2005 plugs done!!!

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Old 12-15-2010, 04:31 PM
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2005 plugs done!!!

took it to ford got em done, took 3 hours none broke, makes me happy, 500 bucks later 60k miles on these, he said they were some of the easiest ones that he has done

 
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Old 12-15-2010, 04:43 PM
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Gettin ready to have mine changed. Hope mine come out as easy as yours did!
 
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Old 12-15-2010, 06:25 PM
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$500.00 to change out spark plugs? Yikes! Modern Technology is not all that its cracked up to be!
 
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Old 12-15-2010, 06:31 PM
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LOL i was happy with that price $240 for ford plugs and 260 in labor, plus all the ford hats and stuff i bought while i was waiting was a little extra LOL
 
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Old 12-15-2010, 07:44 PM
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What mileage did you change them at?
 
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Good deal!

Originally Posted by risupercrewman
What mileage did you change them at?
Originally Posted by darkstar_420
... 60k miles on these...
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Old 12-15-2010, 10:05 PM
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wow.. 30 bucks a piece you paid for them plugs.
 
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Old 12-15-2010, 10:58 PM
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they dont call it the stealership for nothing LOL
 
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Old 12-16-2010, 05:47 AM
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The plugs are $6.95 at rockauto.com. The dealer here charges $260 parts AND labor for a 3v plug change! This includes 1 or 2 free extractions.
 
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Old 12-16-2010, 05:55 AM
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The plugs are $6.95 at rockauto.com. The dealer here charges $260 parts AND labor for a 3v plug change! This includes 1 or 2 free extractions.
Most dealers are capitalizing on this Ford problem by additionally bending over the customer, who is the reason why they are in business to begin with!
Humans suck!.........
 
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Old 12-16-2010, 08:29 AM
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i've been debating about changing mine. i dont know if the PO ever changed them and the truck has 173k miles on the clock
 
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Old 12-16-2010, 08:52 AM
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yours will be easy to change you dont have 2 piece plugs
 
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Old 12-16-2010, 09:12 AM
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They raped you on the plugs! My dealer charged me $10 per plug, $80. Could that have included boots?
 
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Old 12-16-2010, 01:33 PM
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i have no idea i didnt look at the bill, but i dont think they raped me that bad because the autolites at another local store were 18 bucks so i thought might as well spend the extra couple bucks and get the motorcraft ones, ill check the bill after work
 
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Old 12-16-2010, 03:33 PM
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I know my local dealer is like that. They wanted $15 for the regular 2v plugs for my truck rock auto sells them for under $4. $30 is outrages. Labor seems a bit steep as well but as long as your happy with the results guess that all that maters.
 

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