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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 5:01 am |
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| I once clipped something in the road and smashed the front cat on my 206 1.1 many years ago and they wanted £174 for the front cat and £50 for the front pipe.... I rang up NPA 01670 520111 and got a front cat for £25 and front pipe for £4... trade prices to the public, give them a call |
trade price?
most likely they just sell you a tin can as a cat.
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 5:08 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Athens, Greece
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| Seabook wrote: |
| PeterM wrote: |
| I once clipped something in the road and smashed the front cat on my 206 1.1 many years ago and they wanted £174 for the front cat and £50 for the front pipe.... I rang up NPA 01670 520111 and got a front cat for £25 and front pipe for £4... trade prices to the public, give them a call |
trade price?
most likely they just sell you a tin can as a cat. |
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 5:10 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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Id rather get a genuine 2nd hand cat if I was on a budget then fit aftermarket crap.
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:16 am |
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Joined: May 05, 2012
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Location: Northumberland
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Maybe you should try them before saying they're s**t?
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:42 am |
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| PeterM wrote: |
| Maybe you should try them before saying they're s**t? |
Ive seen enough problems caused by aftermarket parts over the years to know most are just worthless s**te & not even worth the hassel of fitting.
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Last edited by MrBSI on Fri May 11, 2012 2:50 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:43 am |
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| Maybe you should try them before saying they're s**t? |
there is no need to try them if you know what is a cat and how much is the catalyst cost.
i work on metal catalyst and i know how much they cost (trade price with discount of returning any metal waste).
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:46 am |
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Joined: May 05, 2012
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Location: Northumberland
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At what point did i mention aftermarket parts? they are genuine parts and failing that blueprint? I've never had a problem with anything from this place and have used them for 10 years.
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:03 am |
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i am saying that there is no way you can buy a oem cat for 25 quid; even the scrap value is higher than that
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:11 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Stafford
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Seabook has a point, I have a buyer who buys all my cats for £45 even small ones on 1.1s regardless of condition (unless totally smashed) so a brand new one for £25 seems too good to be true, it's the catalyst which costs loads you can get cheap other exhaust parts for not much though.
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:21 am |
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| Harry wrote: |
| Seabook has a point, I have a buyer who buys all my cats for £45 even small ones on 1.1s regardless of condition (unless totally smashed) so a brand new one for £25 seems too good to be true, it's the catalyst which costs loads you can get cheap other exhaust parts for not much though. |
of course.
check out the palladium price, they are 375GBP per ounce; rhodium is 837GBP per ounce; platinium is 915GBP per ounce.
depending on the size, the precious metal content can range from as little as 0.05 oz to 0.5 oz; there is a reason why cat is expensive.
racing cat. is cheaper because it got less catalyst....
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 11:04 am |
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Joined: May 05, 2012
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Location: Northumberland
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It was a few years ago when i got my front cat for that price, Instead of speculating why dont one of you ring them up and ask for a cat for you car? At least then if the price of a cat has gone up you can say with FACTS rather than mindless speculation?
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