Recommendations for a good Subaru mechanic
- Thread starter Walter White
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Sorry to hear that. You can touch up a paint chip with a small bottle of touch up for about $12.00 or you can paint the entire panel and re-clear coat it for much more. I am amazed everyday at the cost of oil. For example the synthetic oil in the rear differential is $33.50 per quart. The new Victoria Secret perfume is $110.00 per once. These service intervals are getting further apart and more expensive but if you average it out cost per mile it's actually less. There are lots of choices but be cautious of cheap oil changes, that universal oil may cause more damage than the amount you save today.
I just do oil changes myself and save the receipt. $60 for high quality 0W-30 and a filter and 30 minutes of my time. Best $200 per hour Ive ever made.
Discount will do tire balancing and rotations for free.
Between those two, I only have to go to the dealer twice during my entire 60k warranty.
Discount will do tire balancing and rotations for free.
Between those two, I only have to go to the dealer twice during my entire 60k warranty.
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Download a service manual and figure it out. I do all of the work on all of our cars... even the UBM (ultimate breakdown machine) that we just got. With all of the stuff that you have figured out, you can do it.
Redline or AMSOil full ester gear oil is about $12 a quart. You cannot get better, but it might need a small bottle of friction modifier which you don't have to use if you don't want. I have a fluid pump if you want to borrow it and do the rear diff yourself... you don't even have to take the cover off... just pump it out and replace the ounces that you took out.
Redline or AMSOil full ester gear oil is about $12 a quart. You cannot get better, but it might need a small bottle of friction modifier which you don't have to use if you don't want. I have a fluid pump if you want to borrow it and do the rear diff yourself... you don't even have to take the cover off... just pump it out and replace the ounces that you took out.
