just have to fix a few things on the new TE before rego in a couple weeks and just got some prices from mits and HOLY COW!

just wondering if anyone can recommand any cheap alternatives.. i only have one wrecker in my area and he has nothing

dizzy "o" ring $9.30

rocker gaskets $ 31.10 each

tube seals $ 22.55 each ( these dont need doing now but was going to do while changing the rear plugs while i had the plenum off anyways for the rear gasket)

RH engine mount $254.55 ( apparntly i cant buy the inserts for these and need to buy the whole unit)

rhf shock $ 245.00 ( this is total bs for a single shock kyb excel g;s are only 110.00)

Those prices seem correct for a mitsubishi dealer. If you want a cheaper alternative, try repco, or even Mal at Mits-Fix:

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=105

You should have called me mate, Rocker cover gasket kits INCLUDING tube seals $27

Engine mount $99.95 complete mount

Dampers I could have done Boge for that price and near done Koni as well.

And be wary of buying any rubber components from Mitsu, seeing they don't have a high turnover you are likely to get very old stock. Got caught out by CV boots that had surface cracks out of the box and lasted 18 months. Aftermarket boots at half the price replaced them with no problems showing up in years.

i havnt bought any of them after seeing those prices, so i will fire you a email in abit with what i want mal.

tbh im that tired atm i didnt even think of mal lol, good old forums saving my wallets arse yet again

hey mal whats the cheapest price you can do on a RHF shock doesnt have to be anything fancy , dont know if you got any useable ones down there on a wreck or not

and dizzy "o" ring

buy two shocker .
better to maching shocks

It's the same for accessories, trim etc. as well. The chrome gearknob surround will set you back like $350 or something insane. It's made of plastic for ****'s sake.

Pfft! Don't know what you're whinging about to be honest...

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/2161/quoteur.jpg

That's how much it cost in 2008 to replace a KE/KF Xi remote keypad... $305

holy sh*t!! over $30 for one rockercover gasket!!!!???? glad i get cost price lol i never knew our parts were so expensive...

Roughly what is the margin there? Is it completely exorbitant?

well dno if i can say exactly but....i paid less than half of that for my gasket...and 90% of the time its been cheaper for me to buy genuine than it is for me to go and buy non genuine...which works excellent for me cos id be reluctant to buy non-gen anyway....(im a bit anal LOL)

Roughly what is the margin there? Is it completely exorbitant?

Ever purchased jeans or shoes with 300% mark up and you think parts are bad

Also, third gen and second gen gaskets are totally different, even still there is no such thing as 100% mark up on parts, trade is generally 10 to 15% which is sfa

Yeah ok they don't have a huge mark up. The way he said it made me believe they might have.

oh thats good to know...i dont like the thort of my work ripping people off lol. guess im just also lucky my cars cheap too ;-)