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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 12:13 PM
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Nothing wrong with going to an independant shop that works on japanese, however
as the person before said, Make sure you get your estimate with OEM honda parts.
I hear ppl all the time say so and so's shop that's a independant will charge me half of the dealership's price.. What they don't understand is that most of the time those shops use aftermarket parts which are always cheaper than oem, They probably have a cheaper labor rate as well but not by much. That's how the other shops can stay in business. That being said some shops get a good discount from the local dealerships on OEM parts and have a low labor rate, if they know what they are doing then great I would do it. That job on a lude is a lot of work, if i remember correctly it has an auto tensioner and a regular tensioner. Most honda dealers will want to replace the auto tensioner which also makes the cost go up(i believe that part is around $125) The other shops might now do that cause they haven't had the experience of one going bad yet, who knows. Also think about the warrenty of the job, most honda parts that are new are a year warrenty, most honda shops honor the work for at least 3 months. Will the other guy step up with his napa parts and redo the job if that napa part fails? these are the things you should be asking both shops and then make your choice.
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