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ThomasC · 13-07-2022, 06:15 PM

Guys I'm a bit peeved off really!! My car has failed.

Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.

I have done some research and seems like you have to replace the whole thing even if it's just a £2 bit of rubber so it's going to cost me. Also both my lights are too low so it failed for that too.

Didn't even mention or put as advisory my wipers which I'm shocked about.

The guy at Kwik thick are going to ring me tomorrow to give me a quote

Dogeatdog · 13-07-2022, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasC

Guys I'm a bit peeved off really!! My car has failed.

Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.

I have done some research and seems like you have to replace the whole thing even if it's just a £2 bit of rubber so it's going to cost me. Also both my lights are too low so it failed for that too.

Didn't even mention or put as advisory my wipers which I'm shocked about.

The guy at Kwik thick are going to ring me tomorrow to give me a quote

I just googled about this and a lot of people say you are just best of to replace the whole arm as replacing just the dust cover is hard itself. It’s annoying I reckon they’ll probably quote you about £300ish. I mainly hope tho that they’re not scamming you or anything cause I always hear that Kwik Fit look for issues with peoples cars when there’s actually nothing wrong just to get money out of people.

I dread MOT’s but I’m fortunate enough to have a good BMW Indy specialist near me and they’re always really helpful.

ThomasC · 13-07-2022, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN

Standard, there's always something! Honestly the number of times I've been driving my car absolutely fine yet come MOT there's suddenly some MAJOR issue which absolutely needs to be fixed now at great expense. You fix that and the car runs fine for a year then next MOT - bam. Another issue.

MOTs should only be every 2 years max

Ikr!!

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Originally Posted by Vanessa

Omg i read that like : my cat is going for an MOT. I think I've had too much sun

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

one time, i had to get a new headlight and it cost me £480, i sold that car a month later, i wasn't having that repeated

Ouch. If mine did go I think it's thousands as they're LED, bending, shadow technology...but they're suppose to last the life of the car I think

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Originally Posted by James

Having paid vehicle tax, insurance and MOT recently + £1.90 a litre petrol I concluded that the system is rigged against against car drivers.

Yes indeed.

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Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

I just googled about this and a lot of people say you are just best of to replace the whole arm as replacing just the dust cover is hard itself. It’s annoying I reckon they’ll probably quote you about £300ish. I mainly hope tho that they’re not scamming you or anything cause I always hear that Kwik Fit look for issues with peoples cars when there’s actually nothing wrong just to get money out of people.

I dread MOT’s but I’m fortunate enough to have a good BMW Indy specialist near me and they’re always really helpful.

I'm getting conflicted prices, between £90 to £300. Yeah I've read about replacing the whole thing too which just is really annoying considering if there's nothing wrong with the ball joint then why you can't just pay for for a rubber dust cap.

If they quote me anymore than £150 then I'll tell them to sod off and I will look elsewhere.

thesheriff443 · 13-07-2022, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasC

Guys I'm a bit peeved off really!! My car has failed.

Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.

I have done some research and seems like you have to replace the whole thing even if it's just a £2 bit of rubber so it's going to cost me. Also both my lights are too low so it failed for that too.

Didn't even mention or put as advisory my wipers which I'm shocked about.

The guy at Kwik thick are going to ring me tomorrow to give me a quote

What Volvo do you have?
Should be no more than 150

In the Drunk Tank · 13-07-2022, 06:34 PM

Standard, there's always something! Honestly the number of times I've been driving my car absolutely fine yet come MOT there's suddenly some MAJOR issue which absolutely needs to be fixed now at great expense. You fix that and the car runs fine for a year then next MOT - bam. Another issue.

MOTs should only be every 2 years max