Best OEM Parts Prices

I feel bad because I hate making new posts when I KNOW I've seen it before, but I need to do brakes and rotors and the stealership is asking over $800 just in parts.
A few years ago someone posted a dealership (I think in Arizona) with a parts department online that listed prices not too far inflated. I was able to use their site to negotiate a better price from my local dealer. Does anyone know what dealers don't bend you over for parts that I can use for leverage with my local dealer?

 

Was it https://www.sparksparts.com/

Just enter your VIN

 

The Internet has destroyed local interactions IMO. You get a part from a dealer, he has to order it, and may take longer to actually do it than if you get it yourself online. I really try to go local, but in a lot of cases, they don't have what I need and it's too difficult to get anyone to do their jobs, so I just get them online.

I did a front suspension refresh last year, I spent at least a month researching OEM pricing. The comparison is in the attached PDF, but keep in mind it's for my '03. Bottom line: McGeorge Toyota (now Ourisman) was the clear winner overall.

https://parts.ourismantoyotaofrichmond.com/

For shocks and coilovers, Suspension Lifts sells a package of all 4 shocks and assembled coilovers that can't be beat anywhere, Bilstiens all around and close to OEM springs.
https://www.suspensionlifts.com

The difficult part is when to go OEM and when aftermarket is "kinda okay" and a lot of that gets down to opinion. Myself, anything that would negatively affect safety, original stock characteristics, functionality, or has a proven record of failure in aftermarket, go OEM. The second aspect is that OEM parts will almost always outlast aftermarket parts (except for "upgrades," like lift kits, that aren't available in OEM.) That means critical suspension parts: ball joints, CA bushings, steering rack, TRE's, anything to do with electronics, stuff like that. The other consideration I make is if it's "major work" or "minor work." For minor work I'll do aftermarket sometimes.

Although it's recommended to go OEM on brakes/rotors, that's up to you. I replaced all my rotors, drums, clutch, brake shoes/pads, slave cylinder clutch and other stuff with aftermarket parts from RockAuto and have had no issues with them. You'll see complaints about some of those, and I'm pretty sure I'll be doing the job again sooner than I would with OEM, but I don't consider brakes/rotors "major work."