Price Check ASAP

Trojan · 12 Jul 2007 at 10:26

My 172 is currently at Harretts having a couple of problems looked into and a service carried out. I've just got off the phone now and have been advised that the following need replacing:

Nearside Bottom Arm - £174
Offside Rear Wheel Bearing - £119

Are these reasonable prices or am I being taken for a ride?

Cheers

viper_2003 · 12 Jul 2007 at 10:40

Trojan said:
My 172 is currently at Harretts having a couple of problems looked into and a service carried out. I've just got off the phone now and have been advised that the following need replacing:

Nearside Bottom Arm - £174
Offside Rear Wheel Bearing - £119

Are these reasonable prices or am I being taken for a ride?

Cheers

I doubt those prices are gonna change if you were to take it back another day so I would leave it for now, get them to show/explain why they need replacing and then check out the price for having it done at a specialist - if you still want the dealer to do it then take it back at a later date. Otherwise your dealers £200 is suddenly turning into £500, easy money if you can get it.....

panthro · 12 Jul 2007 at 10:42

If thats fitted then it seems to be a reasonable price. Im sure you would be able to source the parts yourself quite easily, but for less hassle it seems ok to me.

Trojan · 12 Jul 2007 at 10:50

viper_2003 said:
I doubt those prices are gonna change if you were to take it back another day so I would leave it for now, get them to show/explain why they need replacing and then check out the price for having it done at a specialist - if you still want the dealer to do it then take it back at a later date. Otherwise your dealers £200 is suddenly turning into £500, easy money if you can get it.....

I knew that one of the wheel bearings was shot, I just didn't realise that it would be £120 to replace! As for the Bottom Arm, the other day a vibration and knocking noise started occuring whilst accelerating and it would seem that this is the culprit.

panthro said:
If thats fitted then it seems to be a reasonable price. Im sure you would be able to source the parts yourself quite easily, but for less hassle it seems ok to me.

Ah right, nice one, you've put my mind at rest there then as I thought the prices may have been inflated somewhat. Cheers