Help with pricing

[Birdthom]

Evening All

I'm about to make an offer on a standard S1. It's a nice honest car but I need to be sensible about pricing it up. There are a few things I'd want (not need) to do if I bought it:

1. replace the original red konis with S2 bilsteins
2. fit 2 new rear tyres
3. check how much a replacement windscreen costs (the current one is delaminating in the bottom corners, not terrible and doesn't need doing now, but I want to know what the worst case scenario is)
4. get a B service (a C if I'm being cautious)

How much should each of these cost?

Thanks

Tom.

[TIPPER]

Bilsteins - say £600 fit yourself.
New rears - how old are the fronts, they never wear out, just get hard and useless. I'd allow about £250 for a full set of Toyo T1-Rs (OK) OR £500ish for a set of Yoko Advan LTS (excellent, best for S1).
New Windscreen - dunno, check out eliseparts.co.uk
I'd get the C service and cambelt done if in doubt. Say £500 from a specialist.

[Hollywood Wheels]

Ding to what Tim says. I wouldn't worry about the screen to be honest, unless it's gonna be an MOT failure just stick with what you've got. You can get secondhand screens for about £150, a new one is about £800 if I remember correctly? If you can't fit the suspension yourself I'd say a local grease monkey would do it for about £45 quid per corner, but you'll need a full geo done at a specialist afterwards, so factor that cost into it. The suspension itself should be about £550. Without telling us what tyres are on the front it's impossible to state a replacement cost. DO NOT mix tyres however, what's on the front must be on the back, or you'll be going through a hedge backwards quite soon. Good luck with the purchase...

[Birdthom]

Thanks gents.

It's on p6000s all the way round at the minute. I'll definitely be getting the Neovas but might put them on the back only to start. I guess that way I'll understeer in to a hedge so at least I'll see it coming.

[TIPPER]

P6000 just aren't sticky enough for the Elise. For the sake of less than £200 chuck em away (or put them in your local free-ads).
Replace the tyres first, get the service done and then do either the suspension or Windscreen depending on how bad the windscreen is.
Incidently Eliseparts are about to introduce a new damper for the Elise: Nitron Racing Reds. Similiar price to the Bilsteins, I think they are designed to work with slightly firmer springs (I'd check that out though).

[Birdthom]

Thanks - sounds like a good plan.

[piooly]

check out Pro-tech dampers as well. I would buy these over the nitron racing reds after speaker to Nitron themselves, they dont sound like the best damper.they are made in china and branded up with Nitron. I have the pro-tech dampers and at under £600, I would not go for anything else. They are fully adjustable aswell.

[subaqua]

One thing to bear in mind is that most insurance companies will replace a badly stonechipped windscreen for a nominal fee (£50-£100) so make sure its on your shopping list when you get your insurance... I'd imagine the screen might not cost you too much..... assuming it gets a nasty stone chip on a run sometime!















Best you wait a month or two tho!