Sorry folks but in 1997 I paid less than $100 for ball joints for my '69
1600. I bought them from an on-line Nissan dealer.
Paul Kort
Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Sylvester <jim.sylvester@comcast.net>
> Tells me they've been unobtainable since at least 1982 and that the
vendors
> have kept the price increase reasonable (albeit still unobtainable) since
> then.
>
> Is it reasonable to say that the majority of the roadsters on the road
today
> could use ball joint replacement if NOS was $172 over 20 years ago?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtruthbe@juno.com [mailto:dtruthbe@juno.com]
> >
> The suggested retail price of roadster lower ball joints in the January
01,
> 1982 Nissan Dealer Confidential parts price list was $172.55 and the
> suggested retail price of the upper ball joints was $157.02.
>
> The current suggested Nissan retail prices are $219.72 and $199.72
> respectively for the lower and upper ball joints. That is only about a
27%
> increase in 23 years. How much was gasoline 23 years ago?
>
> Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?
>
> DTB
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