service, cam belt & aux belt £1000

[Al182]

Hi all, I've just booked my 182 ( 04 plate) in for the 36k service and i'm having the aux and cam belt changed as well. The best quote I could find was £1000 including all belt kits, at renault in Coulsdon (so I booked it in).

They originally quoted £1600 but when i told them that my cheapest quote was £1014 they gave me the above quote.

Is this a decent price?

I also wanted to ask about getting the water pump changed at the same time. Is it worth doing? I know it is on some other cars, but not sure about the clio sport.

 

[DMS]

Sounds to me like they've had your pants down.
I'm sure GDI / Birchdown / Rentech / K-Tec etc would work out cheaper, and they probably know more about the RS Clio's than the Renault mechanics do.

 

[D4N13L]

Still high mate.

Where are you from because there are loads of specialist that will do it for half that price.

 

[TooneySonic]

silly price that fella, they are having your pants down!! £1600 original price is a f**king joke, £1000 still is

 

[Al182]

I was pretty shocked when I started ringing around, but out of 4 local renault garages £1000 was the best price.

I'm in the Croydon (south London/surrey) area. Anyone know of any other garages that might give a better price?

What is a decent price to be paying?

 

[Craig]

tis a bit expensive mate. shame your not near birchdown

http://www.birchdown.com/april-special.html

 

[D4N13L]

Rentech in portsmouth

 

[pip.]

That is silly money for what they're doing.

If I was you, I'd travel and save at least £400.

 

[Andyman]

Original quote of 1600 quid!! If that was 1600 quids worth of accident damage chances are you'd have your car wrote off.

Are Renault taking the pi55 seriously. Its a poxy f**king Clio for gods sake not a Ferrari.

From reading on here the average price seems to be 5 - 700 for aux and cam belt changes.

Not a clue on the service costs.

 

[moggy]

Hi all, I've just booked my 182 ( 04 plate) in for the 36k service and i'm having the aux and cam belt changed as well. The best quote I could find was £1000 including all belt kits, at renault in Coulsdon (so I booked it in).

They originally quoted £1600 but when i told them that my cheapest quote was £1014 they gave me the above quote.

Is this a decent price?

I also wanted to ask about getting the water pump changed at the same time. Is it worth doing? I know it is on some other cars, but not sure about the clio sport.

my 36,000 service at Renault on my 182 was £177.00 plus vat
then had both belts & kit done at a specialist who charged me around £440.00....

 

[Rob_Willow]

Birchdown: Take a tent, some beers and make a weekend of it in Wales

"Clio 172/182 with air conditioning.


Gates timing belt kit with renault auxiliary belt kit including cam seals £421.67 fitted. Fully inclusive of vat.

Renault timing belt kit with renault auxiliary belt kit including cam seals £464.40 fitted. Fully inclusive of vat"

 

[Rob_Willow]

The Gates timing belt and Renault timing belt come off the same production line so i'm told, but are stamped up differently!

 

[moggy]

I was pretty shocked when I started ringing around, but out of 4 local renault garages £1000 was the best price.

I'm in the Croydon (south London/surrey) area. Anyone know of any other garages that might give a better price?

What is a decent price to be paying?

arn't JMS Tuning near you ?
there on this site...

 

[Al182]

Just got of the phone to rentech in Portsmouth and got a quote for £700 for service, cam & aux belt. A bit of a mission but I booked it in anyway as I'll be saving £300.

Had to sell it to my missus as a day trip to the coast but she came round.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[sideways danny]

off the top of my head, we'd be about £500-£600 depending on the aux belt tensioner

 

[foxspeed]

Original quote of 1600 quid!! If that was 1600 quids worth of accident damage chances are you'd have your car wrote off.

Are Renault taking the pi55 seriously. Its a poxy f**king Clio for gods sake not a Ferrari.

agreed

if they quoted a resonable price they would actually gain business

 

[Slammed172]

how can they charge 1600 then say oh we will do it for 1000 now, didnt you say, so your trying to theive 600 for nothing. scum bags. thats why specialists are the way to go.

 

[Andyman]

how can they charge 1600 then say oh we will do it for 1000 now, didnt you say, so your trying to theive 600 for nothing. scum bags. thats why specialists are the way to go.

Totally agree. Somethings not right with that like. Dealers dont usually bargain down

 

[Spongebob 172]

arn't JMS Tuning near you ?
there on this site...

i dont think they are set up yet to do cambelts,although i know they are looking at doing them in the future..pm either tompoms or jamestone

 

[Fred@BTM]

Gates kit = Renault kit

took an OE belt off earlier, had the renault diamonds on it and renault part numbers, next to it "Gates Powergrip"

 

[jonathanedew]

I had similar done at K-Tec. My bill was £1200 but that included a remap, K-Tec filter. K-Tec springs, new dampers and an MOT!

For your work I am sure sub £1000 is possible with them!

 

[JayR]

I was pretty shocked when I started ringing around, but out of 4 local renault garages £1000 was the best price.

I'm in the Croydon (south London/surrey) area. Anyone know of any other garages that might give a better price?

What is a decent price to be paying?

PM'd you fella!

 

[kristian]

on thursday ben at angelworks did both belts with cam belt kit etc on my 182 for £312 all in, he did a wikd job at a good price, id never pay renault that money!!!!