Friday, January 15, 2016
How much should a 05 Civic engine swap cost? Am I getting ripped off?!
I purchased a 2005 Honda Civic (non VTEC) with a blown engine. I dont have much money available so I asked my friends dad to install it an engine for me for a lower price. He said he could do it for $800 for me and it would take about 3 days. (great I thought) I purchased an engine for $600 which ended up having a blown piston and having to file a small claims complaint with the person I bought it from. So I bought another engine for $450 and dropped it off at my friends dad s shop. After about a month he called me up to tell me that the car is done and my total cost is $1700! WTF?! $850 for labor but then another $700+ in parts that he never even called to tell me the car needed?! If this is the average cost of a swap and parts (engine mount, belts, oil change, plugs, gaskets) and nothing else major I wouldn t mind eating the bullet. But I feel like I m getting ripped off. And to make it harder still he s my friends dad. Can anyone shed some light on the avg. Price or offer advice? Thanks in advance!
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