E30 parts are shooting up in price from BMW
Moderator: martauto
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!
-
- E30 Zone Wiki / Team Member
- Posts: 8043
- Joined: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:00 pm
- Location: Warsaw, Poland
Damn, I think I need a suede handbrake cover to pass the next MOT 

'89 325i Touring | Touring Resto Thread | In-Dash Screen install
They are taking the piss bought my EVO handbrake from BMW for £120 ish back in 2007rich318i 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!!
- Cypriotgeeza
- E30 Zone Addict
- Posts: 3019
- Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:00 pm
- Location: Under a bonnet somewhere..
Its not too bad guys.. Some parts are coming down in price too!
A dash is now £900 reduced from £1800

A dash is now £900 reduced from £1800

Check my M30 build threads:
Project Frankenstein: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=194154
Headgasket: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=165704
Clutch issues: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=172482
Instagram: www.instagram.com/Cypriotgeeza
Project Frankenstein: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=194154
Headgasket: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=165704
Clutch issues: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=172482
Instagram: www.instagram.com/Cypriotgeeza
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
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
Last edited by MurphyE30 on Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-
- Married to the E30 Zone
- Posts: 7177
- Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:00 pm
- Location: Northern Ireland
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

Actually considering a few models.
The Internet - It has proven to be worthless, and is nothing but a repository for perverts.
IG - bab91
IG - bab91
It's not the dealer that set the prices, its the manufacturers, BMW in this case.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
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.

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!
Let's be grateful so many parts are available!
- Cypriotgeeza
- E30 Zone Addict
- Posts: 3019
- Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:00 pm
- Location: Under a bonnet somewhere..
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!pukar wrote: Let's be grateful so many parts are available!
Check my M30 build threads:
Project Frankenstein: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=194154
Headgasket: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=165704
Clutch issues: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=172482
Instagram: www.instagram.com/Cypriotgeeza
Project Frankenstein: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=194154
Headgasket: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=165704
Clutch issues: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=172482
Instagram: www.instagram.com/Cypriotgeeza
I just bought an O/S rear wing for my Cabbie resto as there are only 4 left worldwide
i dont need it yet but dont wanna get caught with my knickers down !
Now there are 3.

i dont need it yet but dont wanna get caught with my knickers down !
Now there are 3.
Last edited by Stevevrs on Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:14 am, edited 1 time in total.