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General => General discussion => Topic started by: chrisbeg34 on 25 May 2012, 21:02
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Went to the garage this morning as I had a blow in the exhaust and could not find it, garage had a look for me, nice chaps, told me yeah the backbox has gone mate, there is a whole in the side.
Thought to myself well that should not be bad, how much is it going to cost me, after searching through the car parts catalogue for 5 mins trying to find my car, then going off to get his calculator.
no probs sir, we do not have that part in but can get it here within the hour, suppplied and fitted, £159.00 wtf lol is this really the price of a back box
Have I not been in a car garage for that long that the prices are stupid. I used to go here a lot and always trusted, but really?
what do you guys says? :grin:
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Time for a new performance back box
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Toby, I was thinking exactly that, there is a whole magnex stainless steel sytem on here somewhere for £100, if its not gone I might just get that
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Yeah, sounds about expected price-wise...
If your insurance can hack it - then it's generally cheaper parts wise to buy second hand performance parts oddly enough!
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Budget rear box plus fitting should be 100 quid tops for a mk3
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159 quid its worth more than the car :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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159 quid its worth more than the car :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Probably get a rusty wheel nut for a mk2 for that. :grin:
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159 quid its worth more than the car :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Probably get a cross threaded rusty wheel nut for a mk2 for that. :grin:
Fixed :grin:
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I got one supplied and fitted when I first got my car for £79. Is that REALLY what they are going for now?
You need a friendly mechanic mate who will let you order stuff on his trade account.
But get that Magnex snapped up!
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Avoid patternrear boxes with chrome tips, they cost a lot more than mild steel tips and rust within a month :lipsrsealed:
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Lmao - only £159?!
My Mini was in for an MOT and the exhaust had the worlds smallest pin hole at the very back of the backbox - adjacent to the tailpipe itself. It was marked down as "Excessively corroded"
Fortunately, he was able to quote me £900 for a new exhaust; but it was fitted, with a 3 year guarantee ... :rolleyes: - Yeah, no thanks, I'll buy some GunGum for a £1 thanks.
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lmao guys, I am def going to fit myself one, its not a prob, going to get a perfomance secondhand one.
Did fill the hole with gungum, for £2.49 has done the job for now.
God in my head I was thinking most prob £50 quid fitted lmao how wrong was I, really not used a gararge for years.
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Lmao - only £159?!
My Mini was in for an MOT and the exhaust had the worlds smallest pin hole at the very back of the backbox - adjacent to the tailpipe itself. It was marked down as "Excessively corroded"
Fortunately, he was able to quote me £900 for a new exhaust; but it was fitted, with a 3 year guarantee ... :rolleyes: - Yeah, no thanks, I'll buy some GunGum for a £1 thanks.
That's what you get when you buy a BMW :grin: :grin:
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i remember kwik fit quoting me £170 to supply and fit a down pipe to a 8v mk2 gti and the fitting was free. i bought one for £65 and fitted it myself saving me £105 worth of free fitting :laugh:
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i hate exhausts, f**king expensive horrible things that usally refuse to fit right.
usally end up buying a load of 304 stainless and makeing one, the one that really pisses me off is the flexi sections when they are attached to the cat or something stupid they fail bloody quickly round here and the pattern ones cant wait to fall apart.
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Kwik fit wanted £80 plus fitting for a new centre box for my mk2 ibiza, found a website that sold it for £14 and fitted myself
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It's who you knw, it really is. i got a cmbelt from euros £180 they wanted, my mates trade discount £60 for it :cool:
Back box (from here and p+p) cost me £30. Again with my mk3 the exhaust wasn't a straight fit luckily a mate of mine knows a man (genius, can do anything, welding, mechanics, plumbing, panel beat etc...) he turned up, cut the pipes to length, welded the pipe (my mate cut off with an angle grinder to fit round the axle) back on, cut the other pipe to length and the backbox was on. Exaust pasted each end together, an exhaust bracket added for a bit of security and bom! he did all that in 30min, mans a genius
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Could not agree more, not what you know but who you know. nice job though to be done in under 30 mins.
Will be looking round for a backbox, but all quiet at the mo, so its good, but not going to leave it like it