GR Yaris £400 for a battery? £1943.60 for a clutch?

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Gulp!

OK, the clutch is going to be a bit of a job, but £400 for the battery???

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A tip for the wiper blades, Bosch Aero Twins £25 for a set off Amazon. Work way better than stock ones. I suspect it will be the same for the battery, just source the battery elsewhere.

Don't understand those prices.
 
What actually is the OE battery model number by the way? Looking around on either forum I can't find the exact number, and any marks on the battery I can see aren't exactly super conclusive ... the closest I've found to the spec is


But that doesn't seem quite right either.

Either way, £200 for labour seems pretty expensive for disconnecting a a battery throwing it at someone and popping a new one in.
 
What actually is the OE battery model number by the way? Looking around on either forum I can't find the exact number, and any marks on the battery I can see aren't exactly super conclusive ... the closest I've found to the spec is


But that doesn't seem quite right either.

Either way, £200 for labour seems pretty expensive for disconnecting a a battery throwing it at someone and popping a new one in.
battery swap takes maybe 15-20min if not in hurry
 
Start/stop batteries tend to cost more. If like me the 1st thing you do is turn off this function, why not buy a standard battery ?
Bought a stop/start battery for my Civic diesel after it died at 180k miles.

Cost £110.
 
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With mine a daily driver, never using start/stop, and being garaged all the time, I'd be tempted to drop the capacity and save a bit of weight.

This kit is €120, claims to save 9 kg (!) and gives you a place to store a litre of oil. It's 44 Ah compared to 65 Ah, but for my use case I think it would make no real difference. If your car sits outside or is only used as a weekend toy then I would think this is not the way to go!


However, I think the battery itself is only about €70 and can probably be made to fit the OEM bracket. As others have said, you can change things like this yourself in 20 minutes, and that includes making a brew before you start. That dealer price is 🤪
 
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I think if I'm going to change the battery, I'm defo not going to be worrying about one that needs to vent.

I know this is literally my solution to everything at the moment, but honestly you could make an adapter to nestle the smaller battery in the larger OEM bracket in CAD pretty easily.
 
Hang, what about the brakes? £1105 for front disk and pad replacement. Its not a Porsche.
 
Hang, what about the brakes? £1105 for front disk and pad replacement. Its not a Porsche.
Believe I've discs themselves are around £900 though tbf, although the rest is as people have mentioned.

 
Believe I've discs themselves are around £900 though tbf, although the rest is as people have mentioned.

Wow that's insane. Surely being a 2 piece design you wouldn't have to replace the bell, it would be more economical.
 
Tegiwa have the EBC of course but also some Girodisc ones, know nothing about them but interesting for down the line:
 
The discs are made by Advics, who have a US and Japanese office and sales but no presence in the UK.
 
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