never buy a another part from ss396 ground with your name on it.

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Never buy from you again

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Thumbnail of user paulp983
Massachusetts
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November 18th, 2020

The best Chevelle restoration parts site period. Can't say enough about the customer service. As an example I was building my own cowl hood setup. I needed some measurements for the seal to go on the adapter I was fabricating. A staff member I called took some measurements for me and I was able to make it work. Of course I purchased the seal from Ground Up. Awesome people to work with.

Thumbnail of user davidl556
Nevada
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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April 12th, 2018

I ordered a simple fuel filter from them that is 3 inches long and weighs nothing. They charged 17.69 for shipping and then sent it UPS ground which would not arrive for over 2 weeks. They could have shipped it priority mail for 5.00 or less and I could have had it in 3 days. Their customer service is garbage. They tried to say that they have overhead to pay for to which I said " your invoice says "Shipping" it does not say shipping and handling and processing etc... your invoice states the exact cost of shipping and it is a ripoff. Do not buy from this company... if you have any issue at all they will not help you. You have been warned.

Thumbnail of user jerredp1
Washington
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April 17th, 2023
Verified purchase

Good experience, I would definitely order from SS396.com again.The part arrived on time. I did have to cut the dash panel as it lacks the lip on the front for the dash bezel on my 69 Nova but that was expected for a "multi" vehicle/year model dash panel.

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Thumbnail of user merlek29
Ohio
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April 7th, 2023
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I ordered multiple items which arrived as schedule and seem to be of good quality. A few items were back ordered but were expected in two days. I have not been notified if the items are available yet or if they will be sent once they are available

Thumbnail of user randys477
Missouri
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October 28th, 2020

Still waiting for Refund on part that wasn't delivered E-mail them twice no response called twice no one in customer service no's anything take your money elsewhere they clueless when come's to customer service

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Joseph – Ss396 Rep

Hello Randy,

We're sorry to hear that your refund took so long to process and want to provide some additional information on why this was the case. The main issue was that this item shipped directly from our supplier and, unfortunately, was damaged during transit. When anything gets damaged in transit, a damage claim gets opened with the shipping company and they investigate and credit the company accordingly. Since your order was processed entirely through our supplier they are the ones who have to open the claim with their shipping provider and issue us a credit, which we then pass on to you. This is where the held up happened as it took longer than expected for our supplier to credit us for this incident. As you now know, as soon as we received the credit from our supplier, we issued you a full refund for the damaged product. We hope this helps provide some additional information on why your refund took longer than average to process and hope this incident doesn't deter you from shopping with us in the future.

Thanks,
Ground Up, Inc.

Thumbnail of user markp1665
Arizona
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May 19th, 2021

I've been in a battle for close to three months over a complete interior kit. Was not told that the door panels were on backorder. When I wrote them about them of course they said. We sent you an email stating this. I never received the email then I was told they should be in in a week or so and they would send them out directly. That was six weeks ago still have not received them being told they'll be in around June 16th 2021 I had a deadline to deliver this car on June 1st that's why I ordered the kit in February will never buy from this company again. I would rather pay more and be sure to get the items then to order the items and not get them! They are still showing in stock. Until you order them and then they allegedly send you an email and tell you that they are back orders whilst keeping your money I'm still waiting on a refund for the door panels for 2 weeks

Tip for consumers:
DON'T!

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Seat covers. Rear panels. Carpet

Thumbnail of user douglasw767
Virginia
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October 14th, 2022

I bought a headliner for my 1965 Nova. The headliner was cut completely wrong! It was obviously for another vehicle, not even close to fitting. They refused to refund my money! They said it was returned un sellable! I folded it nicely, and put it back in the box it came in! Vary rude customer support staff! I'll never recommend this place to anyone! BEWARE!

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Joseph – Ss396 Rep

Hello Douglas,

Sorry, you didn't have a great experience with us, this said the condition of the returned product directly violates our returns policy, "As long as the product is not modified, altered, painted, installed, damaged, or disassembled from the original shipping condition you can send it back within 30-days of receipt for a full refund, credit, or exchange." In this instance, while the headliner was nicely folded in the original packaging, after inspection, it was clearly attempted to be installed as there was adhesive residue left all over the backing and the front had visible markings and stains from installation attempts. In addition, we have sent you numerous pictures via email outlining the extent of the damage along with options on how you'd like to proceed that adhere to our company's policies.

"Ground Up Motors – SS396.com always recommends professional installation on all our products. Any item which has been altered, painted, installed, or deemed non-resalable by Ground Up Motors - SS396.com will be returned to the customer at the customer’s expense..."

Thanks,
Ground Up Motors

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California
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May 30th, 2019

Don't recommend this website. I tried cancelling part of an order because I had found a better price. They said it was too late even though it had not shipped yet, and said to just refuse the order when it arrived. Problem is I was not going to be home when it was scheduled to arrive, So I didn't order the other parts. When I did receive the part they were NOT what I was looking for. They were the exact item I already had on my car. When I called to tell them they had sent the wrong item, they told me they did not sell the item I was looking for. Unbelievable! Now they have given me the option to ship back the items at my cost. Already paid $40 for shipping them to me and they expect me to pay another $40 to send back a $100 order. Ridiculous Never again! They really need to work on their shipping costs and return policies especially when it's their fault.

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New York
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April 14th, 2021

One excuse after another. I followed the return requirements to the letter but always a new issue. The returns employee is not customer oriented and takes a week to return a mail. She did not know where in the facility the returns were. What a dump.

Tip for consumers:
They try to wear you down so u give up on getting your money back.

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Ground Up SS396.com is the ultimate source for detailing and restoration parts for Camaro, Chevelle, El Camino, Nova, and G-Body car lines!

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Founded in 1990, Ground Up has grown from a small operation selling tough to find parts at swap meets to the largest Chevy restoration supply house in the Northeast! With thousands of parts in stock, Ground Up is the ultimate source for detailing and restoration parts as well as expert advice for keeping your Chevelle, Camaro, Nova, or El Camino running and looking its best!

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