CarParts.com Updated... Largest Selection of Automotive & Truck Parts Online

CHICAGO, March 31 -- CarParts.com has updated its web site after undergoing an extensive upgrade with newly designed graphics and improved services. This user-friendly site offers individual consumers access to the largest selection of name brand parts on the Internet for import and domestic vehicles of all makes.

Over three million quality brand names parts are available at everyday low prices from CarParts.com. Most items are shipped within 48 hours. Orders can also be shipped overnight to accommodate a rush or emergency repair job.

CarParts.com, in partnership with J.C. Whitney, is a replacement parts web site where individual consumers and DIYers can find and purchase regular parts such as brakes, starters and timing belts--common auto parts--for repairing and maintaining their own car or truck.

"At CarParts.com we are committed to providing each buyer with the best possible online automotive parts shopping experience. On our home page we have links and answers to frequently asked questions about products or services. Shopping with confidence is built into each order at CarParts.com. Complete customer satisfaction is our number one goal. If for any reason a buyer is not 100% satisfied with a purchase, they can return the item for an exchange or refund," said Gene Geiger, vice president of merchandising, J.C. Whitney & Co.

This new and improved version of CarParts.com is fast and easy to use. Visitors will find easy-to-follow online shopping assistance, and they can sign up for a free "e-Offers Newsletter" to stay up on the hottest sales and new products as they become available. e-Offers is informative and designed to save customers money.

"It's like having your own parts counterman; if you know the year/make/model of your car/truck or SUV, you can get virtually any part you need when shopping at carParts.com," said Geiger.

Established in 1915, J.C. Whitney & Co., the largest direct marketer of name-brand automotive parts and accessories, together with Carparts.com, provides "everything automotive" with more than 3 million items covering more than 400 million automotive applications. J.C. Whitney offers products for virtually any vehicle - automobiles, trucks, SUVs, motorcycles, and more - through its comprehensive family of general and vehicle-specific catalogs and its web site at www.jcwhitney.com . The company's products are also available at their retail store located in the company's state-of-the-art, 360,000 square-foot operations center in LaSalle, Ill. J.C. Whitney & Co. is headquartered at 225 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 60601. Phone: 800- 529-4486.