So I was at an auto place making an appoitment to get the idler pully and belt tensioners replaced(Again!) because of the wretched squeaking noise.

Anyways, its about times for plugs and wires getting changed, so I went ahead and asked for an estimate.

$550

I knew it was supposed to be tough...but I almost passed out

 

Just do it yoursellf man..

 

Yikes! I've heard of high estimates for plugs/wires before, probably because they just didn't want to to change them, but $550 is the highest.

 

Would a tube of KY come with that?

 

I bet he has to bring his own. I know I did.

I don't know what I paid for the plugs and wires but I want to say my tune up was $600ish.

 

If I was you I would spend that $$ on a nice set of headers and set a day aside and do the header install along with the plugs and wires. Would be a piece of cake with the manifolds off plus you would have headers. JMO

 

I've been planning on it..but since I had to get some other things done I wanted to see how much it would cost. If I could find a place to do it for only $150-200 then it would be worth it to me to just pay them. It will be tough to set aside a couple hours for the project at this time.

 

Yeah, 550.00 is kind of excessive I would say.

 

i did it yesterday took 4 hours max

 

It took me a little over an hour. Its isnt really that hard of a job.

 

I Hate The Mechanics In My Area They Seem To Lie About There Mother To Get Ur Money!!!!

 

Dude...
If you are going to throw away your money...
Just give it to me!!! lol
I know Irridiums and wires can be like 150 bucks, but save yourself some money and get to know your LS1!
Just immagine if you had to swap copper plugs every 5 or so thousand miles...now that would suck bad. You can be half lazy if you decide to go irridium and have plugs that will last for some time. Beware! #8 cylinder is a major pain in the azz!

 

with my longtubes i can swap all plugs in about 30 mins

 

go to installuniversity.com they have a pictures step by step and any more info needed post here. I was also quote around 500 hundred buck a while back so I decided to change the plugs myself.

 

if a guy isn't going to replace his own belt tensioners, what makes you think he wnts to do plugs and wires. some people don't have the time or inclination to work on their cars. for some people, the time it takes to work on a car can be better invested elsewhere. $550 is still too high, though