The price of a part that basically costs nothing....

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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:57 pm

I went to the stealership yesterday, to get the light board for my obc. Spoke to the guy there, and he gave me a price. I nearly p'ed myself.......
This is the price he wanted me to pay, for a light board for my obc:

400 Rand

So I figured - lets just buy two little lights and solder them in myself -

The price for these 2 small lights:

2 Rand....

To put in perspective - its like paying 40 quid for a part that will cost you 18 pence to fix yourself.

Bloody rediculous. The guy actually said he felt embarrased asking me that price for the part, but thats what they are told to ask by Germany.
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:02 pm

we get that here too mate, some parts are crazy prices others are quite reasonable
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:07 pm

i replaced mine for no more than £1 iirc..... good old maplins!
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:35 pm

I also bought bulbs for maplins, got 4, but the monkey on the till only charged me for one, that was 12p well spent.
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:52 pm

a few year back The clock bulb for a 1995 rover 216 was something daft like £20! I just never bothered replacing it as it was a b*tch of a job to prise it out anyway.
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:13 pm

Problem is that DIY boards dont seem to last very long.

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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:15 pm

Doesn't matter when they cost 12p!
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:23 pm

Well my time is more than £20 to keep on soldering and taking the dash appart.

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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:26 pm

Hairy muff, lay-about students like myself don't have this issue.
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:38 pm

To put in perspective - its like paying 40 quid for a part that will cost you 18 pence to fix yourself.
Actually 20p according to 400 Rand vs 2 Rand!!
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:42 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:Problem is that DIY boards dont seem to last very long.

Andrew
Mines lasted about a year so far, I dont think thats too bad.
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:48 pm

mine too - perhaps it's your soldering skills?............. I'll get my coat
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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:56 pm

A mate and I fitted two amber LEDs, calculated the required resistor and soldered them in.

Bout a quid and the LEDs should last a while. Also the colour looks really nice and clear I guess because the LED only produces light from the right bit of the spectrum (not the tapedeck bit or the crappy joystick).

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Post Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:03 pm

orangecurry wrote:mine too - perhaps it's your soldering skills?............. I'll get my coat
Well ive never fitted a DIY unit to my car, but over the years i have heard of people complaining about their bulbs blowing after a DIY fix.

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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:50 am

so how bloody difficult is it to retrieve the board that holds these bulbs ???
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:12 am

i just went to the dealer. i still havent replace mine yet, iv lost the keys for the clarion any ideas how to get her out?
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