Is $460 too much for 1 oem coil pack & spark plugs from mechanic?

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ya by about 78 degrees!

I was just complaining about having to turn on the AC in my house, too.

[spatcha88]

yeah unfortunately dealer wont cover this.. But do you guys think I should be seeing a noticeable difference by changing sparks at 41k miles??

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by spatcha88

yeah unfortunately dealer wont cover this.. But do you guys think I should be seeing a noticeable difference by changing sparks at 41k miles??

You'll see a noticeable difference by having a working coilpack; the spark plugs themselves may be just fine. What error code were you getting?

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Pretty sure spark plugs are not a warranty item.
Ya the coil should be covered though.

I have a friend who has gotten the spark plugs covered after a few coil pack failures.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sportsguy83

I have a friend who has gotten the spark plugs covered after a few coil pack failures.

Cool! Maybe the pack failure made the difference. Never once have I had plugs covered by warranty. Mind you we don't have to change pugs (or caps, or points, or all the other crap we had to do during a tune up) every few K miles anymore like we used too anyway.

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Cool! Maybe the pack failure made the difference. Never once have I had plugs covered by warranty. Mind you we don't have to change pugs (or caps, or points, or all the other crap we had to do during a tune up) every few K miles anymore like we used too anyway.

I agree with you it's probably not normal for the plugs to be covered.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sportsguy83

I agree with you it's probably not normal for the plugs to be covered.

Just wanted to make sure all the noobs that read this thread don't go running to their dealer for their "free" plug change and then rant about how they got screwed when they wouldn't do it!
You know how it goes.

[Muaddib]

Ya the coil is about $100 each retail. I just checked with our catalog.

[zkv476]

Coil pack is $100, spark plugs cost roughly $80 last I checked. Coil packs need to come out to change spark plugs so there shouldn't be any real labor associated with that. That comes down to $280 worth of labor to change the plugs. That's on the high side so you may want to shop around and ask specifically about cost to change plugs for your car. My alignment shop does WRX/STI plugs for $165, and that includes the cost of plugs. Would it be a little more for the BRZ/FRS? Maybe, but I couldn't tell you specifically. I've done both, the BRZ isn't much harder.

[Itzed]

Is he planning on doing the job by lifting the engine? That might be the cost of the extra labor.

[GotBRZ1691]

Subaru spark plugs are a PIA to get to, sometimes the motor needs to be lifted, or you end up taking a lot of things out of the engine bay to have enough room to move your tools around.

I'll try and find the picture from when I did the plugs on my 07 impreza but basically the entire air intake system came out, the battery and tray came out, almost had to remove the windshield wiper fluid bottle. By the time I was able to get to the plugs an hour had already gone by.
@Itzed could be spot on with the labor charge. Either lifting the motor or removing items to get room to work