I was at John Ratcliffe in Krugersdorp today - Donaldson Agents.
The Filter kit for a D-4D is R301.00.
No filter kit (Air, Oil & Fuel) is over R650.00.
I dunno what 'Spark Plugs' are - real engines don't have them - but they seem pricey.
I think you got ripped.
Download the My Toyota App, then you can see the cost before booking....
It's probably the 1st plugs since new, these modern petrol engines get new plugs every 100000kms or so, some sooner, I refuse to pay R800 for a pollen filter, Goldwagen sell one for R100 or a GUD from Midas should be about R170.
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Geoff Craig '24 Mitsu Triton
'08 Toyota Blade Master G
'10 Conqueror Comfort
My 2000 KB280 DT (426 000km) needed a new Brake Master Cylinder today.
I went to Isuzu.
R5 800.00 incl VAT.
I went to HyperPart in Krugersdorp (after popping in to John Ratcliffe).
Pirate part (that looks EXACTLY the same) R532.00
Less than 10% of the OEM price.
It will probably only last 10% as long as the OEM one did - but that's 42 600km.
I'm happy with that - we do less than 10k km a year with that old KB...
Mad Manny wrote:My 2000 KB280 DT (426 000km) needed a new Brake Master Cylinder today.
I went to Isuzu.
R5 800.00 incl VAT.
I went to HyperPart in Krugersdorp (after popping in to John Ratcliffe).
Pirate part (that looks EXACTLY the same) R532.00
Less than 10% of the OEM price.
It will probably only last 10% as long as the OEM one did - but that's 42 600km.
I'm happy with that - we do less than 10k km a year with that old KB...
Hey, start your own thread, this is a Toyota service bashing thread, not a Manny loves his Izuzu thread [emoji23]
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'08 Toyota Blade Master G
'10 Conqueror Comfort
I have not serviced Thor yet, but the last complete service on RooiTjiep amounted to around R4000 - it included around R1900 for the snake oil for the diffs and transfer case from Chrysler, plugs, filters and engine oil and filters and lube for the transmission. I suspect the titanium tipped plugs required by Thor will add somewhat to the cost. I do my own labour, though.
I will NEVER buy service parts from agents if I have a choice. A tip I received from the agent's workshop manager years ago when still buying new vehicles and warranty was an issue, was to buy the parts from their own parts dept beforehand and pay only for the workshop labour. The parts dept is usually run as a seperate business from the workshop and they (parts) book things out to the workshop at full price. When you buy from the parts dept you usually get a reasonable discount - in the case of the then DELTA dealer, it was up to 30% on certain items. I did this for items that were not readily available elsewhere, but Oil, spark plugs, brake pads and filters I bought form my friendly corner motor spares shop.
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Well I just decided after yesterday that the FJ will from now on go somewhere else for a service
But that being said. The injectors, the spark plugs, pollen filter and air filter wont be done on the next one. So R9K will probably come down to R5K. A bit acceptable
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