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PostPosted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:00 am    Post subject: price changes for gas conversions. Reply with quote

i got quoted, in june this year to convert ANY falcon over to gas $1600. a few months ago my brother converted his magna over and cost $2200, so i assumed the price went up due to the demand ect etc, i got quoted from the same place to do the au $2400! fair enough the prices went up but how can he justify a magna being cheaper to convert over than a falcon?? every other place said due to the taxis falcons are alot easier to convert over (prob labor is cheaper as they know what they are doing). i booked it in with him anyway because his work is good and he is the cheapest i know of... but im still trying to understand why the magna was cheaper....
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No idea why the magna was cheaper - maybe smaller mixer or tank?

If it helps, my EF just cost $2400 and my AU wagon is booked in at $2900. Unfortunately that was the cheapest I could find for the AU.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just got mine done at perth auto gas for 3200
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

maybe there using different gear these days?
perhaps before they were using cheap s**t gear and have now changed to something better due to the high failure/warrenty rate?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nah, the prices rised when the rebate came in.
shops can get away with charging more, cause everyone gets the rebate, they dont complain.
getting my EF done for 2600 first or second week of jan icon_sad.gif
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My AU was done 2-3 months ago for $2900. I reckon (at least in WA, where the total rebate is $3000) they are just bumping it up as close as possible to the $3000, nobody is complaining because they are still essentially getting it for free.

Plus I wouldn't be surprised if the tanks themselves have gone up in price too, there seems to be a constant shortage of them.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got mine done last April for $2300, However, that included a new air cleaner filter and new spark plugs.

I also got $100 off as my gas tank is dated 2005, not 2006.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

we fit systems to au's for 2300
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

elvondel wrote:
nah, the prices rised when the rebate came in.
shops can get away with charging more, cause everyone gets the rebate, they dont complain.


Its also the fact that demand has raised since the rebate was introduced.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mine cost me 3200 + a bit for plugs leads oxy sensor etc. But I got 3000 back from the govo, 2000 federal and 1000 WA
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hard driver wrote:
we fit systems to au's for 2300


pm me with your details, very interested to get my wifes car converted
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I paid just over $3k for my conversion back in the middle of '04. About double the standard conversion then, because i went for LPG Injection. I wish the grant was around then!

Demand & the grant are part of what's driving prices up, also is the part that they need to use newer & more expensive hardware to meet legal & emissions requirements now. I've heard LPGI setup's are around $4k now. icon_eek.gif But with the grant that isn't too bad.

LPG has come a long way from slapping a tank into a car, fitting the change over switch, slapping in a crappy AMOS ring under the air cleaner & wiring it up!

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

willygrice wrote:
mine cost me 3200 + a bit for plugs leads oxy sensor etc. But I got 3000 back from the govo, 2000 federal and 1000 WA


how long was the wait, and i'm assuming you're happy with the service/product? i've got a wagon i want converted!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

for me to get my eb fitted with gas i am looking at between $2,500 and $2,600
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