Booked Verito D6

I have booked a new Verito D6 2012 Refresh couple of days ago. Am expecting the delivery in a week.

At the showroom, I was given the following accessary costs :-

1. Seat cover art.leather - Rs 6500

2. 3M Paint protection and underbody coat - Rs 8000

3. Llumar sun films (windshield + windows&rear) - Rs 8200 (4500 + 3700)

My questions are : First are these prices reasonable. Second are the brands good for the respective products, Third which is the best accessory shop in Pune for Verito

Hi Sachin, Sorry for the late reply.

1. Art leather seat covers will cost you about 3500 in the after market. If you are buying Genuine Mahindra accessories, be prepared for the price quited by dealer.

2. 3M paint protection. Not really required. It is a personal choice though. During the car purchase most of us are on an emotional high. Thats when dealer proposes this.

3. Supremem court ruling has banned Sun Films. In case you still want to install, only Door windows and rear glass is enough. Front not required (way too expensive) for the oevrall benefit. Also Llumar is expensive as compared to 3M or Garware. They will all give you the similar level of sun control. Garware (the cheapest) is also surprisingly effective.

Our Loganiser (Logan Forum Member) Parag os from Pune. Maybe ghe can help for a local accessory shop.

Dear vsuprak,

Thank you for your response. I got the delivery of my car on 28-Sep. The dolphin grey color looks stunning and after driving 50 kms I am already in love with it.

I went around some accessory shops and got seat covers for 3500 as you have mentioned. I got the fabric-foam ones as I felt they would be more airy. I will follow your advice on not going for paint sealants. Vey expensive and benefits are difficult to measure.

I drive east-west every day to-n-fro office. Hence I am always facing the sun and it is damn hot. Hence a sunfilm on the windshield is a must for me. From your suggestion looks like garware is the thing to go for. I have also read some good reviews for ice-cool-shield. Probably will go for it.

Hi Sachin,
Yes, the showroom accessory people will over charge.
For the sun film, you can easily go for garware. It's got better specification on paper too... and it's definitely much cheaper.
Same goes with music system and speakers.

There are some accessory shops on JM road.
I like the service at CarAx at Baner (more choice and range).. opp Balewadi stadium. Any of these people can provide all the accessories.

If you have the willingness to go to the old city, then, Rastapeth area has several automobile accessory shops... will certainly get better deals there.

Thank you Parag.

I found some accessory shops at Kasarwadi. That is where I got the stuff. Will also get the garware sunfilm fitted there. I hope they are good at the job of fitting.

I stay at Talegaon and travel to office at Hadapsar every day. We'll find each other some day.