da_33

Ok just had my clutch changed and the shop told me once again that my tie rods and b ball joints are bad and I have been told this for awhile now but have driven about 40k since i was told. Well they gave me a quote on the price so for a

left upper and lower balljoint
right outer tie rod
alignment

labour 281
L/upper 171.38
L/Lower 79.24
Tie Rod 74.98
Alignment 69.95

Total Given: $771.55

How does this sound to you canadian guys??


Modified by da_33 at 9:59 AM 1/17/2007

Rahxephon

change it yourself as long you got he right tools for it..then you can get an alignment for 100 buck or so. save you more...

96 EJ8

I'm an Ottawa guy, but man you're overpaying for this for sure.

upper arm's I got mine for 65 bucks, lower for 40
tie rods for 25 a peice, and alignment is 69.95 like u said.

labor I got it done for 130 bucks all around, where are you going to get this done??! crappy tire? watch out because most people over charge for their parts.

and if you know your balljoints and tie rod is bad, you shouldnt drive on them or your tire will pop out. just an FYI

da_33

where did u get your parts from? is it some place i can order from too? and then just bring the parts in with me

stumpyf4

They maybe quoting you for OEM parts but I'd go for aftermarket parts in this case. If the labour rate includes alignment than it's okay.

da_33

so where is a good place to purchase after market from then for cheap

da_33

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DB8_TEG

All but the alignment I think you will be able to do yourself. I did most of those recently, not hard at all. As for prices, ya they seem to be high, about the only price that seems right is the alignment.

If you have purchased the parts let me know, I have a buddy who has a shop and can get your these parts. And he is in burlington.

his website is

http://www.oemimport.com

prices are about half of what you were quoted. If you want to go thru him let me know and I will see if I can help you out on prices out at all but they are good already I think. Parts are OEM replacement though.
Let me know.

da_33

well ive been looking at ebay for these parts i need and it seems i can almost get them for 1/4 of the price i got quote at.

How many hours do you think it would take to do all of that?? and i live about 30 min north of barrie but i appreciate you helpin me about man with finding some parts and helping out with friend

Tim2179

iTrader: (2)

Don't buy ebay parts for you suspension.

Get OEM. http://www.acuraparts247.com

You can get upper arms w/UBJ for $110. LBJ for about $30.

It's not a fun job by any means. Not a lot of room to work with it you plan on doing it without taking off the knuckle. There's only about an inch and a half (that's about 36mm for you) between the top of the LBJ and the brake disc, and many times you have to heat up the knuckle to get the LBJ to slide back in.

The tie rod end however is pretty damn easy to do yourself.

Just remember to get an alignment anytime you mess w/your suspension. A lot of places offer a lifetime alignment and its usually pays for itself when you go back the 2nd time.

da_33

why not buy ebay parts? ive had aall the same thing about how they are so cheap 'you get what you pay fo' but do u think every single person that buys them is unhappy with them?

SlammedDC2

I have never heard of any suspension parts from ebay being worth a damn.
But like the others on here have said, do the work yourself it will be cheaper. My brother just needed all the same things as you and I did it for him except the alignment. He was quoted almost $800 as well for after market parts.
I got all his parts at O'rilleys but they were also with an employee discount (gotta love friends in manegment )
Good luck man

da_33

so what happens then to these ebay parts? there has to be people that have bought them and been happy they come from trusted people with 1000's and 1000's of sold car parts...

SlammedDC2

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Alot of those "satisfied customers" are 16 y/o kids and ricers that don't care about quality, just having this and that on their car.

92integraVTECgsr

wtf!! are you kidding?? change that **** yourself.. Im from Hamilton and bought my upper and lower ball joints from A&A discount autoparts for $200 for everything. I did all the work myself in half a day..

but ****.. if you wanna spend $700+, go ahead.. i wouldnt.

da_33

so what these parts are just really cheaply made and they break?

Arsenal

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It's not a fun job by any means. Not a lot of room to work with it you plan on doing it without taking off the knuckle. There's only about an inch and a half (that's about 36mm for you) between the top of the LBJ and the brake disc, and many times you have to heat up the knuckle to get the LBJ to slide back in.

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What are you going on about?

It takes about 5 min to get it out, and about 30secs to slide back in.

da_33

so what these parts are just really cheaply made and they break?