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2005 Mazda RX8 STX 11

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I don't know what the etc part of this is:

But, I don't see how a steering rack and tie rods, should be anywhere near $4000. Granted, I've never laid a tool on a BMW, so maybe I'm underestimating just how stupid their prices are? $2k is still about double what that repair should cost on a non-german car.

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In need of car.

The language over the phone was paying for only 50% of the parts bill. As of now I have not heard if that was for OE, remanufactured, or something else. The rack alone was quoted at $2,000 apparently.

OK, I just checked and a reman rack is $1,871.63. From an online dealer it's about $1,500.

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2003 Subaru WRX Sportwagon = daily driver/boost and booster seats
2000 BMW 540iT = wife's kid hauler
2012 Toyota Highlander = the boring reliable vehicle

Just checked prices quickly here as I was curious. The steering rack is $1656.29 BMW MSRP (retail) (note that if you call Leith or Performance BMW about prices, they will tell you their marked up price -- both of them mark up BMW MSRP prices, and Performance is always higher than Leith). You can buy it at Tischer BMW online (getbmwparts.com) for $1325.03. I'm guessing the shop's rate is less than this even, so the body shop can probably buy it for ~1200. The tie rods are BMW MSRP $114.80 each or $91.84 at Tischer BMW.

So total parts cost to order these online from Tischer BMW would be $1508.71. SO, Chris, please tell the adjuster that you have found a local friend who will sell him the $4000 in new BMW parts to the insurance company for only $3000. Let me know. I'll order these today and have them by Friday.

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Current stable:
2019 BMW M2 Competition slicktop 6MT
2011 BMW M3 sedan slicktop 6MT
2007 BMW 328i wagon (slushbox for now)
1975 CanAm 125MX2

Nice! To be clear the $4,000 included labor. I have not seen a detailed quote yet. The adjuster was 'warning' me that they may not pay out 100% for the parts.

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2003 Subaru WRX Sportwagon = daily driver/boost and booster seats
2000 BMW 540iT = wife's kid hauler
2012 Toyota Highlander = the boring reliable vehicle

HOLY COW!

The last steering rack I purchased (reman'd) was $180...

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In need of car.

BTW, for anyone who wants to check BMW parts prices and get the real MSRP along with discounted prices from numerous sources, you can use http://www.realoem.com but install the greasemonkey script from here: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/111782 -- of course you have to use Firefox and have the greasemonkey plug-in installed. The prices listed in realoem are always wrong and/or out of date, etc. However, with the gmonkey script installed, when you click on a part, it gives you hotlinks to 7 online dealers of oem parts. Click the one you want, and it does an automatic lookup on that site for the part number. I use Tischer all the time, since they display the true MSRP along with their discounted price. I've had good results ordering parts from them too.

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Current stable:
2019 BMW M2 Competition slicktop 6MT
2011 BMW M3 sedan slicktop 6MT
2007 BMW 328i wagon (slushbox for now)
1975 CanAm 125MX2

Cool. I'm sure Mark Cooper would throw in an alignment too if you let him bill the insurance company ($4000 - 1508.71) $2491.29 to install a rack with new tie rods. Heck, he might even agree to only charge $2000 for the labor.

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Current stable:
2019 BMW M2 Competition slicktop 6MT
2011 BMW M3 sedan slicktop 6MT
2007 BMW 328i wagon (slushbox for now)
1975 CanAm 125MX2

I've heard about this but never tried it until now. I do this manually all the time. Pelican parts has it for $1099.

Good tip. Thanks!

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2003 Subaru WRX Sportwagon = daily driver/boost and booster seats
2000 BMW 540iT = wife's kid hauler
2012 Toyota Highlander = the boring reliable vehicle

<-Another satisfied Cline customer here as well.

Too bad the sucker doesn't have his VA license. Come'on man!

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2001 Honda S2000 - SOLD
2012 Boss 302
2003 BMW 330i

www.clinehallagency.com

252-756-5200

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BenchWarmer Motorsports

another one of those damn LeMons heads

just another Chump

we are an Autocross Club Dammit............

Awesome tip! Thanks.

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Marek Rozanski

mdroz@me.com
919-648-2433

Come to an AX, the beer bounty is getting big

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1990 Faded Reddish CSP Lite Miata
2002 Electron Blue Corvette Z06
2005 Mazda 6 Wagon
2003 Nissan Pathfinder DTV (Dog Transport Vehicle)

As an FYI we had our car repaired at Haddock in Cary. The first time they reused the hood and the gap was horrible and when I asked about it they said that they would have to use a new hood to get the gap to fit correctly I told them that since I would be paying the higher premiums anyway they needed to fix it correctly. When I got it back I will say that their paint matching was great, their paint job was good (a couple of thick spots but no runs), their attention to detail sucked. Some of the trim gaskets were not put on right and they put in about 1/2 of the fasteners that hold on the undertray.

Just an FYI

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1990 Faded Reddish CSP Lite Miata
2002 Electron Blue Corvette Z06
2005 Mazda 6 Wagon
2003 Nissan Pathfinder DTV (Dog Transport Vehicle)

Note that trademotion, the web s/w some of these online sites use, sometimes makes updates/changes that break the greasemonkey script from working properly. If that happens in the future, check this thread on the M5board (where this script originated) as there are few there that fix/maintain it: http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39-m5-e52-z8-discussion/145840-realoem-tischer-greasemonkey-script.html. Don't use his link as per the 1st post but instead the link I posted above which is on the last page of this thread. This thing is a real time saver.

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Current stable:
2019 BMW M2 Competition slicktop 6MT
2011 BMW M3 sedan slicktop 6MT
2007 BMW 328i wagon (slushbox for now)
1975 CanAm 125MX2