OMG

[yank]

Is this right?

http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-2128-stud-carb-mount.aspx

[jac04]

Other honorable mentions:

http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-4062-rubber-bump-bonnet-tire.aspx

http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-1443-bumper-bonnetbulkhead-.aspx

http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-1945-lifting-ring-front-exmod.aspx

http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-4334-lifting-ring-rear-exmod.aspx

[BackInA88]

Oh I think this is the best one I've found.
http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-3607-bracket-alternator-mount.aspx

[yank]

I went back to the garage and made the old ones work.

[Terrys]

Unless the ones from RN are made of unobtainium, they are the same as the 80 cent ones I got at Carquest

[jb_]

And there was I thinking that Whitworth spanners/wrenches were expensive.

On the other hand, I did manage to buy:

- clutch pedal spring
- set of gearbox detent springs
- clutch master & slave cylinder kits

for a total on A$25.

I was happy about that.

[Apis Mellifera]

It's not the parts that are expensive. It costs a lot on money to print the green oval that goes on the green label that goes on the plastic bag that holds the part.

I've heard this phenomenon referred to as "the Corvette Tax" in GM circles.

[JimCT]

What is your point?

No one is forcing you to buy from RN, and lots of us are amazed at their costumer service and help. Really curious what your point is?

[CliftonRover]

Those items might be priced high because of avalibility. I buy from Rovers North because they know what they are talking about. Also going to school outside Albany near one of their competitors and visiting this place has only reassured me that Rovers North is where I should buy parts.

[JimCT]

I second that

There is much more than just the price. You are dealing with a group of folks that really care about rovers.

[LaneRover]

No one is forcing you to buy from RN, and lots of us are amazed at their costumer service and help. Really curious what your point is?

I think that someone can like RN, buy parts from them and still think that some things seem to be ungodly expensive for what it is. It doesn't mean that they are saying that all the parts are expensive or that RN is crazy for charging so much.

I think that folks realize that RN has to charge A LOT on some things that are rare, or made of unobtanium. Doesn't mean they are about to spend $45 for a round piece of rubber and a bolt or think that RN is evil for charging it.

Besides, I think RN is big enough to take a little good natured ribbing on a few things.

[yank]

I was hoping that was the wrong price. I was not bashing RN or hoping to start a negative thread. That just seams crazy expensive for a stud?

[thixon]

Same things been happening for other brit cars. These things are getting old.

[greasyhandsagain]

.......well I just had a case of sticker shock on a price quote from Dunsfold........


You know...on that Hood Bumper, think about it. Does, or HAS, one of these ever worn out in service? The average Rover is NOT going to ever need one of these.....so your market boils down to restorers, "pebble beach level" vehicles, and whats that term I heard ?Rivit Counters?.

So, either you make do with your old funky hard chunk of totally hidden rubber, which will probably have a service live of five centuries, or do you cough up large modern jingle money for a "New" one, complete with that sweet little dusting of rubber dust, and that crisp die injection mold trim remnant. The bolt, deep in its British Steelness, yet unrusted, or untested. Suitable for the Finest Show Truck!

So...point it, there is always a market for the top example of anything, there are people out there who want new bumpers for their tire, there are people who can make do with the forty year old ones they already have.

Take some time to log onto ebay UK and search the series land rover parts. A lot of this small stuff is cheap and small packet rates arent much. A nice source for goodies.

[thixon]

For some of the small stuff, you can get creative. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. We're talking Rovers, not Ferraris. If you make the rubber bumper out of some old scrap piece of rubber you found on an old refridgerator, so be it. No one will give you crap. Well, maybe that guy selling the rovers with the 20K paint jobs.