Street price per gram: Ford GT Parts vs Cocaine


nota4re

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Feb 15, 2006
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Well, I guess I'm a nerd because I had to look at the DOJ's website to learn what the street price of cocaine is. The reference I saw was $40-$60/gram. (YMMV) Well, you know those little ~3/4" round PLASTIC covers on the back of your GT steering wheel that cover the screws that hold on the airbag/horn assembly? Wait for it.... the part number is 4G7Z-3L518-ZAA. The good news is that you get 2 per package.....for only $209.17 !

I couldn't help myself - having recently run across an old school gram scale that I bought in the Jurassic era to balance RC helicopter blades - I just had to weigh the plastic covers. 1.7 grams each or 3.4 grams for the 2 @ $209.17 = $61.52/gram. Which "habit" are you going to give up?

This isn't the first time that damn gram scale has gotten me into trouble. To balance RC Helicopter blades, we'd add a strip of lead into a machined groove in the blade. Then we'd add superglue to fill in the cavity and to get the balance spot-on, you would dabble baking soda onto the glue. Of course the baking soda gets all over the top of the scale. As soon as you put the newly balanced blades away, your neighbor strolls over and sees the scale, the white powder, and the empty look on your face. (True story.)
 
Now that’s funny. 🤣
 
I never could get my damn RC helicopter to fly right--and I was a Navy helicopter pilot!
 
I have had the unfortunate process of having to buy these too. Somehow one of mine went missing. I had the guy quadruple check the price bc I was like WTF!! No way those little bitty pieces of plastic cost that much.
 
I lost or broke one when I sent my horn button off to be refinished.
Seems like I had to pay $40ish through my wholesale account at the time, and I thought that was nuts.
Guess I should have ordered some extras.

Jeff
 
Good one !
My wife always said Ford Gt is like a drug addict addiction. I guess now we can put some Creedence to that.
 
Parts have been getting insanely expensive for a while now.

Many parts that get advertised for sale on the street are still available from Ford, so check there first. Unfortunately, their prices are up too and also unfortunately, they don’t have everything we need.
 
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Why would Ford do this? There aren't enough of us to make a financial difference to Ford. It seems almost punative. I would think they would be happy to help keep these cars on the road and the show field.