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Jan 14, 2007 11:19:50 GMT
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Yes, you have a point with the Mitsubishi example, but there are many cases where that situation doesn't arise. Japanese parts prices are always ridiculous though. For example, a door mirror for a Mistubishi Pinin cost £150, plus it had to be painted to match the body! Nothing available second hand anywhere! Ford, Vauxhall and VW bits from the official dealerships are often surprisingly cheap though, then there are places like GSF and URO whom the body shops use for their repair parts. Mike Price up a complete mirror for a mk4 golf and you'll be looking at about £200.00 including paint! from VW. |
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Jan 14, 2007 12:37:59 GMT
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Look at it this way, eventually ALL cars end up on the scrapheap one way or another......
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Jan 14, 2007 12:39:46 GMT
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Excellent skillz0rz Stuyizz. No doubt that you are 176% dedicated to the cause.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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Jan 14, 2007 13:02:52 GMT
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Feel better after seeing that rust bubbling under the A-pillars, there could be major structural work needed there so its not the "quick wash off and its done" minter that I thought it was. Its a good reflection on the yard that they employ someone solely to deal with interesting stuff.
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Jan 14, 2007 13:04:48 GMT
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This paticular yard is very classic friendly, I was chatting to Jeremy for quite a while yesterday, he is employed soley to list "interesting" stuff on ebay and deal with any questions/ organise customers who want bits etc. zOMG! Best job evAr?? |
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425ci
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Jan 14, 2007 14:08:52 GMT
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Price up a complete mirror for a mk4 golf and you'll be looking at about £200.00 including paint! from VW. . . . . . or £43.50 +VAT from GSF - and that's for the electrically adjustable heated one  Mike |
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tigran
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In rust we trust. Amen.
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340 mile round trip to buy TATtigran
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Jan 14, 2007 14:23:48 GMT
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Good to see it giving up all it's bits to keep other cars going. 10/10 for effort!
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Jan 14, 2007 15:23:26 GMT
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Price up a complete mirror for a mk4 golf and you'll be looking at about £200.00 including paint! from VW. . . . . . or £43.50 +VAT from GSF - and that's for the electrically adjustable heated one Mike That was the point  genuine prices can be high whatever manufacture you look at but somethings are also cheaper and better quality than non-genuine, as a rule of thumb if it's sourced from a branded supplier from new then you might as well buy it direct for less but some non-genuine stuff I've bought in the past has been downright dangerous.... I bought some brake hoses from unipart because I was working on a saturday morning and they are closest but they had perished to the point of nothingness within 8 months! needless to say all my saftey items are now bought genuine or well know branded |
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Jan 14, 2007 15:46:48 GMT
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was that not on ebay as a complete car a couple weeks ago? I'm sure i remember a red sapporo quite recently...
round this area if a car has been 'scrapped' due to no road tax, they normally put an axe thru the roof panel to effectivley write the thing off... silly, but it is nice to see corsas with big holes in the roof...
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Jan 14, 2007 15:49:41 GMT
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was that not on ebay as a complete car a couple weeks ago? I'm sure I remember a red sapporo quite recently... round this area if a car has been 'scrapped' due to no road tax, they normally put an axe thru the roof panel to effectivley write the thing off... silly, but it is nice to see corsas with big holes in the roof... Not quite, that was a LHD challenger but it was nearly identical |
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Jan 14, 2007 16:08:19 GMT
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Looked way too good to break. Always liked these cars
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Jan 14, 2007 20:09:50 GMT
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G&R Harris Car spares and Salvage at Nutbourne I know that yard as I used to live nearby but haven't been in for ages, as last time I did, it was almost entirely modern stuff. Was less than 2 miles away this weekend visiting family in the area - if I'd known about this, I'd have popped over to give you a hand! |
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Jan 14, 2007 22:25:22 GMT
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G&R Harris Car spares and Salvage at Nutbourne I know that yard as I used to live nearby but haven't been in for ages, as last time I did, it was almost entirely modern stuff. Was less than 2 miles away this weekend visiting family in the area - if I'd known about this, I'd have popped over to give you a hand! That would have been great to have had a spare pair of hands, at one point I was resting my newly removed door on top of my toolbox whilst trying to cut the dodgy wiring (pliers were in toolbox) Unfortunatly I didn't get a chance to look around the rest of the yard but there was a LOT of new stuff. |
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Jan 14, 2007 23:31:53 GMT
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you where rather local to me too! shoulda popped in for a cuppa, I'm only 25mins from chi!
top tat scavenging!
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I'm only 10 mins away too, so if anyone is going there, or to Sussex Recovery on the a29 to bognor and wants a hand gis a shout. Sussex recovery is actually behind my parents house!
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Jan 15, 2007 10:06:30 GMT
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It had also rotted out behind the rear mudflaps (Are mudflaps the stupidest thing ever? if you leave them on long enough they ALWAYS cause more rot!!) Yep thought that myself recently, along with body kits and inner wing protectors, and it looks like i'm buying into more of em!  ;D  Great work BTW two aweome Sapporos coming up! --- Good to see the parts getting used, it does seem backwads that this no tax ruling thing means they want the cars destroyed. and new cars made despite the environmental cost, well at least some are getting used for bits via nice chaps like this guy, and we already knew how corrupt and daft the whole govenment systems are! |
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genuine prices can be high whatever manufacture you look at but somethings are also cheaper and better quality than non-genuine, as a rule of thumb if it's sourced from a branded supplier from new then you might as well buy it direct for less but some non-genuine stuff I've bought in the past has been downright dangerous....
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