£92.80 for front discs
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Printed Date: 17-May-2024 at 08:26
Topic: £92.80 for front discs
Posted By: bm24v
Subject: £92.80 for front discs
Date Posted: 10-July-2006 at 17:55
| Inc vat from the dealer for a E39 523.....he said that's with a discount cause the car's over 4 yr's old....is that a good/bad price....Euro were closed (5.30)... |
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Posted By: fingerman
Date Posted: 10-July-2006 at 18:36
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You do get a discount on older cars - I remember when I used to take my E39 to the Dealer. I don't know if the prices are similar to the E34, but I recently bought new front discs and pads from Speedyparts and this came to £93 inc vat - thought this was a good price? ------------- Current: E34 1996 525tds 113-125k Previous: 9xE34s, 5xE30s, 2xE39s, 1xE32, 1xE36.... phew! My Ebay bits: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZseany69ukQQhtZ-1 |
Posted By: PaulS
Date Posted: 11-July-2006 at 09:55
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I bought my discs from GSF, were Zimmerman and cost me £65.00 with my 10% discount Paul -------------  95 E34 530i V8 Auto Maldives Blue |
Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 11-July-2006 at 10:00
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I got Brembo disks for my E39 from GSF for £40 (or the Euro equivalent) each. I see from the Brembo site that they are about £160 per pair! ------------- Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE 1997 E39 523i 2003 E39 525i Sport Individual |
Posted By: bm24v
Date Posted: 11-July-2006 at 11:08
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I just phoned GSF in Glasgow and there (inc vat) £65.....but who are Zimmerman?....Iv'e heard of ATE, Gutman at Euro but not this. I dont know how you managed to get Brembo's!...or did you ask for them.. |
Posted By: PaulS
Date Posted: 11-July-2006 at 11:16
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Zimmerman are a german oe quality manufacturer and I've got them on the front, brembo's on the back as that was what they had in stock at the time, but they feel fine Paul ------------- 95 E34 530i V8 Auto Maldives Blue |
Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 11-July-2006 at 11:20
They had an advert on the wall and I enquired about prices ------------- Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE 1997 E39 523i 2003 E39 525i Sport Individual |
bm24v wrote:Posted By: bm24v
Date Posted: 11-July-2006 at 11:23
| Oh right....some ppl get all the luck.. |
Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 12-July-2006 at 08:54
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You should have waited and gone to Euro Car parts up at Possil Cross the next day. ATE discs which are the OEM ones are about £45-50 for a pair I think. I bought mine from there over a year ago. I replaced my BMW discs which had ATE and BMW logos stamped on them with ones that just have ATE stamped on them. Same brake disc except mine didn't go down the road of getting a BMW stamp and then placed in a BMW logo box at the ATE factory. That is the only difference between the discs I took off and the discs I put back on! Oh and the £50 price difference Edit Unfortunately that isn't a very good price for the discs - can you take them back to the main dealer, or have you already bolted them to the hubs? Andrew ------------- Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series! Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
Posted By: bm24v
Date Posted: 12-July-2006 at 09:22
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Andrew...No Iv'e bought anything yet, I just priced them from gsf, but I'm wary of buying thing's Iv'e never heard of. I asked davy (bm motor's) yesterday about GSF but he use's Euro and has done for year's (and so have i) but I just thought GSF are 2-3 mile's away I'd give them a try that's all. |
Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 12-July-2006 at 13:06
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Glad you haven't lost out on any cash then! BMW don't make cars, they build them. Lots of different manufacturers make lots of different bits for the car and then they are all nailed together in Bavaria and out comes a Beamer. I never really thought about it too much before until I used this forum, but when costs were pointed out by the guys on here, that you were actually getting the same bit for half the price, I did more digging' into places like ECP. The guys at ECP say they actually get parts in which have the BMW logo ground off them! Front discs are dead easy to do yourself. I did mine along with the pads and failed to notice the 'L' and 'R' markings on the pads until I had fitted the right hand side and began to re-fit the left hand side! D'oh! As long as you buy OEM parts from ECP you will not go wrong. Non OEM parts should be avoided at all costs i.e. ECP rear anti roll bar links! Andrew ------------- Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series! Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
Posted By: bm24v
Date Posted: 12-July-2006 at 14:00
| Yea I know about this "grounding off logo's" carry on, Ronnie at weaver's told me about it. It's just sh1t how dealer's can get away with putting their stamp on and dam double the price in some case's.. |