Quote Originally Posted by Doppelgänger View Post
Sin- People with your opinion might be the most beneficial to this discussion. Clearly that is your impression, but why? Was it price? Parts selection? Availability? It's discussing the problems and impressions that lead to improvement.
I think the import isle at your local autozone and the death of the fiberglass industry is what killed places like NOPI. The reason i never cared for them in the first place is because a ricer shop called PTAP "perfect touch automotive playground" opened up here back in the fast and furious era of autosports and they were pretty much the same thing NOPI was. They had all these different fiberglass wings, hoods and bumpers hanging from the ceiling on display and everything. Being able to walk in and touch the parts with your hands made it obvious that it was all cheap junk. The same cheap junk they had was the same cheap junk that NOPI had. The only reason i remember people ever going to NOPI shows was for the girls in bikinis. For the most part, NOPI offers the same product as the ebay companies and theyre price competitive. Problem is.... a lot of that stuff you can walk in your local autozone and buy. The stuff autozone doesnt carry like the body parts, it's pretty much universal knowledge that its all junk.

The fiberglass market was an unsustainable bubble for companies like NOPI, when it went away, their business suffered. Nothing NOPI offers is unique or exclusive. Theyre just a cheap parts peddler that hires a few strippers every now and then and has a car show. As much as i love strippers...... i'll drive past about 15 parts stores on my way to hooters, i can stop at any of them and buy cheap import accessories.