Parts prices good news for a change.

[rick540]

Ok, so I am the loud mouth here when it comes to bitching about BMW ZA parts prices policy.

As you all know I'm now busy with a restore on a 93 E34 M5 and have just had to order a fat load of parts from BMW to get the car sorted.

Surprise, surprise, and credit where credit is due THANK YOU BMW ZA! I see you have dropped some prices, maybe somebody is listening out there finally.

Keep going, you are restoring my faith in the brand.

Some stuff I noticed.

1) Antifreeze was like R65 now R50
2) Expanding rivets were R60 now R3.59
3) Acellerator cable was approx R750, now R400
4) I even bought a new MTec II steering, was like nearly 10K, now R 3800
5) Engine parts for an S38B36, not too bad at all.

Just drop the price of your radiators and you will be the good guys again.

 

[Doomsdaya]

I'll phone and see what the price is now for a steering rack

 

[zaleonardz]

+8282.193

 

[Fordkoppie]

I wonder if the e30 dash is now R69k ??

 

[Hellas]

I still had to pay R40 for two gutter sliders which are teeeeenie plastic bits.

But good news non the less. Looking forward to a neat OEM repair, Rick.

 

[Raybimmer]

If Bmw SA do this they can increase turnover ( maybe not profit ! ) .:thumbs:

 

[Sankekur]

Lets just hope they keep this up, or should I say down

 

[frikkieh]

I found price variations between dealerships for parts some time ago. Not too sure if this is still the same, thus the reason for shopping around.

 

[Philip Foglar]

That's good to hear! Hopefully they are now understanding the concept of, they will make more money selling lots of "R100" priced items compared to a few "R1000" priced items that sit for a long time in stock! Figures not to be taken literal, but the idea of profit margin over demand...

 

[Doomsdaya]

I found price variations between dealerships for parts some time ago. Not too sure if this is still the same, thus the reason for shopping around.

+1

I even found labour charge variations between stealerships