kennyc

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any one knows where I can source a pair of SSM plugs for cheap??

260 HP

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Your dealer's parts dept should have some lying around. Give them a try.

260 HP

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Your dealer's parts dept should have some lying around from the new cars they PDI. Give them a try.

Malayalee King

iTrader: (1)

goto the lot and pop them out urself lol

i think if you talk to the parts dept they may help you out a little. a member out here had a similar problem and got them for free.

KJSmitty

Sounds like another dealer money making scheme... Take the left over plugs from the new car prep folks, put em in a Ziploc bag and ask $40 for the pair....

Bastards....


:-)

lembowski

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Acura of Escondido sell them for $20 shipped for 2. I bought my SSM's through Scott. Just send him a message through his ebay store

sushi96720

I got my first set on ebay but the color didn't match (WDP). Ended up getting another set from Acura of Escondido. I thought these were throw away parts but indeed do sell them as genuine parts all packaged in the Acura Plastic bag.

hawa

I went through the exact same thing. I talked to my sales person and he got me a few plugs. He said they were installing some license brackets and he just took those for me.

xtin

Yeah me! Kenny, check with Rosenthal and ask for Martin in the parts department. He actually went to the back and popped two off a new TL for me

kennyc

contacted AofE. Thanks for the lead...

Is Martin the older white part guy @ Rosenthal? I think he's the one quoted me the price. He seems nice though...

I will check with him again Thursday. I hope the 06 ASM plugs look ok with 05 SSM bumper.

Thanks all!

enormus

Yeah, that'll happen when you're a babe. We poor male schlubs usually have to shell out cash. :wink:

LKLD

Wow, it's weird to see truth in print

bluenoise

I had exactly the same issue. Finally, when I went to the dealer instead of calling, the sales manager pulled a couple from the package in one of the cars on the lot and apologized for the inconvenience.

jmbnova

xtin

This is right after I ripped the helpful service manger a new one

Females DO NOT have it easy walking into a car dealership. Too bad this one knows WTF she's driving and how it operates.

leedogg

I mentioned that our cars should have come with them to begin with. I also mentioned how other dealers put them in glovebox.

Stevie B

what a rip off, find another Dealer to give your money when you have a REAL issue, like service. LET your wallet do the talking

Tempest811

bring the parts department a beer. or show a little leg. lol

PsychFish

find the make ready guy and float him $10 for a pair. or trade them a $10 gift card for the pair.

kennyc

went there again today and the prick behind the counter just won't do a thing to find a set of silver plug for me.

I then went to see Arthur, my salesperson. He will find me a set and call me back.

Too much suckage for getting a couple of plugs that should originally come with the car.

BASISON

Leedog is right...most of the dealers pop them off and put them in the glovebox. In IL, the car dealers are required to take them off and put a license plate mount. I called my salesguy the day after I bought my '05 and asked him to send me a set. He went back to the parts counter and said there was a drawer full of them, every color.

AcurasGhost

If you do decide to get them off another car ... a normal flat head won't do it. Take a sharp knife with a very pointed tip to pry it out of the bumper of the car your jacking it off.

blacktsx05

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can u post a pic of what its looks like i think ihave tons of them in my garage.

leedogg

kenny see if you can talk to one of the service guys. I was throwing a fit at the rear parts counter when a service guy overheard me, went away and came back 5 mins later with a set.

headroll

they tried that on me too and i just went to the salesguy whom i bought from. came back in 3 mins with two plugs and handed them to me.

Drew408

I got mine when I bought the car, they were just in the back with the spare tire and wheel locks.

xtin

were you crabbing?

kennyc

yeah... got a voice mail from my salesperson, Arthur. He found a ASM that just came in and took its bumper plugs for me. I just picked them up.

It's incredible that the parts dept wants to charge me almost 20 for one of them. That's ridiculous.

Anyways, thanks goes out to Arthur from Rosenthal Acura!

LKLD

Plug

kennyc

nice! Thanks for the site!

tzakiel

BTW:

Radley Acura (Falls Church, VA) - I asked them for a set and they asked for my address and told me that they would send me some. Sure enough - 3 days later I got a letter in the mail with like 3 sets of ssm bumper plugs.

pinky_ttc

BTW:

Radley Acura (Falls Church, VA) - I asked them for a set and they asked for my address and told me that they would send me some. Sure enough - 3 days later I got a letter in the mail with like 3 sets of ssm bumper plugs.

Ron A

I checked Delray Acura for the license plate plugs and the price has come down considerably since I last looked. Still expensive, but better than $20 each, and closer to the price in your link. After you add shipping and handling charges, it would be better to get it from your dealer.

011 71146-SEP-A00ZB PLUG, FR. BUMPER ( NIGHTHAWK BLACK PEARL ) 2 2005 TL 12.95 10.36

TailsToo

Boy, when I needed some screws for my splash guards at Goodson Accura in Dallas, the guy at the service counter just handed me a bag of parts for them. No fuss at all... I didn't need to yell at anyone.

typer_801

Yes, the MSRP is only $12.95, but the logic in the dealer counter parts pricing model using inflates parts purchased by a considerable margin. I researched several small items I purchased (i.e. Honda Urea grease, Hondabond gasket sealer, etc.) and found I was overcharged based on MSRP by ~40%. I called and complained and was refunded the difference. It happened on two seperate occasions and I don't believe it's isolated to me or this particular dealership. I now order almost everything online or if I'm forced to get something in a hurry (i.e. starter) I research the online price from Sunnyside Acura (http://www.acuraparts247.com) to know what the max I should pay in advance. I also cross shop the Acura part #'s on one of the Honda online parts stores (i.e. SLHondaparts.com) to see if any Honda use the same part. If so, I can get 20% at a my local Honda dealer, so for many normal items (i.e. oil filters, wheel studs) you can get at a Honda dealer and avoid acuras markup altogether. YMMV.

-Jeff

rubberduckee30

I had been running my car with two holes for about half a year and one day i took my car to get an oil change, got it back and they plugged it for me for free....

TheBigWhite 21

i cant find mine in the car. i checked in the glove compartment and in the trunk..nothing. so i went to the kearny mesa acura dealer (i bought my car in escondido) and they were being such punks about it..and saying.."oh i can't just give it to you, you have to buy it from me, or get them where you bought the car" but dude..ti's the same fucking dealer.i dont see what the big deal is? is there any other way of getting them without having to drive all the way to escondido for it, or even paying for it?

datmrman

They are not really the same dealership. Kearny Mesa Acura will not price match parts from Acura of Escondido. I tried doing that with the A-Spec body kit. Looks like you'll have to drive up to Escondido or order them else where.

2002Dawg

Call the guy you bought the car from and tell him that he forgot to give them to you. I'm sure someone on the sales team or the sales manager will have a stack of them in his/her desk. Someone at the dealership keeps all of those things for cases exactly like this. If you're nice, they may even mail them to you.

Darknesss_TL

I had the same problem, i was looking for those plugs after i removed the front LP and when i went to the dealer to get my oil changed, they threw on a set for me, free of charge
they couldn't have been in the trunk cuz all my fire gear was back there and they wouldn't be able to take out the plugs without taking out my gear first and my gear was untouched