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Online Spare parts, Germany

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Spares are pretty expensive and the selection for my C3 is not too good in Denmark, so I have been surfing the web a bit and found the German online shops to carry a good selection at reasonable prices incl. shipment to Denmark (Shipment from UK shops is pretty expensive). I'll probably have a go at buying parts there next time, but I wonder if any of you have experience in shopping at German online shops, and if you would be able to recommend one with good quality parts and descent prices?
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do this company have a web address so we can all have a look
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I did not have one particular shop in mind, actually I browsed a few looking at shipping costs (Versandkosten), diesel filters (Kraftstoffilter) and Headlights (Scheinwerfer). A couple of example are

Fairly cheap:

http://autoteil-ersatzteil.de

and a little more expensive shop but where you can see who produced the part:

http://www.100pro-ersatzteile.de

I'm sure there is plenty more shops, so my question was realy if any one on the forum could recomend a shop?
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Mads, are you dead sure www.thansen.dk can NOT compete with a German dealer + "versandkosten".

Remember : German shop price tags are no longer DM, but euros, which is 7.45 x Dkr :shock:

My personal experience with German shops is that they are WAY too expensive, even compared to the general Danish price level for spareparts.
Its just like they replaced the "DM" with "€" when they changed their currency a few years back - but not the figures in the pricetags :?
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Anders, Maybe some parts are same price level, but some are definitely cheaper in Germany. An example is a headlight for my C3:

At www.autoteil-ersatzteil.de the price is: 121.8EURO + 12.5EURO in Shipping = 1000,- DKK. At T-Hansen I just paid 1275,- (excl. shipping and incl. 12% discount :cry: ) (12EURO shipping is OK !! 8) )

I also have had some bad experience with the spare quality from THansen: Lately the rubber on the new drop links for my Xantia had rotted after less than 6 months, the first drop link I changed broke due to a bad welding, the new cat. for my Xantia had a wrong flange etc. etc. Honestly I am starting to worry about car safety using their parts, so I'll have to use one of the more expensive but hopefully more reliable suppliers (Skovgård & Schmidt?) or alternatively a good and fair priced online shop somewhere, e.g. Germany.


The spare selection for my C3 is rather thin in Denmark, for example I can't get a diesel filter from others than the main dealers.

All in all, I think there is good reason for looking for alternative suppliers, maybe it is not possible to find one with better price/quality, but I think there is a fair chance.
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Post by AndersDK »

Thanks for the german shop links Mads.
I have tried http://www.skovgaard-schmidt.dk/ on several occasions over the past 6 years or so. Never had a problem. I sincerely recommand these guys as Citroen spare parts suppliers.
Note that they stock several GSF part numbers.
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Hi Anders,

Thanks for your reply. I also have good experience with "skovgaard-smidt". Problem is they mainly stock spares for "old'is" Citroens, so their selection for C3's is not that good.

Pls. note that I haven't tried the German suppliers yet. When I do I'll post here to share my experience.
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