Ok so i droped my car off at the shop last night for a emission related issue and a wierd pulling sensation when turnin right on long right hand turns, like highway on and off ramps. Well i called them and they were still looking over it. The guy said that it has a slight miss at idel and says he might have to clean the injector/s and is trying to narrow it down to which ones. He also says it might have to do with the front 3 coil packs being cracked and he aslo wants to set the timing since it was off. As for the pulling/ dipping sensation, he said the right front ball joint is absolutely shot and he wouldent even drive the car like it is. I have to call tomorrow to get a estimate for everything.

 

OK, so I got a quote of 1000 bucks to replace the coil packs, set the timing, replace the ball joint and replace the contol arm and bushings. There using OEM parts also.

 

complete control arms with ball joints $87.50ea

 

Or go to your ebay site for them

 

I'd definitely do the suspension first. You could always order the front ignition coils and DIY later if you wanted to-perhaps that would be cheaper.

 

$1000 for all that?!?!

duuuude.. take you car somewhere else.
Ball joints are $50 for OEM and take 20 min to change.
control arms are $160 or so OEM and take 30 min (max) to change.
coil packs are ummm, $60 each I think and take 10 minutes to change all 3 front ones.
setting the timing takes 5-10 minutes and requires no parts.

There's a little over an hour of labor and $400 in parts..
no way in Hell that's worth $1000- UNLESS he's changing control arms and ball joints on both sides, changing the coil packs and all the plugs (about $60 for good ones)..

in THAT case, it's
2 hrs labor for suspension
1 hr labor for coils, plugs, timing.

$320 for TWO control arms
$100 for TWO ball joints
$60 for plugs
$180 for coil packs on the front.
$50 for an alignment.
so that's $710 in parts plus 3-4 hours of labor.
if his price is $75/hour in labor, then you're getting in the ballpark of a decent price.

 

Same price, difference is made up on shipping

 

That is waaaaaaay too much! Just redo your suspensions with that money and order the parts and go to another mechanic and have them swap 'em in. WOW! A grand! What is the world coming to???