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Anyone know roughly how much would a dealer charge to replace frount and rear spheres on at 96 xantia estate?
The car's bouncing all over the place and I want to know whats the worst it could be to fix.
Bearing in mind the cars probably only worth a grand and a bit anyway.
Any ideas ?
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Post by RichardW »

Go on, give them a ring and have a laugh!!!
Cit spheres are of the order of £50 a pop, so you'll probably want 5 (inc rear anti-sink), so that's £250. Add a couple of litres of LHM at £5 / l. Now add at least 2 hours labout at £50 and suddenly it's a £400 job. Ouch!!
However, there are plenty of independents about who will do the job MUCH cheaper. If you're at all competent with the spanners (ie you know what one looks like) you can DIY, and the spheres are only £20 from GSF.
Whereabouts in the UK are you? - someone will probably be able to suggest an indy, or offer their services to change them for a more reasonable fee! If you're near Manchester, there's a guy will supply and fit re-con spheres (3 yr guarantee) at £25 each.
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I'm near croydon if anyone knows a good independent place.
As for me and spanners, not good. I've got fat fingers and no patience.
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Post by Daniel B »

JPA - try this place, ring them for a qoute first anyway - fairly close to you too.
Witmun Engineering
76a Nutfield Road
Merstham
Redhill
Surrey
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tel 01737 644828
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In coventry there's an indie Citroen specalist charging £58 pound each.......OUCH but you do get free fitting. NO THANKS
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Daniel B
I've rung Witmuns, £25 a corner fitted!
Result. Booked in for Tuesday.
Thank you
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Post by bxbodger »

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">If you're at all competent with the spanners <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
And the beauty of sphere changing is, you don't even need them!!!
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2 new front spheres fitted , and the accumulator and rears regassed with new valves fitted for £120 inc vat.
No more driving down the roadlike a kangaroo on a po-go stick.
Happy with that!
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Post by fab1975 »

Hi RichardW,
I might be interested in replacing the spheres of my Xantia 2.0 HDi in the near future and I live in Altrincham, so an indipendent Citroen specialist in my area would be really appreciated. Could you please tell me the name of that guy and also if he can do other kinds of jobs on my car?
Thanks a lot,
Fab
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Post by RichardW »

Westroen Sphere services:
http://www.westroen-spheres.co.uk/
AFAIK he only does spheres and LHM changes.
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Post by Daniel B »

Just seen your post JPA - did it all go ok and make a difference?
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Post by mseymour »

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by RichardW</i> suddenly it's a £400 job. Ouch!!
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Ha, I laugh in the face of this almost competitive quote. Took my Xantia VSX to Reg Vardy in York and asked them to check the sphere pressures for me.
First of all they said they could, then they said they couldn't and that it wasn't possible. Then they tested two of them and said they were both crap.
Finally they offered to sort it all out for me with new spheres and a hydraulics overhaul for.......£1295 [xx(]
Hurrah!
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Post by paranoid »

Workmates BX a few years ago..... Was clicking every few seconds needed new accum sphere.
One new gearbox later[:0] (apparently layshaft was breaking up) still clicking[:0] Was a fleet car though so he didn't have to pay.
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Post by James.UK »

mseymour. Give John (York) a ring on 01904 651900.
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Post by pwatson »

"they offered to sort it all out for me with new spheres and a hydraulics overhaul for.......£1295"
To which you replied???
Amazing the difference in prices quoted above. But they just show the value of a good independent - who is probably to be trusted to do a better job as well. Value of DIY is even greater of course!
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