SantaCruz92Si

replacing rear traling arm bushings, left and right. new rear brake pads, performance header (oem is cracked bad around the sensor and he thinks it will break more taking it out and oem isnt much cheaper), $1520?

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Lee_Delso

DO it yourself...save the cash. Brakes, and header shouldn't be too hard to replace.

litterbox

That's a ripoff.

Header you can do, brakes you can do.

The bushings you'll need to get pressed out to be replaced. $50 tops for that.

civiccpedx

the bushings will be difficult and unless you know much about suspension i would take it in for that. but for the other stuff i would do it yourself, but that does sound much just for the labor.

yeh the shop around here charges 50 bucks per side for the lca bushings.

mycron

$1520!! bro never go back there again

PLAN:B

no good

Get some tools, grab a beer or 3, and spend a day w/ your car.

litterbox

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God that's almost sig worthy.

SantaCruz92Si

i may not have specified correctly that its the radius mount on the lca.. does that make a difference? i think im ordering a header and i can put that on myself, anyone have links for brakes at good prices and how tos? do i need to bleed for pads?
what kind of tools do i need, i have access to most simple hand tools.... no power.

PLAN:B

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God that's almost sig worthy. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Go for it man, I have a few going around. Goodluck on the car

SantaCruz92Si

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SantaCruz92Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i may not have specified correctly that its the radius mount on the lca.. does that make a difference? i think im ordering a header and i can put that on myself, anyone have links for brakes at good prices and how tos? do i need to bleed for pads?
what kind of tools do i need, i have access to most simple hand tools.... no power.</TD></TR></TABLE>
any more help, im going to do the header, is 269 plus shippinng good for a cermic coated 4-2-1 or 4-1 header? better prices somewhere else let me know
also a good place online to order brakes, good prices please

medside

i just get the oem brake pads myself. and i do everything on my car with hand tools. a little elbow grease is all you need, and trying not to bang your hand into the car when that bolt comes loose.

SantaCruz92Si

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by medside &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i just get the oem brake pads myself. and i do everything on my car with hand tools. a little elbow grease is all you need, and trying not to bang your hand into the car when that bolt comes loose. </TD></TR></TABLE>
what bolt??

PLAN:B

HAHA! I just busted my knuckle doing that. Nice to know i'm not the only dumb **** around here.

SantaCruz92Si

whatbolt

PLAN:B

The 2 bolts that hold the caliper. Sometimes you will fight to get them loose.

EH3Civic

Assuming I understand you correctly, the bushings could be taken out with a drill press/hammer and some handy work with correct size sockets (using them for mock bushing sizes - templates so to speak.) Replacing the bushings are a little bit different in that I'm not sure how you'd go about lining things up right. I took the stuff off my car, and drove to the local tire store (in another vehicle obviously), and I told them what i wanted and they charged me $5 for bushing install back into the arm. As for brake pads...



I didn't mean for overkill. As for prices, I just buy my pads from autozone...$17.99 with lifetime warranty...

Jonzo

they must be crooks

SantaCruz92Si

trippin me out.... thanks for the replies...

is the radius bushing the same as the traling arm bushing?

EeeJayEight

my dad is a manager at an autoshop.... way to much

130R

omg.. way too much

iplaybass

yeah man that's way too much.


Modified by iplaybass at 12:35 PM 1/28/2005

SlepT ej6

So the price is with parts and labor i assume?
How much was he charging you for a new header?
Seems a bit high to me, plus you can definately swap your brake pads yourself, within an hour or 2 tops!

Good luck

Flitch

I've never done a Header Install before, but I know brake swaps are easy. My first time it took me two hours, with beer and TV in between. So it really would have taken me an hour or so.

Do those yourself, save tons of money there, and take it in for the bushings

mattEG

The brakes and header are easy to install.

The bushings are a different story if you've nevre done them before.. Chisel, heatgun, hammer, threaded rod, two sockets two nuts to fit said threaded rod, a washer or three and some determination and you can easily push those bushings out and push another in.

Targa250R

If you DIY, remember to get an alignment after reinstalling the trailing arms.