Mazda Spare parts prices!!

[pcmx5]

Got a few near new bits removed from my NC2 so thought I would check out their new price at Mazda ;Manifold and Cat $4302;Midpipe complete $2480.No wonder there is a great aftermarket range available for these things at a quarter of those prices .
What the hell must a gearbox or diff cost then?

Peter .

[StanTheMan]

the only thing that used to be cheap was hard tops. $3 of $4K brand new in 1989.....
you pay that now for a 30 year old hard tp. LOL

[bruce]

But that price was 32 years ago. In 1989 I could buy a good used Brock Commodore for maybe $40K, nowadays...

[pcmx5]

Yes Stan but that was still around 10% of the original purchase price on an new NA 6.I cannot believe how much HT go for !! I bought and sold a few years ago and never paid more than $1000 .

[madmort]

I've got a pristine NC Sunlite Silver Hardtop for 4K if that matters. I'll wait ... won't be long I recon.

[pcmx5]

Different rice range for car when new MadMort should get that everyday in the current market!

[StanTheMan]

there's also different type of people purchasing these cars....slightly more mature audience with NC perhaps. They don't need hard tops to be cool.

In 1989 the Mx5 was cool because it was the only convertible sports car around. We may have had others like the Suzuki Sierra.... but it wasn't a sports car. The mx5 was also a hair dressers car in thos days. Now NA's are cool because they handle well, They've become a cult car.

But I recall in around 2000 wanting to replace my Momo steering wheel. Mazda wanted $1000 for one . they were going to write it off & sell it to me for $900. Ducking clowns.... would have been their drinking money for he next few Friday nights. I figured If they were going to write it off.... I would have taken it for $500 at the time. But ended up getting the original from Just Mx5's for $250. they had bought the last 10 off the Momo rep.

[93_Clubman]

Yeah, Mazda dealer quoted me $1800 a decade ago for the fuel pump-fuel gauge sensor assembly which mounts just inside the top of the fuel tank.

[madmort]

Cool Stan! lol

[Craig]

there's also different type of people purchasing these cars....slightly more mature audience with NC perhaps

*Insert cardigan comment here*

[bruce]

For Mature Audiences.

[Boyracer]

One ND BBS wheel from Limited edition….. $4400

[charcoal]

...so I imagine that you now have three of 'em that you will be looking to sell

[bruce]

The prices reflect that Mazda don't want to stock those items due to little demand and high cost just to keep one item on the shelf indefinitely.

[Nevyn72]

One ND BBS wheel from Limited edition….. $4400

As a ND Ltd. Ed. owner, yeah, I know....

If one of my wheels ever gets 'hurt' I'll be going for an entirely new set of rims!