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May 20th, 2020, 20:04 | #11 |
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Way under £100 for everything.
Your quoted price is just silly. 👍 A quick example. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-XC-...kAAOSwF09Zddh~
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May 21st, 2020, 00:50 | #12 |
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I paid £208 inc £10 P&P for everything including the in-drum adjusters from Caffyns on ebay
This was all 100% genuine Volvo though. Not actualy fitted yet as parking brake keeps passing MoT (at my pet indie...) Cheers Dave |
May 21st, 2020, 01:23 | #13 | |
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Examples - a plastic fuel filler cap is £80. I paid £8 from FRF in Swansea. Brake pads £160 per set. Quote for a new headlight was £2,400. FRF charged £650 + £120 shipping. Even to replace the can in the back to fix a flat tyre they wanted £600! Unfortunately rotors are too heavy and shipping is very expensive. |
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May 21st, 2020, 08:43 | #14 | |
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I would always go that way myself using Volvo stuff or at the very least Volvo shoes.👍
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May 21st, 2020, 11:19 | #15 |
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Motoring in HK is very expensive indeed. I lived there for 4 years, without a car. It was actually quite refreshing, but public transport is so good and taxis are very cheap and plentiful.
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May 21st, 2020, 17:43 | #16 |
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Interesting to hear! Insurance is pretty cheap so I guess you win some and lose some.
Availability of public transport and taxis dependent on where you live. Unfortunately none near me as I'm out in the New Territories. |
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During the 6 years I ran an XC90, I needed to do the handbrake about 3 times. The first time, I replaced the shoes with Mintex ones and, while they worked, they appeared to be made of a much harder material and did not have the bite of the original ones, so after a year or two I reverted to Volvo ones. Brake Engineering discs from my local motor factors proved to be very good and cost about £65 for the pair; I got the genuine shoes and adjusters from Volvo Parts Direct for about £35. One recurring problem I had was the expanders seizing up, causing the brakes to drag while reducing their performance: the only cure was to strip them down and use copper grease on the expander, which would last a couple of years.
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May 21st, 2020, 18:12 | #18 |
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Can you recommend a UK online site that sells original volvo parts?
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May 21st, 2020, 21:26 | #19 |
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Try here. Very well respected. Use their discount code and hope that they will post to HK.
Postage could be costly. I would also order a full set of the springs for the shoes in case any get broken,👍 https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...ht=FRF+swansea
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May 22nd, 2020, 00:35 | #20 |
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I've been using FRF for a while and always found them very good. Unfortunately COVID 19 seems to have hit them hard. Ive got an order from March that is still pending :-(.
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