07-20-2009, 11:52 PM
Black, some shops around here call a parts delivery place for their parts, they charge whatever the delivery guy charges them. Markup on parts is not what everyone does. When I had my transmission done, my mechanic charged me what the transmission shop charged to get the transmission rebuild. I paid my mechanic diagnostic fees, plus hourly rate for his services of installing/removing/ and reinstalling twice. After i drove off the lot, a part in the transmission was leaking, he replaced the seal at no additional charge because he stands by his work. A year and a half later, car is running great.
EDIT: If you have the skill most of what you listed can be done by you.
OEM parts are usually the best. As mentioned before there might be slight differences in parts depending on when the car was built. Beginning of model year to the end of model year.
EDIT: If you have the skill most of what you listed can be done by you.
OEM parts are usually the best. As mentioned before there might be slight differences in parts depending on when the car was built. Beginning of model year to the end of model year.