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Price of pattern parts
Andy B:
My daughter's Seicento failed its MOT on a bottom ball joint ('failed' was an understatement really .... it was Donald Ducked)
Phone the motorfactor for a new one to be told that they only come complete with the radius arm ..... here we go I thought. How much?
How can they produce & make any kind of profit when it comes complete with both bushes & costs just £22? :-\
TheBoy:
Because its shit*, made in the far east to dubious tolerances.
*hopefully, shit will mean "good enough"
Andy B:
--- Quote from: TheBoy on 17 April 2018, 18:50:42 ---Because its shit*, made in the far east to dubious tolerances.
*hopefully, shit will mean "good enough"
--- End quote ---
It'll be good enough, you could say it's better constructed than those on an Omega in that the main body is cast steel .... not crappy pressings spot riveted together. That £20 investment this morning has probably doubled the value of her car :y
biggriffin:
I bought a pair of lower arms for Mrs Griffin's Mk7 fiesta, £48 delivered, fitted fine. Was £35 cheaper than local factors, didn't bother phoning f£#d.
Nick W:
--- Quote from: Andy B on 17 April 2018, 19:04:06 ---
It'll be good enough, you could say it's better constructed than those on an Omega in that the main body is cast steel .... not crappy pressings spot riveted together. That £20 investment this morning has probably doubled the value of her car :y
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ever seen a cast wishbone that's hit something and bent? They snap, and leave the whole suspension flapping about.
Pressed and welded do bend, which leaves a movable car without body damage.
Even on a heavy car like an Omega a pressed and welded wishbone is far stronger than it needs to be; you lot wouldn't be pissing about changing the bushes and joints in 20 year old parts if that wasn't true.
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