E30 parts are shooting up in price from BMW

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Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:14 am

M-Tec 2 steering wheel £283 leather.

EVO Suede wheel £687

EVO Suede hand brake £480

Gold doesn't even inflate that much in such a sort time

hope its just a typo!!
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Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:46 am

I think you'll find leather tech 2 wheels are also £600 odd pounds and them and sport Evo wheels have been for over a year now!
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Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:26 am

As usual, its old news....
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Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:30 am

Don't bother buying them and save your money.

£600 for a steering wheel could equal having a touring project.
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Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:09 am

Damn, I think I need a suede handbrake cover to pass the next MOT :mad:
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Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:16 am

Grrrmachine wrote:Damn, I think I need a suede handbrake cover to pass the next MOT :mad:
You have to have the matching steering wheel to pass a˜±
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Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:51 pm

rich318i wrote:M-Tec 2 steering wheel £283 leather.

EVO Suede wheel £687

EVO Suede hand brake £480

Gold doesn't even inflate that much in such a sort time

hope its just a typo!!
They are taking the piss bought my EVO handbrake from BMW for £120 ish back in 2007
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Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:14 pm

Its not too bad guys.. Some parts are coming down in price too!

A dash is now £900 reduced from £1800

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Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:04 pm

Cypriotgeeza wrote:Its not too bad guys.. Some parts are coming down in price too!

A dash is now £900 reduced from £1800








Give it another 24 months winkeye

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Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:11 pm

Same as mercedes. I have a 190e cosworth and I nearly had a heart attack when I went in for some prices!! I had another about 5 years ago and the parts were reasonable then obviously still pricey but not ridiculous
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Tue Apr 08, 2014 7:55 pm

I don't get the whole extortionate prices theory with dealers, surely lowering the prices to a bit more reasonable amounts for the older cars that less people are buying parts for and draw in the customers to buy dealer parts that are left instead of going elsewhere for copies or second hand spares would make more sense
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Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:03 pm

mabz wrote:Same as mercedes. I have a 190e cosworth and I nearly had a heart attack when I went in for some prices!! I had another about 5 years ago and the parts were reasonable then obviously still pricey but not ridiculous

:wan: I'll be in the market for a Merc Cossie in the next 12 months or a Saab T16 Aero.

Actually considering a few models.
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Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:33 pm

MurphyE30 wrote:I don't get the whole extortionate prices theory with dealers, surely lowering the prices to a bit more reasonable amounts for the older cars that less people are buying parts for and draw in the customers to buy dealer parts that are left instead of going elsewhere for copies or second hand spares would make more sense
It's not the dealer that set the prices, its the manufacturers, BMW in this case.

The reason why parts prices shoot up is purely down to supply and demand.

Car no longer in production, less cars on road, less demand for parts so production costs go up hence parts price rise.

Sad but true. :(
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Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:32 pm

Well look at the price you need to pay for a decent E30 theses days . :D
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Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:35 am

Increase in price for rarely bought items makes sense....when they are selling cars at ever increased rates I doubt they are rolling in money from the 10 sport evo steering wheels they sell per year. If they only need a few then the manufacturing cost is relatively more so costs get passed on.

Let's be grateful so many parts are available!
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Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:08 am

pukar wrote: Let's be grateful so many parts are available!
I said the same thing the other day! A company making parts for a 20+ year old car sounds crazy! lets just hope Bmw don't decide its not worth their while anymore and stop!
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Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:34 am

I just bought an O/S rear wing for my Cabbie resto as there are only 4 left worldwide 8O
i dont need it yet but dont wanna get caught with my knickers down !

Now there are 3.
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Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:42 am

Stevevrs wrote:I just bought an O/S rear wing for my Cabbie resto as there are only 4 left worldwide 8O
i dont need it yet but dont wanna get caught my knickers down !

Now there are 3.
how much??
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Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:13 am

£259 from Cotswold, bargain....there are 90 N/S wings left so no panic there, lol
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