GVK.

Following on from the Stupid car designs thread, what Stupid car parts prices do you know of?

Thread on another forum where a BMW 'specialist' has cocked up timing up an E36 M3 Evo, it's gone elsewhere to be sorted and needs 12 valves replacing....

VALVES ARE ....£96 EACH from BMW.

/////M tax!!

botters

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i was quoted about £900 ish for a cat for a focus st 2.5 from ford ha ha! im sure it was + vat as well

GVK.

DPF for a late Transit 2.2 £1053 + vat

Maxwell

Could be worse. You could be on the hunt for sierra rs500 parts!!

GVK.

True!

Misterk150

Old shape Audi tt when they first came out £826 for one headlight

luke19790_3

Rs500 bumper

dojj

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mondeo undertray comes in 2 parts, the bigger one that goes under the engine is £1100!!!!!!!!!!!

ajamesc

Try working on dafs lol the new euro 6 xf 106 exhaust silencer with its two parts dpf/cat is about 8 grand

pani_k

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Thing that really boils my piss is that we do work for some OEM companies and the cost price of some stuff compared to what you would buy it at is nothing short of absolute criminality! If you bought a part for £400, you can bet the unit price they are manufactured for is about a quarter of that.

Maxwell

Rs500 front splitter you mean

Maxwell

If manufacturers charged reasonable garage rates and prices for their parts, every car on the planet would have no corners cut on getting it fixed, it wouldnt neglected and there would be no such thing as back street garages!

charlie luciano

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I had a mk3 fiesta 1.3 as a daily hack, the single pot injector fucked up and I enquired at ford on the price for a new one, around £650+vat I only paid 500 quid for the car suffice to say I bought a second hand one for £80

Luciano

stu20004x4

vw quoted me 149 quid to supply and fit a new gear nob on my transporter, i fixed it with gaffer tape!

stevos

Mk1 focus rs shitty undertray was £460 from ford or £100 second hand

furry

New GTR front bumper is over £900

I see it daily, transit sliding doors £556 + vat
Intercooler for a Qashqai is £1500 + vat!!! I'd be having pete @ spec R make me one lol

GVK.

Some prices for genuine BMW E46 CSL stuff... (prices from CA automotive)

Front bumper £2700
Steering rack £1261
Carbon door trims £4926 EACH
Carbon airbox conversion £5416

Ginge !

Can't be that bad a price as I got 14 on back order,,, though ford have fucked up the catalogue and super session again

Ginge !

That's the idea though,,, ford ain't making money from old cars,,, they make money from new cars so they put the prices up of old cars is people think "I may as well buy a new car"

Tbh new cars are cheeper to run,,,my fiesta costs 109 quid a month,,, nothing else but petrol and insurance plus I no longer look like a tramp with a old car too

GVK.

Warranty jobs I expect?

This one was a late 60ish reg, oil pump failed (as in the drive lay in the bottom of the sump) , snapped the oil pump drive guide pin off in the block, turbo seized, cams scored.

Wouldn't run when new engine and turbo fitted, DPF was blocked solid with the turbo debris.

Ginge !

My ones are cause cars been nicked,,, gotta love pikeys

Got 23 transit custom engines and turbos for warranty though,,,,, though it's not a "thing" ��

Ginge !

Oh and powershift gearboxes,,,,, DONT ADVISE FOR CABBING ��

GVK.

Powershift, rebadged VW DSG

Noticed there's an FSA on 2,2 Transit, PCM cal to stop the pistons exploding..

GVK.

double post.

POS!

james kiely

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beat this ,fiat 131 sport shock topmount in 1985 i was quoted 450 squids.the car only cost me 2700 at 3 year old lol

STeve

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puts my parts moan into perspective reading some of the above as I need a rocker cover gasket for my 1.7 puma engine and thought it would only be a few quid like the zetecs but Nooo its £38

Rob Virgo

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Tbh ginge , if you looked like a tramp with an old car before you'll now just like a tramp who stole a new one ...

SiZT

I deal in factory armoured vehicles so when I ring up for a price on a part I can guarantee the part price has been tripled and then a zero added on the end. One customer purchased a car and had some parts sent over with it which consisted of: 2 x Complete Wheels & Tyres, 2 x Tyres (+fitting kits), Shocks all round and a service kit (filters and plugs). The price came to £14k!!! + VAT

Another customer had the bearings seize in his alternator on a car he purchased a wheel ago so I priced a new one up for him... £8363 (again + VAT), handily they give me a bit of discount which brought the price down to £6,500 I sent him some new bearings in the end

GVK.

Fook!

bobbob

Wow to most of the above.
My local ford dealer wanted £17 per litre of oil for my RS, and that was plus vat
But I found it way cheaper else where.

GVK.

We went to Nurburgring in mate's M3 in October, he bought a litre of oil from the filling station near the track.

Castrol Edge M specific oil - 32 Euros 50 for 1 litre!! (£16 in Halfords)

Ginge !

Come to alperton ford mate,,, give me a bell on 0208 810 2731, make sure it's me as my phone gets busy and remind me who you are and I'll sort you out as best price as I can,,,, till the 16th of feb as that's my last day
Ps: don't think I'm doing back door deals before I leave but I'll get you the BEST trade price with invoice

Ginge !

Getting out of a dirty car in smart clothes looks stupid

I'm not fussed though as I've just bought ANOTHER new car and getting a golf company car too,,,,, I'll look rich but that the beauty of company cars and finance lol

carfixz

c63 AMG engine is about 40k

STeve

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did not know you was there mate I was used to work for alp ford/dag mtrs some years back, small world

Ginge !

Been there 4 years but used to work at high bury till they closed it then went so a few other companies before returning but I'm leaving again to try another challenge

Jlroberts

Got one for my MK6 Escort at EuroCarParts online Xmas sale... £7.56

GVK.

Bumping an old thread.

Needed a ball ended stud for a 2.0 diesel CMax engine cover the other day.. the studs are £21 each!!

Got it welded back on lol.

3i Jim

Ferrari Daytona used offside front indicator lense, just a thin bit of amber plastic£600

Cossie Sean

NOx Sensors..........