need quick answer!

[duby_25]

I went to the mechanic today(at the acura dealership) to fix my idle problems- he installed a new distributer and it helped.. a little. anyways, he said I need new cv boots on my car and he quoted me $580.00 canadian installed (for inner and outer boots) that is without the damn joints! holy shit is this a decent price? I did them on my eclipse for half that price.. please let me know if this is the going rate for boots , if not does anyone have any suggestions? :eek:

[1Greyteg]

Sounds steep to me. I spent like $50. and did my boots myself.

But, others will claim to just get remanned axles for like $100. I personally don't trust any remanned stuff since I have seen just how poorly it is remanned to keep costs down.

If you have a choice, go to another dealership, maybe a Honda dealer? They tend to be cheaper than Acura and can get the same parts.

Or find a good mechanic that will do it, and most likely for less.


Whats $580. converted from CD to USD?

And exactly how many boots do you supposedly need? And have you actually looked under the car to see the damage?

A.

[fizzbob7]

canadian dollars and usa dollars are pretty close i think, so that would seem to be way too high....and some companies remanufactured is legit....a cv joint is so simple, u could look and tell if it was done right.....if the prices are close between new and reman, then id get new of course....but u could do it yourself if you know anything about it...it's easy and quick when u get good at swapping them

[duby_25]

I need the inner and outer boots on both sides... Converted that is about $370 US. That seems a little expensive... I found some cheaper boots for $70 US. I think I will just take them to some small shop to get them put on( I would do it but I have no garage) I mean you can't really screw up putting boots on , can you? Oh yeah now I HAVE to buy my new exhaust, since last night I ran through a rough part in the road ( lots of snow) and my old exhaust ripped right off my car... geeze my luck never ends with this car, maybe I should have kept my eclipse.... nahh. or maybe I just need a newer teg.- yeah a newer teg that sounds nice, maybe a newer type R .... Now all I have to do is go and buy a lottery ticket