they arnt cheap if a mechanic is doing the work they have to make money

 

What an average price?

 

im curious of the price from the stealership for it...

i think mine needs done as well... ive concidered buying my parts from ebay and taking them to the dealership so i can at least save on parts $$wise....
im sure i can do it myself..... BUT for something so common to dealerships... id think they could do it quickly and right...

plus then id have proof it was done.....

 

it takes like 3-4 hours to do a timing belt and i know our shop charges i think about 75 bucks an hour then they have to make money on all the parts

 

ya thats why id buy the oem parts off ebay.. and just pay the instalation fee......

ive thought about doing it myself........ my problem would just be ive never done it before..... so im sure it would take me twice as long! and now that i dont have my truck anymore i dont have a good backup vehicle

 

I bought this kit

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/96-97...QQcmdZViewItem

It was like 115 shipped, all parts were in perfect condition, plus the 250 install ran me 375 total. Buy a kit from them, they are a trusted group of people, and their phone customer service is also good. Kit will get to you fast, take that to the mechanic, not the stealership, that you trust in your local area.

 

ya thats who i bought my OEM fog lights from.... just waiting on them
i was gonna buy the belts also... but someones CHEAP @SS tryen to save what 4-5bucks and bid instead of BUY IT NOW.... and im not gonna bid and wait 9days!

so ill get it eventualy.....
but if i dont take it to the stealership... id do it myself...... i dont like taking my car to any shops.... mainly cause of my stereo... i dont want those losers just siting in my car watchen a dvd or bumpen my stereo.LOL

 

Im guna buy the stuff and have someone pt it on, how much do you think the labor would be?

 

I would think 250 would be a pretty fair deal for the entire kit, because theres some work involved. Plus the coolant and all that will have to be drained, so you will be getting a fresh fillthere too. 300 would probably be pretty extreme.

My local Honda stealership quoted me $295.00 before I even mentioned that I had the timing belt, but that wouldn't include the water pump/aux belts, which you really should go ahead and upgrade.

 

o ok that price aint bad at all!
i might just have that done next week... just delivered my rims and picked up my money so now just have to put it in the bank and get the parts...