Congrats on getting good service on "my" side of the pond. International
shipping has been a PITA since 9/11 attacks. Good to know there are still a
few companys that will go out of their way.

--
Charles Tague
93 Honda Civic DX HB
1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
86 Pontiac Trans Am
225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/
"Al Reynolds" <al@bat400.com> wrote in message
news:8aQYa.776$z41.6364379@news-text.cableinet.net...
> Hello,
>
> I posted recently asking about getting a window regulator for
> my 97 Accord Wagon shipped to the UK. Both Majestic
> Honda and hparts.com told me they no longer ship to other
> countries, and I was beginning to give up hope. I also tried
> several other on-line parts sites, many of whom didn't even
> respond when I emailed to ask whether shipping to the UK
> was an option.
>
> Then I came across www.partspalace.com based in NJ. The
> guy who emailed me back was called Werner Buchner, and
> he could not have been more helpful. Even when I accidentally
> ordered two regulators instead of one, I only had to email him
> and he replied promptly saying he would update the order.
>
> The part was ~$160 including shipping and tax, which is about
> £100. A Honda dealer in the UK would have charged me
> £250 for (almost exactly) the same part!!!
>
> I ordered the regulator last Saturday morning, it was shipped
> on Monday (USPS), and I got it on Friday. I have installed
> it and it worked perfectly apart from one slight hitch which
> was my fault anyway! (see PS below)
>
> I just thought I would put a recommendation on here, since in
> the past others from the UK have asked about ordering from
> the US, and I thought this place might be able to help some
> people out.
>
> Cheers,
> Al Reynolds
>
>
> PS One note of warning...
>
> Although I ordered the right hand window regulator, in the US
> the RH is the passenger side, so the window motor only has two
> connections, allowing up or down. On the driver side, there are
> normally four connections because there is an option to make the
> window go all the way down. This means my driver side window
> now doesn't have the "all-the-way-down" option, although from
> looking at the motor, I think you could have soldered the other
> two connections on pretty easily. If anyone wants any more info
> about this they can ask me here or email me direct. Just watch
> out when you're ordering US parts that you remember which side
> you need!
>
>