Cost ME 26 BUCKS!!! When I put headers on my car I kinda messed up the old oil dipstick. Well no other parts store had one except the dealersh!t. Just for the hell of it I asked how much for front right fender. $500.00!! Even the dude who looked it up started cracking up. Screw that..... I told him I can pull both fenders from a Junk yard and get them painted for cheaper. Hey has anyone ever calculated how much it would cost if you bought every part and built a car from the Dearler****. If I worked in the parts department thats what I would do with my spare time.

 

I got a brand new aftermarket one from Maaco for $312, painted to match. I dunno if it's the same everywhere, but the dealer prices on anything around here are ridiculous. Most of their prices are twice as much as they should be. I usually just order from Scoggin-Dickey, they don't bs as much about their prices, and they're close enough that an order will arrive a day or two after it's shipped.

 

Hey what if your in Canada how much is it there. Dont have to pay for shipping but everything is more expencive there.

 

Most of the time the prices translate straight over at the current exchange rate. Roughly speaking, if a part is $20 in the lower 48 it will be $30 in Canada.

But GM are probably the worst thieves in the auto parts industry. Two weeks ago I needed a sleeve to match a 45 tooth gear for my speedo. The old price was $38 Canadian (which I thought was outrageous, considering what a sleeve amounts to) but GM had just raised the price and I had to pay $94.00 for that POS chunk of aluminum

I wish the feds would crack down on this type of gouging, but GM pads their election accounts and thus the gov't lets them rob everyone.

I remember 20 years ago I needed a new grill insert for my 1979 Impala. You know, the black rectangular little piece of plastic that fits between the headlights, about the size of a computer keyboard? I had to pay $200 for that. If there was 50 cents worth of plastic in it, I'd be surprised.

And trust me, $200 twenty years ago was worth a LOT more than it is today.

 

Hmph... should have asked.