Dom
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Have taken my car (1.2 16v Corsa T Reg 99) in for an MOT and to replace the front disc pads, was £80 all in.
They have just got back to me saying that two new CV boots and alignment need to be also, with the final cost being £218.
Firstly, a new CV boot was replaced on the drivers side about a year and half (maybe two years tops), so it seems a bit fishy. And even if they do need to be replaced, does it sound like a good price - 138 quid for two CV boots and alignment?
cheers guys
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Rachel H
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Registered: 12th Nov 03
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138 quid to replace two CV boots and alignment 
No that is a disgrace, how do they get away with charging these prices?
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SAL
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track tow and camber should cost £50 MAX
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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If they're taking it all apart to fit new tailored CV boots then maybe... Still fooking pricey though 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Dom
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well Formula 1 and Nationwide wanted £233 and £267 (respectivily)....is expensive mind, but seems to be the cheapest around here 
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little_duke
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for £138 i would want them to personally lick my drive shafts clean of cv grease,fit the new boots,have it 100% then sort the aliging anyway cus it needs doing-grab the vasaline mate....your getting raped
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Steve
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i would be interested to see what a garage these days would charge to say, change some spark plugs
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VegasPhil
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I could imagine it now...
"Looking at an hours labour there mate, plus the cost of the parts - Should be around £50 plus the VAT"
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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find out wether they are the wrap around boots or proper replacements. wrap arounds take 20 mins to replace, proper replacements take a lot longer
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i would be interested to see what a garage these days would charge to say, change some spark plugs
£92 for a set of 4 on an evo4
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Rob B
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Just had my car dioged for abs light
40 QUID!!!! He was doing it for 10 mins and 5 he was on the phone fukin jokers.
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i would be interested to see what a garage these days would charge to say, change some spark plugs
£92 for a set of 4 on an evo4
the ones on my mates evo 4 are just like changing the plugs in the top on an XE, take about 15 mins tops, i assume the plugs on an evo are no different to normal plugs?
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Dave A
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no they use DENSO platinum plugs, £18 each from mitsubishi
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Dom
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they were propper boots, not slip on's and were durable/soft/flexible boots rather than the shite hard jobbies vauxhall used last time - something about the metal band coming off and not being able to clip it back up without the clip coming away on full lock.
does seem a lot of money, but its fixed now....new pads still havent solved my spongy brakes though
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burgess
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Registered: 22nd Feb 04
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all you needed was some new cv boot clips
no need for boots
corsa c's from 02 to 03 had a bad batch of cv boot clips
im forever replacing the clips on em
think we charge 0.3 of an hour a side plus clip plus a tube of grease to repack the joint
£20 max a side
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neil h
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
does seem a lot of money, but its fixed now....new pads still havent solved my spongy brakes though
sounds like you could just need the whole system bleeding. seeing they obviously didnt find any cracks/holes in the brake lines on the MOT
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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Corsa c boots are crap
Trying to reclip the plastic boots is pointless much better to replace them with rubber ones but wouldnt expect it to be no more than £80 ish.
Ainsley
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