steveskeggy
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- Jul 4, 2011
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- S55 AMG
When I was trying to find a coil pack for my S600, Melk63 asked me to let you all know how I got on, and I guess any other V12 owners could be interested.
I had no luck in finding a pack in the UK, except for MB dealers, and then they were few and far between absolutely nothing locally, so I had a look around American suppliers.
I eventually came across these:
BMW Parts, VW Parts & European Auto Parts| Racing Pro Shop - Above All Motorwerks
Who did have them in stock, but I see now that they are out, so I probably had the last one.
They had two choices of shipping, I went for the fastest at 113 dollars, the other was something around 84, so I figured that 20 dollars was a small price to pay for faster delivery.
The unit was 1170 dollars and the handling was 2.50 dollars.
After conversion that all came out as 818.58 pounds.
It was ordered on 19th July, dispatched on 20th and arrived on 28th, which I thought was quite good.
Then there was the import duty, customs duty, and clearance fee which all came to 194.79 pounds.
So the total cost to me was 1013.37
So, the question is, how does getting one from the US stack up against going to a UK dealer, was it worth it?
Probably not.
But, then again, it could be.
Dont bother posting that you could get one for a lot less because you can get discount, thats not the point of the exercise (and if you could, then why didnt you let me know when I asked?).
The point is, what if you dont know the storeman at your nearest MB dealer, mine is 26 miles away and I dont know him from Adam, so you would have to pay full price.
I dont know exactly how much a coil pack would be from a MB dealer at full price, but I think it works out about the same if not a bit more, but not much more.
So the only advise I could give on the subect would be, if you can get one here then get it, but if you cant then go stateside.
Oh, by the way, it cured my misfire!!:bannana:
I had no luck in finding a pack in the UK, except for MB dealers, and then they were few and far between absolutely nothing locally, so I had a look around American suppliers.
I eventually came across these:
BMW Parts, VW Parts & European Auto Parts| Racing Pro Shop - Above All Motorwerks
Who did have them in stock, but I see now that they are out, so I probably had the last one.
They had two choices of shipping, I went for the fastest at 113 dollars, the other was something around 84, so I figured that 20 dollars was a small price to pay for faster delivery.
The unit was 1170 dollars and the handling was 2.50 dollars.
After conversion that all came out as 818.58 pounds.
It was ordered on 19th July, dispatched on 20th and arrived on 28th, which I thought was quite good.
Then there was the import duty, customs duty, and clearance fee which all came to 194.79 pounds.
So the total cost to me was 1013.37
So, the question is, how does getting one from the US stack up against going to a UK dealer, was it worth it?
Probably not.
But, then again, it could be.
Dont bother posting that you could get one for a lot less because you can get discount, thats not the point of the exercise (and if you could, then why didnt you let me know when I asked?).
The point is, what if you dont know the storeman at your nearest MB dealer, mine is 26 miles away and I dont know him from Adam, so you would have to pay full price.
I dont know exactly how much a coil pack would be from a MB dealer at full price, but I think it works out about the same if not a bit more, but not much more.
So the only advise I could give on the subect would be, if you can get one here then get it, but if you cant then go stateside.
Oh, by the way, it cured my misfire!!:bannana: