Such a shame,Came in use for me many times I wonder if GM had anything to do with it ???

 

Who else saw this coming the first time they saw the vast quantity of information on their server? I don't know about everyone else, but I saved a bunch of images for future reference. It's too bad they're gone, but then we won't have to field the "this website says my car is 1 of 1?" threads. I guess it's almost a wash.

 

Glad I printed out all my SPID information before they broke camp.

 

Damn, too bad we didn't get a warning that they were shutting this down. I didn't keep a copy of all the cars I wanted to.

And although it's common concensus that the info wasn't perfect, I checked the Compnine RPO VIN decoder on 3 GM's that were around the house and all 3 were 100% accurate.

The database for this must be out there somewhere that any shnook can access it besides going to GM or a historical service for it.

 

Damnit, I never printed the SPID info for my car and it's missing it's original RPO sticker . What happened? Are there any other websites where I could get that info?

 

FYI,For '90 and newer cars I believe you can still go to your local GM dealer and pull info from the service center and parts dept with last 6 of your VIN ?? I did it pre-compnine era.



Dave

 

I used it extensively for parts diagrams and PNs

 

If you go to Gm haritage .com it will give you just about everything compnine will and more it will even let you download a all the spec about your car and if you pay a little bit you get even more they will even mail you new car lineup books and brochors for your car i called gm my self and they will definetly hook you up

 

As mentioned the absolute most valuable part of Compnine's website was it's database of exploded parts diagrams. The VIN decoding, and RPO code access was nice, but it's not that big a deal to just go have a parts counter guy at the local GM dealer print it off for you. The exploded diagrams on the other hand, would get a bit tedious.

This really goes to illustrate that when you find something valuable on the internet, you should either save it, or print it out for future use. Websites fail, change hands, and go away all the time.

 

I saved all of the LS-based engine diagrams, but didn't save any of the original thirdgen stuff. I have enough service manuals and assembly manuals that the diagrams are of little use to me since none of those parts are still available over the counter anyway.

 

http://www.gmpartsgiant.com/

Search by VIN, and it will bring up all the part numbers (albeit many of them are missing the first two numbers but they often aren't hard to figure out) and exploded diagrams. It's what I used to put together all my GM weatherstripping.

 

Happy to report Compnine is BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I accidentally clicked on the saved link for my Suburban and was surprised it to see it's back on !!


Don't snooze around !! Run your VIN's now,Who knows how long this will last !!!

Dave

 

now its a pay site

 

Strange ?? Aside for my Suburban,I also ran some B4C VIN's and they were free ???


Dave