Reply With QuoteIt's not the genuine prices, it's just the know all people on here that know the price and availability of every part without checking.
Volkswagen Enthusiast
I see you are still pushing your barrow Syncro LOL. However if you read the thread again I think you will see that the $27 one ($27.70) is actually a genuine one as well.
In this case for both parts being discussed here I think you have to buy genuine. I have never seen after market versions of either.
The soft rubber split breather pipe used to be $11.00 the first time I bought one. The last one I paid around $22.00 as I recall. The hard plastic breather that goes in to the middle front of the block cost me around $180.00 a few years ago. What really annoyed me about that one (even more than the cost) was that mine had split down at the 90 degree bend where it goes into the block and I noticed that the replacement had a metal reinforcing sleeve that the old one didn't have at exactly the point where mine broke.
You could say well good VW realised it had a problem and made changes to fix it but to also charge $180.00 for a piece of plastic pipe barely 35cm long that was faulty really annoyed me.
My rant for the day.
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It's not the genuine prices, it's just the know all people on here that know the price and availability of every part without checking.
Last edited by DubSteve; 12-04-2007 at 01:24 PM.
Volkswagen Enthusiast
Dude, take a chill pill no need to be calling people names.
Last edited by DubSteve; 12-04-2007 at 01:24 PM.
Just annoys me, people that make things up.Originally Posted by BlackVr6ix
Volkswagen Fan
Sorry guys, I've withdrawn my help from this thread. People are getting unnecessarily antagonistic.
Good luck with your car Elwoods 2LGL, I've found mine to be a fantasic little workhorse with the proper care.
Canadian dubs coming to VWwA soon
No Dub Steve
Right Oh!! Enough, I'm putting some moderator foot down. If you don't have anything to say then don't, if you do then say it. Anymore and i'll start deleting!!!
I'm soo euro even my missus is shaved...
You want to try the prices on the hoses and plastic bits on a Transporter! It costs over $2k to replace them.
Don't you love the way that Volkswagen make hoses with different sizes on each end so that you cannot buy generic hoses as a replacement.
Dubber
Ok big thanks to all who have given me their thoughts.
Soft dual headder rubber breather hose - quotes $22-$27 Genuine - Very hard to find in stock but they are around - intervolks & stokers VW parts
Hard Plastic breather pipe $150-$190Genuine - Also hard to find.
- someone refered to it as the crack pipe. lucky i dont need this as yet .Ive managed to repair the damage done to this.
VW has a 3 to 6 week wait so im told . . .
Prices vary a little between some places but thats pretty usual with most stuff. Im tighter than the ass on a fish so shop around and you too will find a good deal.
Im always chasing parts its a never ending part of owning a dub .
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