Briebee72
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I ask because in my history I always took my cars to be worked on. Then I bought a performance car a few years ago and wanted to mod it . well the parts were nt cheap and then i found out anyone who did work on these cars wanted a flippin arm and leg to do what seemed like very easy things. So My first performance car I looked up videos and watched and watched and I was like man this stuff is not hard. So my first car I modded was a civic. I did my own inter cooler, exhaust, engine mounts, front pipe, brakes and tune among other things. I saved thousands on mechanics.
What got me started was I wanted someone to put the exhaust on it and on that car it is literally 3 bolts and 5 slide off hangers no welds and whole thing comes off and goes on in under 45 mins. They wanted 400 plus dollars to do this... I was like come on man that crazy. so i just got jack stands and did it myself in under an hour.
Sold the car and a buddy of mine had one and he paid 600 to have all his mods removed. I was screw that I removed my own over 2 days and put back to oem.
Fast forward to the mustang. I have done same . I watched videos and researched and bought some basic tools. (specialty tools can be borrowed form auto parts stores) I have dont my own intake, throttle body and tune. Lowering springs, tail lights, subwoofer install, sound damping and body pieces. I have many more mods coming many of which require the dash be disabled. I also got under my car and hand cut and worked on my own exhaust.
IM almost 50 I know a young one LOL, and I never touched a tool before a few years ago. I guess im making this post to say take some time and do some of this work yourself instead of lining over priced mechanics pockets for stuff that is really fairly simple. Its not hard just do a little research and save yourself thousands.
Another example my 2007 ford focus. It blew a gasket and oil was everywhere and smoking .. I was oh great isnt this crap hundreds to fix if not more... I researched a bit... and i bought a 20 dollar gasket kit, it took about 45 mins to fix and take apart the top of the engine and put back. runs perfect. everyone I called wanted 700 to do it. ridiculous. I have since also done its mounts and entire suspension.
You dont need fancy stuff, I have done all this work on all these cars with basic tools for most part and jack stands on a gravel drive way.
Who else has stories and have you become your own mechanic cause of the crazy prices? IM about to buy my own tire changing machine cause its getting to be stupid pricing on changing tires as well. 2 years ago got a full tire swap and sensors changed for 59 dollars. Got the same thing done on mustang and it was now 187 dollars at the same place for the same service.
What got me started was I wanted someone to put the exhaust on it and on that car it is literally 3 bolts and 5 slide off hangers no welds and whole thing comes off and goes on in under 45 mins. They wanted 400 plus dollars to do this... I was like come on man that crazy. so i just got jack stands and did it myself in under an hour.
Sold the car and a buddy of mine had one and he paid 600 to have all his mods removed. I was screw that I removed my own over 2 days and put back to oem.
Fast forward to the mustang. I have done same . I watched videos and researched and bought some basic tools. (specialty tools can be borrowed form auto parts stores) I have dont my own intake, throttle body and tune. Lowering springs, tail lights, subwoofer install, sound damping and body pieces. I have many more mods coming many of which require the dash be disabled. I also got under my car and hand cut and worked on my own exhaust.
IM almost 50 I know a young one LOL, and I never touched a tool before a few years ago. I guess im making this post to say take some time and do some of this work yourself instead of lining over priced mechanics pockets for stuff that is really fairly simple. Its not hard just do a little research and save yourself thousands.
Another example my 2007 ford focus. It blew a gasket and oil was everywhere and smoking .. I was oh great isnt this crap hundreds to fix if not more... I researched a bit... and i bought a 20 dollar gasket kit, it took about 45 mins to fix and take apart the top of the engine and put back. runs perfect. everyone I called wanted 700 to do it. ridiculous. I have since also done its mounts and entire suspension.
You dont need fancy stuff, I have done all this work on all these cars with basic tools for most part and jack stands on a gravel drive way.
Who else has stories and have you become your own mechanic cause of the crazy prices? IM about to buy my own tire changing machine cause its getting to be stupid pricing on changing tires as well. 2 years ago got a full tire swap and sensors changed for 59 dollars. Got the same thing done on mustang and it was now 187 dollars at the same place for the same service.
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