E30 Zone

There's just no rules or logic!

Post your shockers up here.

1) Vapor Barrier film (clear sticky plastic basically) - £30 per meter!

2) A-Pillar Tweeter Pods £25 to £45 each in 2 months!

3) MTECH II Wheel - £110 in 2001 - now £275.

Wow.

Brand new m20b25 - £3050 - Got the price last week and that had £400 discount

thats not bad for a 0 mile engine from a dealer though alex.

HairyScreech wrote:thats not bad for a 0 mile engine from a dealer though alex.

i suppose but it only comes with the head and bottom end nothing else

realoem lists a new S14 to be $13,000.00 USD

That's not a shocker Alex! What would a full rebuild cost with new EVERYTHING - about the same.

How about 15" BBS £250 each with no centre caps or tyres!

I think BMW is actually very reasonable for a dealer.

I just wish the 370mm Tec1's weren't NLA.

Ollie_bwoii wrote:I think BMW is actually very reasonable for a dealer.

I just wish the 370mm Tec1's weren't NLA.

There not

Parts auction said they are and so did my local dealer.

they had them 10 month ago

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i think it was sweep enquired a few month ago and they had 5 left, i suppose they could have been sold

They are NLA as a total wheel but you can buy the wheel and the centre push separately - which is what I just did at £250! Sold my old wheel for £180 tho and a rim only re-trim was £100ish so still cheaper to go to BMW.

BMW are super reasonable on some and other stuff is just crazy - that's my point - no logic.

I think the pattern appears to be sub contracted parts aren't too bad but stuff they make is nuts, trim etc.

Royalratch wrote:They are NLA as a total wheel but you can buy the wheel and the centre push separately - which is what I just did at £250! Sold mu old wheel for £180 tho.

BMW are super reasonable on some and other stuff is just crazy - that's my point - no logic.

I think the pattern appears to be sub contracted parts aren't too bad but stuff they make is nuts, trim etc.

i bought my tech II wheel seperate, was listed on Partsauction for £140 odd then the time postage and VAT was added it came to a reasonable £160

got a used center for £10

What do 370mm Tec2's sell for used?

The little M tech stickers that go on the side pods and rear spoiler were 42p each when I brought some approx 2006, they want something stupid like £5 each now

Ratch - totally agree - you cant second guess them - things that you think will be buttons are relatively expensive, some things that you would never dream of buying are relatively reasonably priced.

Bit of a joke in my local BMW dealership now where I ask him for the price of every nut and bolt (charged me nearly £6 for 2 nuts once.)

I always thought that the archive market is one that BMW could exploit online - imagine you could go on live to their system, order your part and get it posted - I think it would do a bomb.

We all browse the bmw fans and real oem websites.

charlE30 wrote:The little M tech stickers that go on the side pods and rear spoiler were 42p each when I brought some approx 2006, they want something stupid like £5 each now

Yip and an eajit like me paid £15 for 3 of them

Ollie_bwoii wrote:What do 370mm Tec2's sell for used?

Royalratch wrote:Sold my old wheel for £180

Offer it worldwide and you get high prices.

The Candians and Aussies for some reason can't get them? Have sold 2 now internationally - £140 + £180.

Sold a Tech 1 in Japan for £120 too.

Also sold a boot lid trim for a profit over the dealer cost!

Royalratch wrote:1) Vapor Barrier film (clear sticky plastic basically) - £30 per meter!

Tell me about it. What's the way around this? The joker who had my car before me ripped it all out to get at the locks.

The cut out for the electric windows is....




















£90

And has anyone ever used one??

The manifold to down pipe studs for m52's are over £10 each with vat, and the nut that goes on it.....under 50p

snakebrain wrote:

Royalratch wrote:1) Vapor Barrier film (clear sticky plastic basically) - £30 per meter!

Tell me about it. What's the way around this? The joker who had my car before me ripped it all out to get at the locks.

Polythene sheet from the local hardware store and a roll of black nasty - sorted. Mine has been on for a year and no issues.

I'm going to use stick back plastic.

bosch x5dtc sparkplug - £10+ vat at bmw, £1 + vat at GSF
m10 / m3 oilfilters + sump plug washer were £3.50 when i bought my car 3 years ago, just under £10 now.

Royalratch wrote:2) A-Pillar Tweeter Pods £25 to £45 each in 2 months!

3) MTECH II Wheel - £110 in 2001 - now £275.

I think you'll find these "huge price increases" have more to to with fluctuations in Euro/Sterling exchange rates than actual price increases implemented by BMW themselves.
If you were able to check the lower and higher prices in Euros, there wouldn't be that much difference.
Blame our government!

Bulkhead 'Elephant trunks' are now nearly £17 + vat . Rear number plate lights ? how about £35 + vat !!!! each This is not currency realignment, it's gouging of the highest order !

Nothing to do with currency - as parts whittle down, prices go up.

They will make some NLA parts up new when they get enough orders. Carpets are an example.

But sports seat back for instance went from £45 each to £82+VAT in 1 month.

Ouch.

I'm sure this is why M parts are so costly because they never made that many.

I just bought rear number plate lights for £4 each with bulb included

pacerpete wrote:Rear number plate lights ? how about £35 + vat !!!! each

You are joking, right????? You are talking about E30 ones??
I bought a pair for less than £12 inc VAT 7 months ago. I have the invoice in front of me.

So did I.

Royalratch wrote:Nothing to do with currency - as parts whittle down, prices go up.

They will make some NLA parts up new when they get enough orders. Carpets are an example.

But sports seat back for instance went from £45 each to £82+VAT in 1 month.

Ouch.

I'm sure this is why M parts are so costly because they never made that many.

On a positive note regarding M parts, Mobile Tradition made a certain NLA part available for me on request the other day much to my surprise, and the dealers.

On that basis i would say that BMW keep a certain minimum stock level that can be pillaged under cetain circumstances...

Food for thought

BMW Z1 - 280mm rear discs £50 - £75 each! in 12 months a year ago, god knows what they are now.

S52 piston rings OEM £135+ vat per piston

S52 piston rings Mahle £32 all in

I know the is an M tax but that is a big difference.

Are you telling me they charge £135 for a ring that site around a piston.

The new champion mick-take.

@goosiegander - what parts did they 'suddenly' find?

Royalratch wrote:Are you telling me they charge £135 for a ring that site around a piston.

The new champion mick-take.

@goosiegander - what parts did they 'suddenly' find?

I am telling you (because I know for a fact because I priced them 3 months ago) the the 3 rings that sit around each piston are £135+ vat each.

Needless to say I bought mahle ones

Dezzy wrote:

Royalratch wrote:Are you telling me they charge £135 for a ring that site around a piston.

The new champion mick-take.

@goosiegander - what parts did they 'suddenly' find?

I am telling you (because I know for a fact because I priced them 3 months ago) the the 3 rings that sit around each piston are £135+ vat each.

Needless to say I bought mahle ones

Steeeeeeeep! bet you swore when you found out,

A handy piece of trim Ratch