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Originally Posted by chaiyz
Today I was perusing the interwebs and found a video of GasMonkey garage completing a 1991 Ferrarri F40. They upgraded the suspension with custom coil overs and they say they cost $1200. WTF? My 15 year old Boxster needs them but the Bilstein's cost between 2-3k. Am I missing something? I'm pretty sure the F40 coilovers didn't come from China or ebay.
How is it that you can buy a set for a camaro for the price of a single boxster coil over?
I'm not a mechanic, but I am an engineer and I don't understand the logic. Unless it's just brand loyal logic and the real parts are somewhere under a different part number with realistic prices. Anyone?
Chaiyz
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Simple: Shops can get a significant discount off retail parts prices, depending upon the volume of business that they do with the supplier. Depending upon the part, it could be 30-50% off of retail.
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