Is £75 for an sri backbox about right?

[jason1987]

my backbox snapped off today and just looked on eurocarparts and its £75, theyre normally cheap so is this the best price roughly?

[lozz]

Depends on the make of the Box,

75 quid seems expensive tho,

Euro car parts seems to bit of ajoke on prices Atm (shop round)
they quoted me 86quid for apart igot it 60% cheaper from my local car parts shop,

[hammerman]

£38 last year for my hdi back box fitted with 2 yr warranty from a local tyre place in bristol.

[jason1987]

ill ring up able fit and see how much they are, i thought eurocarparts is really cheap, also the sri has a bigger exhaust doesnt it

[lozz]

Euro car parts can be cheap but only for certain thing's.
its not bad for service items, plugs /filters brake pads etc,

euro car parts was bought out a short while back,
The original owner an indian Chap Mr Singh sold it, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... -5000.html# price's havent or dont seem the same since
Idont use it for parts anylonger, theres cheaper places, ithink theres a Euro car parts Sister company car parts 4 less .co.uk


http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l/c/P ... 978&000536

[trufflehunt]

Euro car parts can be cheap but only for certain thing's.
its not bad for service items, plugs /filters brake pads etc,

euro car parts was bought out a short while back,
The original owner an indian Chap Mr Singh sold it, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... -5000.html# price's havent or dont seem the same since
Idont use it for parts anylonger, theres cheaper places, ithink theres a Euro car parts Sister company car parts 4 less .co.uk


http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l/c/P ... 978&000536

One of the comments on that Telegraph link...

" .... suggest you study ECP's business ethics before recommending that peerage.

Pay particular attention to the takeover of Lucas Service UK and the way their 600 loyal staff were sacked 4 days later - by post-it note on the locked front door. "Ceased Trading - ring this number." So much for the effusive PR promises of job security and growth...

Once ECP had gutted Lucas of their valuable supply contracts and new £4M paperless invoicing system; the staff, many with decades of service, were dumped like rubbish - with nothing.

ECP were just about to implode; cheap fake parts may boost turnover initially, but they soon lead to expensive claims, legions of dissatisfied ex-customers and falling profits...... "


In my experience there are plenty of rubbish parts around. I've bought a fair number of parts from Euro Car Parts over quite a lot of years, without problem.
However, large motor factor chains..ECP , GSF etc must have had a hard job having to compete with the likes of eBay. Hence the temptation to go down
the cheap cr*p route.

[lozz]

Ihavent 'Recomended any body
iwas just Comenting on how, Euro-parts price's seem to have Rocket'd since the original chap Mr singh sold the place on,

Ifind it expensive,but iwouidnt try and off put people buying there,just because in my view,its just as cheap to buy else'where,