What's the HIGHEST PRICED PART you had to buy?

The highest single part I had to buy was a windshield for my 1998.5 Testarossa.

It had a small crack in the lower drivers side, nothing to impede the view but the fact having a cracked windshield in a ferrari drove me nuts.

It ended up costing me $ 3,000.00 US and having to wait 6 months for it to arrive from Italy.

 

Rear bonnet to include the louvers for my 308 GTS. I picked one up from Butch Hooper for $3500 when the going price was about $6500. GJ Butch!!!

 

Windshield for my ex-308 Total was 3K installed. 2K for the windshield and 1K labor which I thought was criminal. State Farm paid though. Only cost me $50.00

 

Not the actual highest priced, but ouch:

1. $110.00+tax for a replacement rubber shift lever boot.

2. $95.00 each for silentblok rear suspension bushings-I bought eight, and it was a damn good price -- another place wanted $150.00 each

The highest priced single part unit I've bought for my Ferrari was the new Timevalve SS exhaust system; don't remember the exact price but I think it was about $2,500.00 for the center and rear sections for both sides.

The Ferrari parts are a bargain in relation to car value when compared to the costs for my old 635CSi.

 

The ex wife silencer.......good God, man...THAT was expensive.

Then there was the genetic offspring repeller....I'm still paying monthly on that one.......

These are just VERY EXPENSIVE cars to own, man, that's all.......

$1200 mufflers, $800 distributors, $500 speedos, brakes, tires, gas....chicken feed!

 

The plastic oval grommet that surrounds a 308 exterior door handle is $32. each.......about the size of a quarter......must be the shipping........LOL!

 

Seeing your old house in the rear view mirror, with your fine, thin sexy new girlfriend beside you................









priceless!

 

Water pump - about $350

 

A new bonnet (i.e., the whole front end hood assembly) for a '72 Jaguar XKE after I hit a deer a couple of years ago. The only manufacturer now is Martin Robey Panels in England. With the unfavorable exchange rate and shipping -- $7800. That's the shiney new bonnet, after install and complete respray of the entire car, that you see in my avatar.

 

$6,500 for carbon fiber door panels/sills/jams/guages/climate control & paddles. $900 for titanium lug nuts, including installation, for the Challenge wheels.

 

I guess I didn't NEED to buy the carbon, but I did need to buy the lug nuts. (Correct fit)

 

$995 for a USED Distributor. THat then needed another $500 to work.

$800 for a Used cylinder Head. (spare part when all done.)

$90 for a new thermostat.

$5500 for two new Daytona Seats - beautifully done by re-originals.

All for the Dino.

 

I think the most expensive single part I've had to replace is still the CT-20 turbocharger from the Celica GT-Four (Factory, $2600). Plus installation, new radiator, etc., ran it up to about $4K.

And after all that, what really caused the radiator to melt down was a ten cent cycle hose that fell off inside the overflow tank. (Non-pressurized cooling system.)

The lesson: Half the time a shop wants to sell you expensive service, he isn't expecting repeat business.

Okay, the turbo did improve things -- but it wasn't what the car came in for. Real diagnosis is getting rare. Shops just change the parts they know how to change, whether it's related or not.

 

Ouch!! Man I hope my windshield holds up!!

Did you shop around a little?? That price is very scary!!

 

New clutch. About € 350.

 

I called every Ferrari Dealer I could find to see if they could get me one or if they had one. They all told me it would have to be imported from Italy. They all gave the same ballpark price so I let Norwoods of Dallas get it for me.

Real Bummer. I didn't turn it into my insurance company because I had a really good rate and did not want it to escalate.

I cringed everytime I hear a bug hit the windshield. hehe

 

Glad you asked! My cassette water pump for my 72 Lotus TC includes a new front cover for only $650, but since it's an engine out, it was $1500 water pump. Maybe not outrageous for a Ferrari, but an awful lot for a car 'nobody' really cares about.

Ken

 

$2400 for two rebuilt disrib and the junk for the inside to return my ignition to factory spec's. All this after I had installed dual crane 700's and then 1000's.

All in all $4000 to replace and then replace and then replace the ignition.

 

Over $1900 for a new limited slip differential for my GTC. That's just the limited-slip clutch/bevel gear assembly - NOT the ring gear.

Labor - no charge, I did it myself. Quite easy.

Bob Z.

 

Paper filter on 8 month old car (visible when you open the front trunk lid) was dirty so I naively asked to have it replaced -- $239.37!

 

£4,000 for a 355 Crankshaft

 

I saw a 308 windshield on ebay yesterday for $450 first bid and $750 with Buy It Now. Not a bad price if I had a place to store it. I hope someone else take him up on his offer. If I run across it again, I'll post the link.

 

$2000 for a carbon fiber steering wheel for my 911