JDM Spec B grille from Subaru Oz

[nico]

As I think you all know, the MY08 STI Liberty uses the JDM Spec B grille. Having wanted one of these for a while, I pinched a VIN off carpoint.com.au & gave the local Subaru parts place a call. See details below...

MY08 STI Liberty grille (same as JDM Spec B): Part# 91121AG171 Price: $409.30 inc. GST

Badge for above: Part# 93013SA031 Price: $71.05

Damn good price for grille I reckon seeing as phatgt seems to be out of the grille business & much cheaper / easier than import monster & japanparts!

I've ordered a grille which he said will arrive Monday (I'll save 70 bucks & use my existing badge).

Not having a huge amount of confdence in these guys, I'll report back once I pick it up on Monday...

[Arith]

Good work! That's actually not a bad price considering it's from the dealership. Better than those $600+ for those mesh grilles on offer. But yeah, with the bad dollar stock that's landed already are great value.

[drndrn]

Pinch a VIN? Is it necessary to have a TB STi to be able to buy the grille?

[nico]

No it's not, but the parts interpreters usually can't / won't look up a part unless you can supply a vin of the vehicle the part was factory fitted to (especially something out of the norm like STI LIb)

[overl0ad]

actually, they are no longer allowed to deny you access to parts if you don't have a VIN

there was some corrospondance between myself and Subaru AU about this when i wanted to buy a STi Radiator cap.

my understanding is that if the part is specific to an STi application, they can demand a VIN, other than that, they don't requiren it.

[Mano™]

If they dont give it to you.. then u say.. i'll be back in 2 weeks with all my sti parts from japan then that will shut the fukaz up

[Arith]

Yeah, all the dealerships I've dealt with lately don't want to know your model year any more. Only VIN or else they won't even help you out. I guess too many idiots who get their model and manufacture year wrong and the dealership ends up stuck with the wrong part.

[nico]

Ok, picked up my MY08 STI Liberty grille today & to my delight it was actually the correct part & an exact match to the JDM Spec B grlle.

I decided to get a new badge as well instead of risking damage to my original one & after asking for a cheeky discount all in cost was $400 even, which I'm pretty happy with. Look forward to installing it tonight...

[gtspec]

I decided to get a new badge as well instead of risking damage to my original one & after asking for a cheeky discount all in cost was $400 even, which I'm pretty happy with. Look forward to installing it tonight...

congrats on the purchase. how did u manage to get it for $400 and do i understand you correctly in saying the $400 included the badge

[honkas]

what an absolute bargain!!

[Mano™]

defo nice price.. maybe you could do a group buy if other people are keen, and if you can still get for the same price?

[nico]

Yeah, $400 all in for grille & badge. Pretty happy seeing as I was this close to buying 1 from japanparts. I don't see why anybody else couldn't get a similar deal though. Dealers are usually pretty willing to give decent discounts as most genuine parts have huge margins. All you have to do is ask.

I got mine from Sydney City Subaru (02) 9568 0300, ask for Darren.

[WhiteGTB]

Damn... that is a good price.

I reckon Sub Aus. bought in advance and still making a profit selling at $400 a pop.

[tim75b]

i just got off the phone to subaru in adelaide trade price is $349 not a bad deal

[lunatic]

I got mine 2 months ago and the trade in price was $100. Said they could easily resell the stocker, they just ordered the sti grill and badge in one go and fitted it for free too! Now that was a bargin.