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Car labor with parts?
I'm thinking about buying a 2000 Mazda 626. It seems like a pretty decent car for the price (compared to the other cars in that price range), but it's missing the drivers side cornering light.
I searched an auto parts website and the price of the cornering light itself was $31.50.
Is that really all I need to buy to fix it? Or are there other parts inside that I have to buy as well?
Also, if I had the light already, about how much would it cost to get a shop to repair it for me? I would only have to pay for labor, right?
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First of, I assume you mean the "parking" light. Is the bulb out? You are female right? Well, take a guy with you, if not you might get charged more for a simple bulb change. 31.50 for it? Is the lens busted too? That price sounds really steep. I'd shop around. Of course I may have interpreted what you said here wrong. By all means speak up if I did. Generally speaking, if you bring the part with you and ask for them to put it on then all you are going to charged is the labor. If the shop tries and charges you for parts, tell them to kiss your rear and go find someone else, but still take a male friend along or even your dad. I know it's discriminative but it's a fact, females get charged more for repairs than men.
Ok, for that whole assembly and for new, yes that's a good price, I just wasn't sure what you were talking about. You could probably get that fixed, if all they to do is just bolt it on, for around 100-150. If they have to bend any sheet metal or do extra work like run the wire connections to it, it will be extra. You might get it done cheaper if you take it to a mechanic's shop instead of an auto body shop. A body shop will fix it to look like new, a guy at a mechanic's shop, since he is not a body man, will put it on to get it to work.
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