Took my 91 integra in today. it needed both front control arms, passenger side rear hub assembly, rear break rotors, and oil change

control arms were 109 each plus labor
rear hub was 180 plus labor
rotors 50 each.
oil change 20 bucks

im looking at abuot 700 bucks WOOHOO. yea right, more lke M#@*(F*((@(ING CARS!!

did i get ripped off?

 

I wouldn't say so, although it would've been half as much if you'd done it yourself!

 

50 each for rotors is expensive as hell if they are stock replacement. Rear rotors for my GS-R brand new from AutoZone are about $18 each. I just replace them every time I do a rear brake job instead of resurfacing because they're so cheap.

 

Good price if it was the Honda dealership and OEM parts...otherwise, yea, it's high.

 

changing 1 axle at sears 8 years ago for 280 bucks. Never went to repair shop after that. Fix everything myself.....minus machine work on head and block. The repair shop charge usaully double the price on the parts then charge the **** out of labor. Ur price is about the usual.

 

I don't know how much the rest of the stuff cost but they are raping you on the rotors, so I would assume they are doing the same on the rest of the stuff. Find a different shop or learn how to work on the car yourself, it's about $70 for the helms manual which will tell you how to do everything on your car

gl

 

never been to a shop for anyhting in my life

i do all the work and save big
sometimes i blow one of my cars up on purpose so i have something to use my tools on haha

only time i went was i needed a exhaust valve put in, quick 20 bucks though(didnt have the tool which i just bought though)

 

109 for each control arm is high, could have gotten both with bushings and ball joints for 100

 

I dont remember the last time I took my teg to a shop. I do everything myself to avoid prices like that.

 

yeah if you want POS ones. I put OE-replacement upper control arms off eBay on my car a couple years ago, bushings and ball joints included, less than $100 for the pair. Ball joints took a dump within a year. Now I just recently got brand new OEM upper arms for about $95 each from www.acuraautomotiveparts.org and haven't had any problems. Feels good installing genuine Honda parts when POS aftermarket ones failed.

 

$40 for a smog check back in august

I don't let anyone touch my car (too many idiots out there), I do all the work it needs myself.

 

not sure which parts you used but the kit i bought for 212 was all moog parts and they last just fine.

 

oem honda rear hub/bearing units are $120 and aftermarket $60-70 so i think $180 is way high even if it was a stealership.

 

DAMMIT!

naw its not the stealership its just a local shop down my block.

yea i wish i could work on my own car im just not that mechanically inclined the biggest job i can do is like installing an intake or changing my oil. tearing off the head, doing suspension, forget about it!!

but yeah i feel like im getting raped now im gonna have to have a talk with the manager.

 

Also i thoght my suspension noise was my shocks but they lifted the car up and showed me where the control arms where F-ed up. Without their diagnostic i would not have known what to change.

My brother does his own suspension and work but he lives two hours away. Im gonna employ him to help install my coilovers.

but yeah control arms, cv boots, bearings, i dont know **** about that!

 

187.89 from fabricating the exhaust, replacing the catalytic converter with a high-flow cat and welding a 2.25" flange flaring up to a 2.5" welded on the highflow cat towards a 3" piping exhaust

 

about 450 for a new clutch from the shop last year, dont know how to do that myself, that was with labor also it was an oem honda clutch for gs-r, i go to the shop whenever i need an expert who knows what theyre doin to a car but i know when im getting ripped off

 

now i know why all my freinds come over and make me work on their cars
i charged my freinds 100 for a clutch install if they have the clutch

and i dont do **** work like some mechanics.

 

Well This past monday got a dizzy o-ring and oil pressure sending unit replaced and it cost me $90.30...all HONDA oem parts

 

I used to work in a repair shop as a service advisor, and parts alone were marked up no less then 50% and and usually no more then 75-80% repair shops rip people off plain and simple, I never knew how bad it was because I have never taken my car to a shop before....I always fix my own stuff. Labor is CRAZY too....in general, not many techs make more than 25-35 bucks an hour and 35 for working at a normal repair shop is a lot for a tech to make, but the shop will usually mark up their techs labor another 65-75% on top of that! It sure pays to learn how to do stuff yourself....and its rewarding to fix something that was wrong.