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 Post subject: Dont trust my wrecker so what is a good price?
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:43 pm 
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as it says, i dont really trust my local wrecker (in the country) was wondering what is the usual price for an EL Airbox?
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:50 pm 
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Evil Bay has them for around 30-40 bucks, i paid 40 for a spare for project idea :D

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:48 pm 
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wreckers will normally charge 50% of new cost.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:51 pm 
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i went to a wreckers got an el airbox (top and bottom + some extra intake pipe) for $40

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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:28 pm 
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Deer park wreckers are pretty good on prices, they move a lot of stock every month. You will pay more for parts up in the country, where they may not move as many car's per month & will probably have higher initial costs to get the wrecks in the first place.

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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:32 pm 
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My wrecker local wrecker charged me $20 from air box to throttle body and snorkel too..

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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:15 pm 
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taxi 5L wrote:
My wrecker local wrecker charged me $20 from air box to throttle body and snorkel too..

phill

:shock: f**k ME THATS CHEAP!!! :shock:
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:17 pm 
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lukas_bartko wrote:
taxi 5L wrote:
My wrecker local wrecker charged me $20 from air box to throttle body and snorkel too..

phill

:shock: f**k ME THATS CHEAP!!! :shock:


He's cheap on some stuff but other bigger items like diffs etc i go to pick & payless in sydney its worth the drive..
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:33 pm 
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chris young at chipping norton is very cheap if u go on sundays pick your self and save have heaps of fords but rarly any v8s
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:40 pm 
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hey you must be a local if you go there! never any Fairlanes either, sometimes Casula has them or Falcons too

 

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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:20 pm 
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yeah local there is 2 ford wreckers at greenacre but there prices can be redicoulous depending on the part
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