WTB- a stereo surround

poahfto · Post by **poahfto** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:30 pm

The people who installed my DVD screen cracked my stereo surround so I need a new one, all good they're paying for it lol.
Dwayne do you have any new ones lying around??
Cheers guys.

Post by **dstocks** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:44 pm

Yup, can help. $185 + postage

cheers

dstocks

poahfto · Post by **poahfto** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:03 pm

sweet thanks man, pm me your phone number and i'll give it to the people that put my dvd screen in and they'll call you n pay u etc

xj265 · Post by **xj265** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:52 am

for anybody else interested in a stereo surround, theres one on ebay atm, $75 buy it now

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mitsubishi-FTO-S ... 1c108c17be

xj265 · Post by **xj265** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:53 pm

lol didnt take long!

NERVIS · Post by **NERVIS** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:03 am

xj265 wrote:lol didnt take long!

I knew i should have upped the buy it now on that! DOH! awell.. better than sitting around collecting dust.

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:04 pm

Hehe just don't let the ppl who installed it read this page, they'll be pissed about paying a $110 premium

Post by **dstocks** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:46 pm

They shouldnt complain, A new one from Mitsubishi Aust will set them back $450 odd. The ones I get are EXACTLY the same, just from Japan without the grey import markup

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:55 pm

Hmmm, have always wondered what the car makers are trying to acheive with their grey import taxes.

I could understand them covering their extra costs to source from Japan, but $450 for a piece of plastic, it's almost like Mitsubishi are trying to punish us for liking their cars...

Anyway just my thought of the day.

pete_gpx · Post by **pete_gpx** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:27 am

I don't see why people buy second hand FTO stereo surrounds... Won't they be just as fragile and therefore likely to break as the one they have no doubt already destroyed?

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:38 pm

Nah dude, I really don't think it's about it getting old and fragile (in my experience anyway). It's more about knowing where the clip points are, and knowing how to take it in or out gently. Oh, and also... once you've snapped one of 'em, you know not to keep taking it out and putting it back in unless you really really have to!

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:39 pm

Okay and before anyone makes a comment on it, YES I JUST REALISED THAT IS A REALLY BAD COUPLE OF SENTENCES IF TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. LOL.

Post by **dstocks** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:00 pm

You are better off with a new one. I have broken 2 2nd hand ones now. It doesnt matter how careful you are, sooner or later you run out of luck. The new ones arent brittle. I guess if you tried hard enough you could break one, but the older ones will break if you sneeze.

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:16 pm

Uh oh, I defer to a higher power then

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:54 am

nicholas wrote:Hmmm, have always wondered what the car makers are trying to acheive with their grey import taxes.

I could understand them covering their extra costs to source from Japan, but $450 for a piece of plastic, it's almost like Mitsubishi are trying to punish us for liking their cars...

Anyway just my thought of the day.

I've had conversations with the head of Mitsi parts about it in the past. The whole idea is to stop people buying grey imports in the first place as opposed to buying a locally produced vehicles.

I told him he was a moron, there are thousands of these cars on the road & people are going to buy them regardless - so in essecence, you've just cut your market down by xxxx number of vehicles that you could be suppling parts for. He then got all high & mighty on me, annoyed with grey importers etc. I then shut him up by telling him we get everything from Mitsi Japan for half the cost

Hopefully 1 day he'll either retire or move into another position so's to give someone with half a brain the position.

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:34 am

Good points Ben. Interesting though that Mitsu are definitely not the only one to charge grey import tax though right?

I can understand the perceived threat grey imports put onto locally available options, but personally I have NO brand loyalty and would NEVER buy a car just because of its badge. So if Mitsubishi thinks that had I not been able to source an FTO, I would happily have bought a sh*tty Mirage / Lancer / Magna they are sorely mistaken lol.

Haha having said that I would never buy a car based on it's badge, I should point out that I would definitely NOT buy a car based on its badge (yes that means you Kia, Daewoo, Ssang Yong et. al.)

pete_gpx · Post by **pete_gpx** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:20 pm

nicholas wrote:Nah dude, I really don't think it's about it getting old and fragile (in my experience anyway). It's more about .... knowing how to take it in or out gently. Oh, and also... once you've snapped one of 'em, you know not to keep taking it out and putting it back in unless you really really have to!

Nicholas, are you coming onto me?

Post by **aza013** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:45 pm

pete_gpx wrote:
nicholas wrote:Nah dude, I really don't think it's about it getting old and fragile (in my experience anyway). It's more about .... knowing how to take it in or out gently. Oh, and also... once you've snapped one of 'em, you know not to keep taking it out and putting it back in unless you really really have to!
Nicholas, are you coming onto me?

hahahaha

after reading pete_gpx's post and then readind Nicholas's post again you to see it a diferent way

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:35 pm

Yeah yeah laugh it up guys, at least I managed to get the disclaimer up before anyone else got to it lol.

nicholas wrote:Okay and before anyone makes a comment on it, YES I JUST REALISED THAT IS A REALLY BAD COUPLE OF SENTENCES IF TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. LOL.