Most expensive car parts?

Most expensive car parts?

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Mikebentley

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6,150 posts

141 months

Monday 29th April
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I was just listening to a Collecting Addicts podcast from last year. Chris Harris said that an oil pump OEM for a Lexus LFA is £85000.00!

What shockingly highly priced car parts do you know of or have you discovered. It can be everything from hyper cars to what would be considered mundane transport for the masses. If the part seems disproportionately expensive post it here.

bqf

2,232 posts

172 months

Monday 29th April
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How about £350 for a Ferrari 348 coolant reservoir? A windscreen for a Bentley Turbo R? That'll be £2,000 please, etc

MrBig

2,727 posts

130 months

Monday 29th April
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Does that include labour and shipping the car to Cologne where the Lexus "Centre of Excellence for LFA" is though? Assuming its an engine/gearbox out job.

Out of interest, I've just looked up the Crankshaft on a Porsche 959... £11,283.07!!

gtidriver

3,362 posts

188 months

Monday 29th April
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I watched a bit of the rebuild of the deliberately drowned Veyron, the new owner said that they had to buy a new screen as the original was taken out the car but placed in the car and then left/fell out the car whilst beinging transported. $16000 for a new one.

vikingaero

10,459 posts

170 months

Monday 29th April
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I'm sure there are some good comparisons between parts used within the same manufacturers group - for instance a switch used on a Fiat Punto and that same item used on a Ferrari 458.

murphyaj

660 posts

76 months

Monday 29th April
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Not a lot in absolute terms, but crazy for what it is. Aston Martin once tried to charge me £125 for a cabin air filter. It's not a bespoke Aston item though, it's shared with the Mazda RX-8 and you can pick them up for £15.

Countdown

40,021 posts

197 months

Monday 29th April
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O2 sensors for Toyotas used to be over £300

Maxym

2,066 posts

237 months

Monday 29th April
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Aston owners would be horrified by £15 tat fitted to their car…

gtidriver

3,362 posts

188 months

Monday 29th April
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I chatted to the owner of a Viper years ago, the front clamshell was £20000 in America, plus shipping taxes paint and fitting.

Puddenchucker

4,126 posts

219 months

Monday 29th April
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gtidriver said:
I watched a bit of the rebuild of the deliberately drowned Veyron, the new owner said that they had to buy a new screen as the original was taken out the car but placed in the car and then left/fell out the car whilst beinging transported. $16000 for a new one.
Aren't Veyron tyres about £30,000 per set as they're bespoke Michelins?

blue_haddock

3,267 posts

68 months

Monday 29th April
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Plenty of parts on a veyron that have VW stamped on them.

From memory the airflow meter from bugatti is like £2500 but its the same as something like an A6 2.0 tdi which is £150 from main delaer or about £50 aftermarket.

gtidriver

3,362 posts

188 months

Monday 29th April
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blue_haddock said:
Plenty of parts on a veyron that have VW stamped on them.

From memory the airflow meter from bugatti is like £2500 but its the same as something like an A6 2.0 tdi which is £150 from main delaer or about £50 aftermarket.
Problem with that is Bugatti won't fit the Audi one, they will only fit the Bugatti boxed one. They know people aren't going to quibble and will just pony up the pennies.

Ryyy

1,507 posts

36 months

Monday 29th April
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blue_haddock said:
Plenty of parts on a veyron that have VW stamped on them.

From memory the airflow meter from bugatti is like £2500 but its the same as something like an A6 2.0 tdi which is £150 from main delaer or about £50 aftermarket.
Theres a mat armstrong video of a lambo which indicatprs are from a mk1 focus wobble

gtidriver

3,362 posts

188 months

Monday 29th April
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I remember that bit about the focus indicators, it had head lights from a Nissan as well I think.

Rumdoodle

725 posts

21 months

Monday 29th April
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When my friendly local classic Mercedes specialist had a 600 Grosser in for recommissioning, he mentioned that a new oil pump was £14k.

Benmac

1,475 posts

217 months

Monday 29th April
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gtidriver said:
I remember that bit about the focus indicators, it had head lights from a Nissan as well I think.
The Nissan / Lamborghini headlight mashup is 300ZX headlights on later (non pop up headlight Diablos). To the point there's an extra little bit of bodywork on the diablos that covers the Nissan branding on the lens.

I've got a 458 and also a Panda 4x4. I've found one part they share; the emergency fuel filler nozzle in the toolkit. They both use a capless filler system (so probably more shared stuff there) so have this nozzle in the toolkit in case you need to refill from a jerry can.

Baldchap

7,702 posts

93 months

Monday 29th April
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I know the magic lights on the VII Golf are over £2,000 per headlight.

normalbloke

7,469 posts

220 months

Monday 29th April
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Honda S2000 JDM VGS steering rack. £14500 quoted to me by Honda back in approx 2014.

bigandclever

13,818 posts

239 months

Monday 29th April
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I like the chap that pointed out the Lambo Murcielago climate control unit (£1500) was the same as from a Rover 45 (£20). Was in the Pagani Zonda as well.

MattyD803

1,731 posts

66 months

Monday 29th April
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Watching Mat Armstrong's latest video's on rebuilding the Mansory Edition RR Wraith is quite eye opening, not only for some of the eye watering prices that Mansory ask for small trim pieces (£4400 for the forged carbon sill covers)....but also the extent of BMW parts used on the Wraith. I bet there are some excellent examples of pricing disparity there, for what will be an identical part. (RR don't even appear to hide or alter the BMW stamp in most cases).