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not that its entirely relevant but a few years back i managed to find a pair of brand new genuine air shocks for my carlton 2.2 from 'vauxhall green parts'.these were presumably quite rare then for that car and i think i paid around £30 each for them .i looked a few days later and they still had some but had tripled the price (or more !)
there will be some omega ones stashed away somewhere !!

AND  one thing we are all curious to know is ,did you ever ring the garage about their "quote" ?
just to see what they said !

No I didn't, as after obtaining the great valued advice on here, I realised I would be wasting my time in doing so.  How could they explain the fact that they quoted for standard shocks, not self levelling ones without coming out with a daft quote for the correct ones that now seem unobtainable!

I will just clean everything down when the warmer, dryer, weather comes later in the year

AND  one thing we are all curious to know is ,did you ever ring the garage about their "quote" ?
just to see what they said !

AND  as we have found out many times on here with cars .garages labour rates are stupid high these days especially main dealers who dont necessarily know or do a better job than anyone else anyway !

this is one thing that scares me to bits.IF i get older and cannot work on my cars (or house for that matter ,anything!) who the hell will i have to trust to help me ?.there is no one i trust now as it is and if i (or anyone i know) gets anything done by a " tradesperson " or specialist etc there is always  something wrong with it afterwards .i recently spent thousands on a bare metal respray that i only  asked to be a flat and new topcoat but they have removed everything .this meant all my previous levelling and alignment of edges ,panel gaps etc and jow everyyhing is miles out .i had to totally dismantle the entire car and adjust ,shim etc to get it back to near what it was before !
we had daughters clutch done over christnas cos if was freezing and we were too busy .this came  back with broken cable end held on with a cable  tie and the front bumper fitted 1cm higher than the bonnet closing edge (yes 1cm !) i could go on !
basically what i mean is you cant trust a proffesional to do anywhere near as good a job as you can do yourself .maybee because of time restraints or just lack of care and attention .

Picked up a brand new set of front discs, pads and wear sensors for the Cat for only £50 (new) from somebody who had his written off before they were fitted, pleased with that for the 380mm setup 

The way I get through brakes, I could use getting decent brakes for £50

So could Barry 

 

The TPMS sensors were showing low voltage, you could reset them and in a few days where showing a fault.

I had to get them changed.

Thanks for the link.

Ah, no worries if you've already had them done. The purpose of the service I linked to is that it removes/disables the TPMS function entirely so the car either doesn't know it has TPMS fitted, or just thinks everything is fine with it. Either way it doesn't matter what the sensors are or are not showing, you'll never see a warning on the dashboard again. 

 

The TPMS sensors were showing low voltage, you could reset them and in a few days where showing a fault.

I had to get them changed.

Thanks for the link.

Ah, no worries if you've already had them done. The purpose of the service I linked to is that it removes/disables the TPMS function entirely so the car either doesn't know it has TPMS fitted, or just thinks everything is fine with it. Either way it doesn't matter what the sensors are or are not showing, you'll never see a warning on the dashboard again. 

The annoying part is I have a mate who works for a parts distribution company and can get me parts at a discounted price.

None of the garages around where I live will fit parts supplied by myself.

Christ alive that's a lot of money!

Have you tried the AA website? I used a random 2017 astra reg number (came back as 1.6 diesel) and they quoted £212 to do the fronts and £196 for the rears. Which I still think is a lot, but a big chunk less than you were quoted. You have the option of a man in a nice yellow van doing it on your drive too - which sounds better to me than sitting in a freezing cold waiting room drinking sh!t coffee.

LINK TO AA WEBSITE

Just for info, TPMS can be coded out for roughly £50 using a postal service (they send you a box to plug in, you do the update then send it back) so it will never appear again. Which would be my choice, like others I would argue that if you can't spot that your tyres are flat, you should hand back your licence.

LINK TO ONE SUCH SERVICE


Total for the work doing the above way would be £450 ish - much more palatable   

The TPMS sensors were showing low voltage, you could reset them and in a few days where showing a fault.

I had to get them changed.

Thanks for the link.