I thought I would just call for ***** and giggles to find out about a new carpet for my vert. Mine is OK just has some rust stains, so i thought what the hell.........

$1189!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amazing.

 

oh yeah goes right up there with the $45 tenex fasteners.

 

I once called about a fuel pump. They quoted me $434; I almost said "no, it's an RX7 not a 787B"

 

Thats outrageous!! 1.1k??? Thats highway robbery! Custom carpets are like quarter of that price, WOW.

 

I just paid 140 bucks today for the upper windshield moulding (rubber strip) and the rear hatch rubber moulding (including center cap). I thought that was bad.

 

Thats what this site is for!!! (blackdragonauto.com $267)
Says it fits and looks like original

Silly mazda dealer--NO fc owner has that kinda dough

 

That site is great for most stuff.. but they didn't have MY parts.....

 

try pricing a convertible boot .... 1300 dollars

 

The dealer is always expensive when you're buying retail. I don't know why everyone acts so surprised. You'd think you guys had just started working on cars...

 

BTW, I just checked, and floor mats are only $645 list. Tell that dealer to go **** themselves.

As far as a good dealer to order from? Try Ray Crowe at Malloy Mazda. Do some searching in the 3rd gen section to find his #. Next best thing to mazdaspeed motorsports.

 

FC switches prone to going bad + high prices = FC owners' nightmare.

I love that an alarm indicator is $70

 

The cost of those items alone can get you 2 FC's. You'd think they CNC machined it all out of titanium or something, but then it snaps like a twig and you learn better.

 

I think I was quoted almost $2k for a new black leather drivers seat.

I could get really really nice race seats for that. 2 of them in fact.

 

I have a friend with an embroidering machine for carpet... I keep trying to convince him to do custom floor mats. Replicas of the originals... He could make bank.

 

I need a set! Does anybody know where I can get a good aftermarket set that resembles the oem? I called the dealer and asked for a price and they told me no longer available. I told him that I heard the mazda dealers are to lazy to look up the parts and I had a friend that worked at the parts counter for Chrysler and he said they did the same thing. The guy responded with, "Oh." I was inspired to ask because a guy at work has a VW TDI and he bought his floor mats from the dealer for $46. I have found that the BMW dealers prices are not bad for the older models but these Mazdas are way too expensive especially for parts of poor quality.

 

blackdragonauto.com I ordered a set a few years back. $65 bucks I think. Try this site.

 

It seems that Mazda still has an amazing supply of parts for the FC in its warehouses. Do you think they also have tons of stuff for less popular models like the GLC, 929, MX-3, etc.? How can they afford to keep all that stuff for so long? I guess the answer is to gouge the hell out of the few deep-pockets enthusiasts who still shell out for OEM parts for their old Mazdas.

Is there ever a point where Mazda (or any automaker) just sends old parts to the landfill because the cost of warehousing them outstrips the demand for them? How often do you think Mazda actually sells an $1100 'Vert carpet set, a $2000 leather seat, or whatever??

Don't you think it would make sense for an automaker like Mazda to reduce the prices of all its backlog of OEM parts as a particular model ages? For example, if they announced a huge reduction in the prices of the OEM carpet sets, replacement seats, etc., they could empty out their warehouses to make room for all the parts for newer models.

 

i went in to ask a few questions about parts at my local dealer...the turbo hood is 1800, the turbo precat is 800 and the OMP for an 89 vert is 2200.

 

i called once to see if i could get some decent sheet metal, thats usually pretty cheap.
$400+ for ONE FENDER.

 

That place is gouging you big time. My dealership has pretty good prices, usually pretty close to list. I used to get them for below list, but the old parts guy is now the head of the service department. No more discounts

 

Just remember there really called stealerships not dealerships.

 

Were they cut like the OEM carpets? From what I have seen on ebay, It looks like the carpets originally had RX-7 written on them. Did the Black Dragons come with that? I am more concerned with oem fit than the written, though it would be nice. From what I can tell from the blue and grey mats on ebay is that there are 2 different cuts/shapes. Does anybody know about this change? S4, S5?


Check this out!
http://www.autointell.com/News-2005/...J-27-05-p4.htm
http://www.automobilemag.com/feature...1973_bmw_2002/

A couple years ago BMW built a 2002 (1973 model year) out of nearly all new parts in order to showcase their fantastic inventory of parts. I think there is a law that requires there be suppot for all parts for 10 years from date of manufacture. I think because of the Japanese don't believe in holding inventory that they are the worst companies to buy parts for on older models. It is a good point to make that holding parts in inventory does not make money till you sell them, it will affect people attitude towards your company when they can't fix their car because there are no parts. How does it make you feel that somebody with a BMW 2002, which is twice as old as your car, can go to the dealer and buy pretty much any part they want at a descent price and Mazda may not have the parts you want and if they do they are going to brutally gouge you?

 

I work for a toyota dealer and thats just how the prices are. cost to them is about half or less than what list is but its a dealer. that's why you only get small items like oil filters and stuff like that from them

 

thats crazy.. check out the list price for the wiper switch.. almost $1k!!!

 

Well, I called last week to get a price on the BAC valve cuz mine is shot.

Guess for how much they sell that piece of ****....678!!!!!$ I could get a used FC for 600$!

I started laughing immediatly and hung up. Ebay, here I come.