landrover dealership spares and labour charges

I have a 2007 Freelander 2 and I am about to be charged over £500 for a replacement rear shock absorber (yes for one) The main dealer has quoted this and I have just found the correct land rover new part on the web for £100 so should I be charged £400 for labour and profit? this is madness.

I have just decided to get rid of anything to do with land rover and all the top brand car manufacturers and go back to ford.

Les Dean said:

I have just decided to get rid of anything to do with land rover sand all the top brand car manufacturers and go back to ford.

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Why did you go to a Main Dealer and not an independent or indeed have a go at replacing the parts yourself.
Well done you, Fords never break down!!

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good, off you go then

Les Dean said:

I have a 2007 Freelander 2 and I am about to be charged over £500 for a replacement rear shock absorber (yes for one) The main dealer has quoted this and I have just found the correct land rover new part on the web for £100 so should I be charged £400 for labour and profit? this is madness.

I have just decided to get rid of anything to do with land rover and all the top brand car manufacturers and go back to ford.

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Thanks for sharing.

Ill be sure to not be a complete plum and book my gaylander into the stealers for a job a 12 year old with a socket set could do. :doh:

Smarten up or your ford dealer will have you over a barrel with your pants down as well.

Au Revoir sucker!

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and, fine, see you later. FYI I did look, and the cheapest I found was £95 + VAT and shipping, the rest around £100 +VAT and shipping, so actually £120 for yer part.
than that have to pay for that nice shiny showroom etc, etc.

take it to an indy, or f its a shocker, get yer spanners out.

cheaper still, a gallon of petrol and a match :flame2::flame::fencing::mooning:

A car that old has no business being at a main dealers.

Thanks for all your replies even Johnlad, what a nice bloke! I could do this myself if i had the time. so I will take your advice and take the car to an independent garrage.

Many Thanks

Les Dean said:

Thanks for all your replies even Johnlad, what a nice bloke! I could do this myself if i had the time. so I will take your advice and take the car to an independent garrage.

Many Thanks

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sorted

I work in a Ford main dealer :O We are £20 per hour cheaper than the Landy place accross the road....but we dont have to fix Landrovers

We'll still take £500 of you to fit a shocker to your Focus though...we also do Mazda but shockers on them are £800 Mazda parts with FoMoCo on them are twice as much as Ford parts even though its the same part.

ALWAYS ask for a discount, your almost always going to get 10% off just for asking, but if you dont ask they wont offer

I invariably check the price at my local LR dealership so I know how much NOT to pay. However, I did scrape together the £2.63 for the brand new rubber mat for the alcove above the door speaker for my Disco 2.
Not shelled out the £60 odd quid plus for a new gearknob though!! More than a ton for the black leather option!

Hang on a minute - just to clarify... that £500 is for the shocker alone? Or is that to fit it as well?

I just replaced all 4 of my shock absorbers, and all 4 springs for £170 ish, with no charge for labour at all

Just saying

Les Dean said:

Thanks for all your replies even Johnlad, what a nice bloke! I could do this myself if i had the time. so I will take your advice and take the car to an independent garrage.

Many Thanks

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happy to of been of assistance

Les Dean said:

Thanks for all your replies even Johnlad, what a nice bloke! I could do this myself if i had the time. so I will take your advice and take the car to an independent garrage.

Many Thanks

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you were never expecting sympathy were you? Youve been here lon enough to know better than that

Hope you get it sorted, it wont take you long even if you know **** about cars. get a haynes and some tools and you will be transformed.

always see if you can DIY if not use a garage,but main dealers will allways be top money