Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
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Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
I thought it might be amusing/upsetting to compare what folks think are the most overpriced new RX8 parts from Mazda. Not including any discounts you may have wrangled. Only new Mazda parts, not aftermarket ones, because the ludicrously priced Revi Air Scoop would easily win that competition.
I'll get things started, using ballpark prices because I don't have access to the parts database. So it's based on memory from recent phone calls with the local parts desk. Feel free to politely correct any prices if you have an update.
First off the Recaro seat inserts. Plastic molds. £35 pounds each (so £70 to do the front + rear) and the front seats have 8 of them in total. Ouch!
Secondly the elbow joints on the air cleaner. Tiny plastic molds. £10 each including VAT and the S1 needs 3 of these with the R3 requiring 2. A hefty price to pay in order to fit a stock air box and fit an intake that Warpc0il won't poke fun at.
Over to you lot...
I'll get things started, using ballpark prices because I don't have access to the parts database. So it's based on memory from recent phone calls with the local parts desk. Feel free to politely correct any prices if you have an update.
First off the Recaro seat inserts. Plastic molds. £35 pounds each (so £70 to do the front + rear) and the front seats have 8 of them in total. Ouch!
Secondly the elbow joints on the air cleaner. Tiny plastic molds. £10 each including VAT and the S1 needs 3 of these with the R3 requiring 2. A hefty price to pay in order to fit a stock air box and fit an intake that Warpc0il won't poke fun at.
Over to you lot...
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
i have a bill for a mazda cat bought in 2015 by the previous owner of my pz...£1234 plus vat!!!
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
Set of full brake calliper retention bolts (think I got that right) came out to about £40 quid for the 8 bolts if memory serves right... £5~ for a little bolt each. (only did it because all the current ones are getting rounded off and next time I take them out I may not be able to get them back in... but I think its worth it for the security).
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
Throttle body gasket. That was eyewatering for one *bleedin' gasket!
Can't actually remember how much they quoted me for now..
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
And 56p, whoever made up the cost was feeling lazy.
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
They worth good money second hand
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
Its almost as if they picked a number out of mid air for the pricing...
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
there was some loose change on top but i forgot how much.
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
have a look at the price of a new steering rack. you will cry
All of the rotors, none of the compression
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
156 euros to replace every nut and bolt on my rear suspension, I don't know if that's a good or bad price but I remember leaving Mazda feeling like I knew what a cow felt like after a visit from the vet
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
OMP cooper washers set and O-ring -£60 from Mazda Southampton
FL22 5L. £45 after discount- Mazda Southampton
I said to them shame on you guys, instead of helping to keep those wonderful cars running you just overprice every possible parts.
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
i bought a omp o ring and washer set once... i dont recall it costing anything like that!
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
Fl22 16 for 5 litre mazda dealer Crayford mazda.
Mazda oem oil and filter 50 for my mazda 6. 5l of oil and filter
I think your mazda stealer are milking you.
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
Not quite a part, but the amount that Mazda will charge for a Compression Test is ridiculous at ~£250. Literally 10x what a smaller specialist will charge!
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You pay that premium to have the Mazda tech fit the spark plugs back in the wrong order. It's the unique experience they provide
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There's a resonator bung being sold by a rotary specialist for £29.99. After a quick search on eBay I found one for £6.99
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
Even 6.99 sounds too much for that. 29.99 is outrageous. hahaNew Duke wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:28 pmYou pay that premium to have the Mazda tech fit the spark plugs back in the wrong order. It's the unique experience they provideHonkytonk wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:53 pmNot quite a part, but these probiotics for ibs are so worth it and the amount that Mazda will charge for a Compression Test is ridiculous at ~£250. Literally 10x what a smaller specialist will charge!
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
I always remember Mazda telling me that the reason my next Service was going to be expensive was because it would require spark plugs at £220!!!!!
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Wonder if Mazda would try and get away with selling a set of these to unsuspecting victims customers
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
those seat shrouds ive already replaced some and that was plus vat.
however the ones in your photo have a push button on the back bit. Ive never seen that before.
however the ones in your photo have a push button on the back bit. Ive never seen that before.
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ditto, a bit strange, I wonder if this stops the issues with them separating in the first place?
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Re: Competition for the most overpriced RX8 part?
Maybe. Perhaps it was a user mod. It was a photo I grabbed from the US forum so I have no answers sadly. My shrouds look so nasty from having to glue them twice there's no way I was going to photo them.
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If in need of 40th Anniversary badges its a lot cheaper to buy from a US Mazda dealer than the UK.
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Ooft thats a hefty priced badge. I was going to look into getting new gel badges for my PZ spoiler at some point...
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Any idea of the best way to stick the gel piece back on? Mine came off on spoiler. Is there a type of glue that’s recommended?Yorindesarin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:06 pmOoft thats a hefty priced badge. I was going to look into getting new gel badges for my PZ spoiler at some point...
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