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Originally Posted by alscks0414
I guess not often. But you still can keep it just in case you want it to be installed back for resale/ when you need new parts in case you are in accidents.
For those drives with stock parts and in accident will definitely buy stock parts if they require one to be replaced. (Unless you offer price higher than normal dealers will charge)
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Makes sense. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by BMWMTWO
I'm from Seattle. I will give you an example of the "room" to negotiate based on some parts I purchased and had installed at the dealer. The internet is your best friend, I shopped the cheapest dealership suppliers according to this very forum and then asked my dealers parts dept. if they would match. They didn't match verbatim on everything but came damn close and I didn't have to worry about potential shipping charges. An example would be the MPerformance suspension. They came within $30 of the best advertised price from another dealer. They installed it for $1000 less than BMW's recommended charge ($2500-2600 if I recall). I shopped it with Indy suspension specialists and it ranged from $800-1500 so I went with the dealer to keep the warranty intact. Hope this helps.
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That's good to hear. Did you negotiate/speak directly with your dealer's parts department? Reason I ask is that I've been speaking with my sales associate exclusively, but it would be great if I could somehow go straight to the parts guy (I have a feeling he/she knows the parts catalog better, and would be easier to deal with).
Also, I had no idea a coilover install costed that much on these cars. Last I remember (granted, it's been a while), labor was somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 hours. Good to have an updated point of reference, though. Thanks.