Topic: A Rant with Saturn Parts...

[Marc's Carbon Flash]

So today was mine and my wife’s day off. So she says lets clean the garage today. A little garage time, hell yes. I back out the HHR and the Redline. So as I get out of the RL, the door comes back and my knee goes right through the speaker cover on the driver’s door.  Ok I call my local Saturn dealer, thinking maybe $20.00. NOPE “Um sorry sir, but that is part of the door panel.  It will be $450.00”. I have no further comment, except I will be right down with my shotgun because you are committing a robbery.

Ladies and gentlemen we are gonna pay through the nose to keep these kappa in showroom condition for 20 years.

[G8TR]

Man that sucks, check car-parts.com for a replacement door panel.
Ric

[Mac]

Buy after market speaker they come with covers pluss you get better sound.  Its not just a kappa that has built in covers, about ALL cars do today.  

Show room condition? DONT DRIVE IT, put in a sealed air tight box and note that says DO not OPEN til 2050.

[U4EA]

What G8TR said!
Bought 2 spare ECMs from totaled Redlines for $100.00 each including shipping! They work in the GXP by the way.

[JPM]

So today was mine and my wife’s day off. So she says lets clean the garage today. A little garage time, hell yes. I back out the HHR and the Redline. So as I get out of the RL, the door comes back and my knee goes right through the speaker cover on the driver’s door.  Ok I call my local Saturn dealer, thinking maybe $20.00. NOPE “Um sorry sir, but that is part of the door panel.  It will be $450.00”. I have no further comment, except I will be right down with my shotgun because you are committing a robbery.

Ladies and gentlemen we are gonna pay through the nose to keep these kappa in showroom condition for 20 years.

Do you have power locks?  If not, I have a spare outer panel here I'd be happy to swap out for you plus some loose change.  It's from a solstice but I'm pretty sure the outer is the same.

If you go the used part route, I just bought a pretty much new set of doors for about $350.  Hunt on  www.car-part.com

Other options would be to buy a new aftermarket grill.  Or if you're in the experimental mood, I've been wanting to do a stainless mesh grill in a set of doors for a while.

-Joe

[snaponbob]

Keeping ANY car in show room condition for 20 years will cost a fortune !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bosch]

Sh$t happens buy a used part and move on.. I know it sucks but stupid stuff that like that happens. I've had a can of coke that a friends kid left in the back seat of my PT get thrown forward when I did a panic stop, 6 years later still got stains on the headliner nothing I can do about it. The can hit a seat braket and exploded. Its life you clean up the mess and move on..

my advice from now on though - tuck in your knees..

[snaponbob]