Can anyone point me in the right direction for buying service parts for cars such as brake pads,oil filters etc in North Costa Blanca?
Motor factors etc?

cheers,

Superpot

Aye, ask your buddy in UK to bring them over for you!

Good to have buddies in the UK.
I have emailed you my requirements m8.

Muchisimos gracias

See you next week.

(@_@)

And great to have friends like you en Espana! I can't believe how much more expensive car spare parts, tyres etc are there though - or the reason for that. Does anyone else know why? Or, better still, know where they can be bought in Spain at something approaching UK prices?

I changed my tyres last year (all 4) and it was cheaper to buy in England, have them shipped over with DHL, have them fitted here and even then I saved 80euros per corner!

Exactly. So how come no-one has got wise to it and opened a KwikFit or similar?

And spend a small fortune of carriage returning them if they are wrong or fail under warranty

I just sourced the bits Superpot needs and there is no mistake over oil filters, brake pads and the like. As an example, the pads are 80 euros in Spain and equivalent to less than half that in UK. And as to warranty/returns - have you ever tried going back to a parts shop with a part worn brake pad or a tyre for a refund?! With savings like that, it is worth the small risk I reckon.

There are regulary mistakes made with filters and pads in the trade, especially european built cars who use two or three types on the same year/model car ,you need to shop around on the net to get good prices in Spain as the carriage is minimal , of course you will need to know the difference between a kit de embrague and a kit de distribucion

You will also find in Spainyou cant buy the cheap chinese crap available in the UK ,its better not to change an old but good quality filter for a new chinese copy.

Try http://www.neumaticosalicante.com/ next time.

eurocarparts.com - just make sure you know your engine/vin code and you should be able to get the exact part you need. Shipping to Spain was super cheap too

I am driving down end of mid september with spares for costa de la luz pm if you need something