Paul W
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So, i visited my local vauxhall dealership on the off chance of picking up some new arches for my more door plans. Walked in, had a chat with the parts manager bloke, all was going well. He then proceeded to tell me the price of a set of four plastic arches. £147.58. I told him to do one and walked out  . I wasn't expecting them to cost that much tbh. I don't understand how they can charge such extortionate prices for some bits of plastic which probably cost about a tenner to make, i mean, it's a corsa b for christ sake, not like it's a VXR or something  . /rant over lol. Anybody else agree?
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AlexW
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Its not about the part though, its about the moulds they have to use, they arnt cheap.
Lots of bits are cheap though.
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LeeM
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Can't you get them off eBay for about £50 for a full set?
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jibjob
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Its because they come in a GM bag and are original spec. That doesnt make them any different or any better to cheaper ones its just the fact they are GM.
For example a bulb holder for the back of the dash: Vaux-£4.95 Internet- 25p. Its a joke at times. Although they do tend to keep a lot in stock that motor factors dont.
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BYRON
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I would imagine that part requests for Corsa B's are slowly reducing, therefore producing the parts for a declining market and demand will impact the price. Corsa B arches are not universal in the range like a bulb or filter etc, so there is no volume and cross over between the model ranges.
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Norcy91
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
Can't you get them off eBay for about £50 for a full set?
Yep! I was gunna get some off ebay and they were only about £30 delivered
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Paul W
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True on the moulds i spose, but then again you could argue that if they're mass produced they'd end up covering the costs easily.
I've heard the ebay ones are a shocking fit?
Very true jibjob, paying for the name and all that, happens with everything i spose doesn't it. It just boggles my mind sometimes
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jibjob
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The Ebay arches arent that bad of a fit. There are some dips in them though but you cant really see them.
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Paul W
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I may end up getting some of those then if they're not too bad. Gonna go for a scrappy run first see if i can get some nice condition ones off a late corsa b first, along with a few other goodies
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3CorsaMeal
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never buy a VW then
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AK
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cost a tenner to make......
You need to pay for labour charges, energy charges, tooling etc etc.
Companies NEED to make profits on things.
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tomt08
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Ive just bought some ebay ones for £30 delivered after geting a quote off vauxhall and laughing the archs have come and look just as good as standard gm ones i havnt fitted them yet so can only comment on the quality and not fitament
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