Wheel Stud pricing

slade_x

Recently during a tyre change (i wasnt the one changing it) two of the wheel studs snapped off (front passenger wheel), since i was in a rush i had my brother in law (a mechanic) order me 5 studs as i wanted to replace them all after this, when it came around to paying for them, turns out they were €15 each from a toyota dealer, which for a bolt i thought was ridiculous, then again they hold your wheels on but whatever.

I have the wheel studs right now but just out of curiosity i went on the net tonight to see how much i would have saved, i found them here:
http://www.carperformanceuk.co.uk/toyota-celica-pr-26221.html for £2.69 each :eek: apparently they dont ship outside the uk if their checkout is anything to go by, but is €15 each seriously what you have to pay in ireland?


For anyone interested i finally bought a Celica GTS after all, this is the car it happened on, i wouldnt mind as much but i have only had it a couple of weeks, and about 3 weeks ago i treated it to a little service which consisted of, new plugs, air filter, oil filter, oil change, fan belt, etc. new brake pads all around, new brake discs all around; funnily enough the studs didnt miraculously snap off then when all of this was done before but 3 weeks later 2 snap of during a tyre change in a local tyre place. My brother in law was the one that did the servicing and nothing went wrong then

Couple of pics for anyone interested:



Some Crappy Interior Pics:

Muckie

Liking the car, love the interior clocks. Strange how they broke off. Never

happened to me nd i've bein changing wheels and fixing cars for years, i'd

be asking the chap in question how he managed it. Maybe pay the bill

since he caused the problem.

jmck87

I dont think €15 for genuine parts from the main dealer is way out of this world to be honest. But guess it adds up when you're buying a few...