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| Topic Started: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:00 pm (119 Views) | |
| immibenz | Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:00 pm Post #1 |
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Popped into the dealership today in Reading - was after the clips for the 16v bodykit. the guy came up with £186.75!!!! i thought he was having a laugh at 1st, i asked for a print out and was shocked!! surely it cant be? i been reading the threads but still not to sure. its a non 16v with a 16v kit this is what i have gathered from the threads A005 988 63 78 Qty 26 A007 997 43 81 Qty 25 A005 988 40 78 Qty 22 A001 997 40 86 Qty 20 can any one tell me what else i need or this is the right lot. |
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| vaggeli | Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:32 pm Post #2 |
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id be interested to find out about this, cos that does seem exorbitant |
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| stwat | Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:42 pm Post #3 |
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That price sounds about right. I suppose we should be lucky that they still sell them!!!!! |
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| ML190E | Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:16 pm Post #4 |
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I fitted a 16v kit to my non 16v a few months ago I also bought a full set of clips from MB cost me about €130.00 or so and that was with discount. Well worth spending the money on them IMO as most of your old clips will break when removing the other panels I put up a thread with part numbers and pictures I'll post it up for you now Here it is http://s14.zetaboards.com/mercedes_190_club/topic/6583161/ Edited by ML190E, Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:19 pm.
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| NEIL | Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:21 pm Post #5 |
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This is one of the things many folk don't consider when kitting these cars, I recall a chap on BenzWolrd dropping well over $200 on new clips after stupidly rushing to take the panels off in preparation for a respray. He went slowly removing the cladding at first, snapped a couple of clips, then got impatient and just tore the panels off. His thinking was "little bits of plastic, how expensive can they be?" A bit more pricey than your average paper clip... 
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| -V- | Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:25 pm Post #6 |
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Seems the price has gone up a tiny bit, but that does sound about right. Is this including the fixing for the wheel arches too? One thing I have noticed is that the 'screws' that Mercedes will sell you are bog-standard screws and they sell them at just over £2 each. It's the small things like this that also rack up the price. My advice is, get all the necessary clips & screws and if you see that you can get the same screws for cheaper else where, then return the unused screws to Mercedes. You may find that could save you a few £££, not many... but I guess a small saving is better than no saving.  |
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| immibenz | Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:34 pm Post #7 |
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nah its jus for the cladding and the skirts! the wheel arches clips may probably be more as i asked about the 4 cosworth wheel arches.....£425!!! lol had a look at the thread listed by ML190e is that all you needed for the kit to fit or did u need more clips? the one i have listed come to £96..which seems fair for 93 bits. |
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| ML190E | Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:47 pm Post #8 |
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Well i bought all them and gave them to the bodyshop that painted the kit They didnt look for anymore from me. |
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| Martrider | Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:02 am Post #9 |
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I know this sounds like a very obvious thing to say, but normally you should only expect to snap around half of the clips, fewer if you take the parts off very carefully and there is a knack to it! I took off my kit from a car in the scrappy with a crow bar, was careful but after a few trips to the dealership managed to track down all the part numbers and the amounts that i actually needed. I think it came to about £60 but a load of the parts i bought i just didn't need. Think very carefully, and you may not need to spend as much as you think. |
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| jeremy | Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:23 am Post #10 |
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I cannot believe you lot ....last week , with absolutely no experience whatsoever , I managed to take off the entire body-kit from the 16V scrapper , without breaking or losing one clip .  The was more dirt under each piece than you can imagine , and it just took some diligent brushing away and some careful unscrewing , no breakages and no losses . Mart , I don't believe you used a crowbar  Jeremy |
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| immibenz | Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:09 pm Post #11 |
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does any one have the jacking point covers that go the the 16v skirts? i went to dealership today and they cant get them anymore! discontinued! there's two on each side. im after the back ones on for both sides! any one help? |
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