wolfeman351
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- Joined
- September 3, 2012
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- 13
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- City, State
- Kansas
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2002 Ford Explorer
Moog is the only brand I trust. I have had house brand ball joints or unknown brands come apart. Rick auto has good prices and the Autozone coupon is good too. Oriely has the best price but their parts are never in stock and always used. I mean used. Nasty greasy old parts in the box. I stopped shopping there after the third brake light switch in two months failed.
As for the estimate. All chains make money by sayimg the following. "While we are in there" or "you will need it soon" or the manufacture recomends we replace x.. when we replace yyy". Firestone wanted $600 to do a rear only brake job on ny 97 crap box minivan. There are not $600 worth of parts and labor back there.
Pay the shop their $50 to $90 diagnostic fee, get the written estimate, buy the parts yourself and do the work yourself. This routine has saved me thousands. Now if I could find those thousands I would be verry happy.
As for the estimate. All chains make money by sayimg the following. "While we are in there" or "you will need it soon" or the manufacture recomends we replace x.. when we replace yyy". Firestone wanted $600 to do a rear only brake job on ny 97 crap box minivan. There are not $600 worth of parts and labor back there.
Pay the shop their $50 to $90 diagnostic fee, get the written estimate, buy the parts yourself and do the work yourself. This routine has saved me thousands. Now if I could find those thousands I would be verry happy.