Shipping cost of heavy or oversize items. This is historical data from the last time I shipped these items. Prices probably have gone up since then. Hood Pad (via Greyhound) $75.00. Hood Pad (via FedEx) $201.00; Headers (via Fed Ex) $75.00. I'll report on shipping a rim in a couple of days, as I have an order for one that I'm shipping out separately.

Flat rate shipping has gone up twice in the past year. The things I ship mostly in a flat rate box are belts (timing belt, distributor belt, water pump gasket combination) in a small flat rate box, and water pumps in a medium flat rate box due to size and weight. I can ship 5 water pumps for rebuild in a large flat rate box (it is a heavy box and our rebuilder is sending it back to us using the same method).

What I ship the most are gasket sets. Upper and lower gasket sets (without any other items in the order) are shipped in a plastic envelope. Head gaskets (due to cost of replacement if damaged) are shipped in a box. The box for gaskets, dash bezels, dash bezel material (all flat but long items) is 20x24x2 and still cost $14.75 to ship. This is our best bargain.