Renault Rant

[MiniGibbo]

Renault are absolute bellends tbh.

Went in this morning to get the pad retaining springs and clips for the rear of the 172 expecting them to have change from a fiver.... no £28 with discount for what is basicully four springs and two "L" shaped peices of thin tin with a hole each end...

A rear caliper cost's more than a main dealer rear caliper for an m3 :wacko:

[Jay_]

you have a 172?

[D--R--E--W]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Gabbastard]

Saxo uses the same calipers, could have bought some off a member on here.

[lee_saxo]

cool rant bro

[Matts-VTR]

renault are fucking extottionate for prices!

My ex missus sheared one of the cambelt idlers off her 172 and to have that fixed, new cambelt, service and a new exhaust backbox, they tried charging 1200!!!

Got them down to a grand cash but its still fooking extortion!

bastards!

[MiniGibbo]

Not a cool rant, the guy did take a step back as tbh the price caught me off gaurd :oops:

Its fucking disgusting tbh.. never knew saxos used the same calipers thats annoying :wall:

the same caliper has thrown out pads three times now, its becoming tedious.

[Gandi699]

They £8 from ebay delivered haha! they didnt just bum you they ripped you a new one

[Gandi699]

renault are fucking extottionate for prices!

My ex missus sheared one of the cambelt idlers off her 172 and to have that fixed, new cambelt, service and a new exhaust backbox, they tried charging 1200!!!

Got them down to a grand cash but its still fooking extortion!

bastards!

How did that not muller all the valves?

[MiniGibbo]

They £8 from ebay delivered haha! they didnt just bum you they ripped you a new one

Id rather you didnt post that tbh.. i could have pulled the guy over the counter and forcefed him the quote.

[MiniGibbo]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

I hope you blow your clutch up again :hug:

[BertieG]

mine jumped out so i lockwired the pads back in. no trouble since :)

[MiniGibbo]

Im hoping the new clips will do the job as tbh £180 for each caliper is an even bigger joke and thats not even oem prices :panic:

[K17NEY]

Im hoping the new clips will do the job as tbh £180 for each caliper is an even bigger joke and thats not even oem prices :panic:

WTF! £180 for each caliper is fucking ridiculous.

[hellonpluto]

should have gone to specsavers

[MiniGibbo]

Dread to think what they are threw renault direct!

The front M3 caliper i bought the other day to replace mine that seized was less than that, iirc that was only £130 :wacko:

[Gandi699]

Why were you buying bits for a 172 anyway?

[MiniGibbo]

Wanted to fit them to my van..

Thats a silly question :homme:

[Gandi699]

So you've bought another faggot wheel drive piece of french tin?

[MiniGibbo]

No don't be stupid :homme:

It's my brothers, I found it and got him to buy it with the intention of having it off him when he got something new (he bought it as a daily for work)

Now the things falling to bits I don't want it... He has done somthing stupid like 40k miles on in it in 18months :panic:

[stupotvtr]

Saxo uses the same calipers, could have bought some off a member on here.

Facts are facts ^


I've had to buy a few things from Renault dealership and prices are laughable!

New front badge £45 got one from scrappys for £1

[blackie_2k5]

Could be worse, Peugeot charge near on £100 for the 4 pins that hold the pads into the front brembo 4 pots

[MiniGibbo]

And I thought BMW was ripping me off :panic:

[DreamEater]

My VTR rear brakes spat out the retaining clips the other day, new set was £15 from a motor factors...BUT if you wait a few days...get this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rear-Brake-Pads-Fitting-Renault/dp/B005OY22JE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326392786&sr=8-1) from Amazon, it's a better design for them.

[CHIP]

Welcome to the world of Renault :D

LOL!

Nah, some thing's are decently priced. But you come across the odd few and it's ridiculous. Swing's and roundabouts.

[ed-bradley]

My brother was quoted 200 quid for a new van key as his was snapped, from Renault near our house..
Rang up a dealership in Stockport and they said 'yeah, that'll be 13.25 including Vat.'

[dave-richards]

there the same on a 205gti as well so you could ask on drivers next time

[P_Connor]

Unipart. it's not the best, but deffo one of the cheaper options.

[MiniGibbo]

Right bent over and paid Renauts prices on the "pad fitting kit"

Fitted that to find the Caliper faulty and ashumed the piston had pushed out to far and knackered the seals.

Bent over for mr eurocarparts on a reconded bosch caliper (didnt even waste my time getting a price off Renault for a caliper :homme: )

Fitted that to find the caliper still isnt working, further investiagtion found the front drivers not working either..

To sum it up the caliper didnt need to be bought and now looks like the abs unit has gone tits up loosing that system :wacko:

[Stissy]

try buying a new break pad and disk for a seat ibiza cupra... they're huuuuge 4-pots on the front

you could buy a new car for the price it costs

[MiniGibbo]

I bought the m3 brakes cheaper :wacko:

Know what you mean about brembos the four potters new are hideous :wall:

[Nik_L]

try buying a new break pad and disk for a seat ibiza cupra... they're huuuuge 4-pots on the front

you could buy a new car for the price it costs

The calipers might be 4pots, but the brake pads for them are considerably smaller than a normal single piston caliper. So in this case, the size of the calipers dosn't matter.

Does yours run the 305mm brake discs?? Bet discs and pads can be had for about 100quid.

[MiniGibbo]

Each floater for the evo's is £133.. hope i never wear them out :wall:

[Jazz]

Renault are absolute bellends tbh.

Went in this morning to get the pad retaining springs and clips for the rear of the 172 expecting them to have change from a fiver.... no £28 with discount for what is basicully four springs and two "L" shaped peices of thin tin with a hole each end...

A rear caliper cost's more than a main dealer rear caliper for an m3 :wacko:

Yeah but this is the same company that think its alright to charge hundreds to change a bulb on a Megane.

What else did you expect?!

[Gabbastard]

Right bent over and paid Renauts prices on the "pad fitting kit"

Fitted that to find the Caliper faulty and ashumed the piston had pushed out to far and knackered the seals.

Bent over for mr eurocarparts on a reconded bosch caliper (didnt even waste my time getting a price off Renault for a caliper :homme: )

Fitted that to find the caliper still isnt working, further investiagtion found the front drivers not working either..

To sum it up the caliper didnt need to be bought and now looks like the abs unit has gone tits up loosing that system :wacko:

If its a diagonal split, it might be the master cylinder isnt feeding fluid to the abs unit, as a two port m/c normally has a diagonal split (front o/s+rear n/s, vice versa). Worth considering.

[MiniGibbo]

Cheers dude, changing the caliper is about as far as my knowledge goes so it'll be going to the garage to fix the problem :oops:

[Aly]

You aren't the smartest one Gibson.
Couldn't have happened to a better person :homme:

[MiniGibbo]

Woe is me a car that isn't mine has broken down that'll be taken to a garage and fixed.

While i carry on with my awesome life trying to break world records in powerlifting.

How's your life still ginger??

[Aly]

Woe is me a car that isn't mine has broken down that'll be taken to a garage and fixed.

While i carry on with my awesome life trying to break world records in powerlifting.

How's your life still ginger??

It's good, I'm actually on the lookout for another 172/182. I do fancy another PH1 because I prefer the gearboxes on them but they are all becoming rust buckets with fractured service history's and millions of miles on them.

Ideally I want a low mileage last of the line 172.

[Manu]

renault are fucking extottionate for prices!


exactly why I won't buy renault, ever. Some recent quotes (not mine since I don't own one)

Prop shaft with coupling for awd Scenic: £2800 before VAT and labour.
fuel flap, plain plastic, no paint: £50.:panic:

is it me or BMW / Audi are cheaper?

[MiniGibbo]

BMW are cheaper I know that for sure.

Someone said to me the other day when I was moaning that Renault sell there cars cheap then make there money on parts/servicing which tbh makes sence...

[Stissy]

The calipers might be 4pots, but the brake pads for them are considerably smaller than a normal single piston caliper. So in this case, the size of the calipers dosn't matter.

Does yours run the 305mm brake discs?? Bet discs and pads can be had for about 100quid.

i'm not sure, all i know is they're huge:

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt21/jc106pcsell/DSCF1019.jpg

they pretty much take up the entire 17" alloy... (inc the caliper)
they cost £164 per wheel for the pad and disk, thats from vw and before VAT

so its about £380-odd for the complete front set

[Nik_L]

Dealer prices are always extortionate regardless. I bet you would pay near enough the above for the same things for a Vauxhall Vectra direct from Vauxhall.

Ebay would get you discs and pads front and rear for 150quid.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEAT-IBIZA-CUPRA-R-MINTEX-BRAKE-DISC-PADS-FRONT-REAR-/330430030168?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4cef2a2158

[Stissy]

Dealer prices are always extortionate regardless. I bet you would pay near enough the above for the same things for a Vauxhall Vectra direct from Vauxhall.

Ebay would get you discs and pads front and rear for 150quid.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEAT-IBIZA-CUPRA-R-MINTEX-BRAKE-DISC-PADS-FRONT-REAR-/330430030168?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4cef2a2158

bloody hell, looks like i got done over

EDIT: they're for the mk3, mines a mk4 - won't they be different?