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Enlighten us. What is the profit margin vendors are making
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240Z FeO2
on December 14, 2007 at 2:02 PM
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timing belt kit-expensive, why so?
posted by mossyoak
on December 14, 2007 at 01:29 PM
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on the Z32 TB kits?
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timing belt kit-expensive, why so?
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mossyoak
13:29:03 12/14/07
have you owned the Z very long? (n/m)
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CRAZZEPETE.
13:29:38 12/14/07
Tough titty - most of the cost is the H2O pump & tensioner (n/m)
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Bernie (NoVA)
13:31:36 12/14/07
haha, keeping it real (n/m)
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ghostinator (fl)
15:59:28 12/14/07
Lol...tough titty said the kitty, but the milk's still good (n/m)
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Hawkin"Z"
16:07:59 12/14/07
...when the milk went dry. (n/m)
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DougG
17:17:35 12/14/07
cuz (n/m)
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Kenny
13:35:39 12/14/07
what kind of "expensive" cars have u owned? (n/m)
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Alan(NJ)
13:47:14 12/14/07
Re: what kind of "expensive" cars have u owned?
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mossyoak
13:51:16 12/14/07
Yup it makes me made too... except that no one is making
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Bernie (NoVA)
13:59:34 12/14/07
Enlighten us. What is the profit margin vendors are making -
240Z FeO2
14:02:21 12/14/07
no less than 40% markup
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mossyoak
14:04:33 12/14/07
you're no less than 40% delusional (n/m)
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moxie (SF)
14:34:15 12/14/07
You're still recovering from the Lexus Service Dept
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NAZTTy
15:03:12 12/14/07
Try out the ones on ebay!
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CameronSF
16:24:49 12/14/07
I doubt the other "timing belt kits"
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ZXRider(SoCal)
14:02:33 12/14/07
Basic Z32 timing belt kit runs ~$350
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Bernie (NoVA)
14:07:06 12/14/07
I was thinking of the 120K kit
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ZXRider(SoCal)
14:10:21 12/14/07
I know but for the sake of his claim - the basic kit runs
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Bernie (NoVA)
14:22:00 12/14/07
wrong,,$375 as per Coz
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mossyoak
14:19:16 12/14/07
Uhmm, he must not like you. :) (n/m)
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Cap927(Boston)
14:22:34 12/14/07
~ means approximately as per common sense. (n/m)
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Bernie (NoVA)
14:22:35 12/14/07
Crap - another $25! This Z scene is getting expensive
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NAZTTy
15:10:33 12/14/07
Go make your own and let us know how much it cost you. (n/m)
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RAGTPZ
14:21:35 12/14/07
boo hoo (n/m)
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moxie (SF)
14:34:59 12/14/07
Here's a less expensive (short term) alternative :p
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Audioquest
14:44:31 12/14/07
"Short term" for sure -
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TT XTZ
14:47:26 12/14/07
By short term, I meant..Belt Snap = Rebuild (n/m)
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Audioquest
15:11:10 12/14/07
Definitely. (n/m)
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TT XTZ
15:22:08 12/14/07
to me, belt snap = it's about to get freaky :) (n/m)
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bobZtwin(NC)
15:22:17 12/14/07
You must have arrived fresh from looking at Adam's sig! (n/m)
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TT XTZ
15:23:11 12/14/07
kinda
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bobZtwin(NC)
15:35:42 12/14/07
to me, belt snap = "Daddy no, please, I swear I'll be good" (n/m)
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ZEngineer
15:31:39 12/14/07
Which would explain a lot (n/m)
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Broke_as_****
15:34:20 12/14/07
Because it includes a lot of stuff.
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TT XTZ
14:49:14 12/14/07
alternative: sell it and stop crying (n/m)
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ali300zx
15:39:46 12/14/07
2nd (n/m)
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Zski
16:40:04 12/14/07
Steve don't buy eBay or non-OEM timing belt or kits.
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Gordo 93TT Daytona
16:45:20 12/14/07
Good advice
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Ashman2k2
17:47:19 12/14/07
stop whinning and just buy it... just about all of us have..
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Darkness Z32
18:38:45 12/14/07
Its an extra 150 bucks...every 60 thousand miles! (n/m)
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ben7021
21:54:09 12/14/07
yeah..good advice, I only buy nismo parts
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mossyoak
22:09:09 12/14/07
Seak help. (n/m)
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Bernie (NoVA)
00:17:44 12/15/07
Was it a counterfit Nismo part? (n/m)
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mscurfield
20:05:37 12/15/07
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