I did it all by myself. PROJECT #2

[Damummis]

I needed to get the rear seat belt replaced in my Honda. Not the middle lap belt either. I laughed when I called the dealer and asked for a quote.

So DH had gotten a parts car the other day and was working on striping it when it hit me. I can do this. So I did. I took out the seat belt out of the parts car and put it in my car. I have the bruised knuckles to prove it. It was tricky to get the trim off and the seat out but I did it. Only had to ask DH for a socket extension I couldn't find. YAY!!! New seat belt. All for the low low cost of NOTHING except some scrapes.

 

[2dream]

And because you did it yourself even the scrapes don't hurt. Anytime I do something for the first time all by myself those scrapes just make me smile.

 

[Wifezilla]

You are the awesome

 

[Woodland Woman]

That is great! I have gone to the junk yard for parts for vehicles. It is a lot cheaper and usually not too hard to do. Since you usually have to take the part off the salvaged vehicle, you learn how to do it.

 

[FarmerChick]

good job-----but so curious

what was the quoted estimate price?

 

[kcsunshine]

You probably don't want to know - maybe your firstborn.

 

[TanksHill]

Congrats on your accomplishment. The dealers so overcharge for everything. I had a mouse chew a hose. My car would not pass smog. Honda gave me a 295.00 estimate. Dh found the part for 3.50 cents and replaced it himself.

Where there is a will there is a way!!!

Great job!

 

[FarmerChick]

OMG Gina
no way....that is just insanity

 

[Emerald]

Way to go!
I too get all miffed about how much they charge to do things when the parts are only about 1/10th the cost!
Lucky for me a girlfriend from back in High School married a fella with a pull your own junk yard! They have let me get stuff for my car at 1/2 the going rate- we had a Kia Sportage and the glass head light part got cracked and was holding water-new from Kia over $200! just for the part!
15 minutes and a bit of blue language later and I (well mostly hubby and his muscles)ended up with a new one for $20. I think the oddest thing I ever hunted for out there was new knobs for a friends stove--sure they let me look thru the stuff, but the laughing was heard all the way thru the junk!
I was lucky to grow up with family that would try to fix first and then go to a repair shop if all else fails--I just figure that-It is broken already, what more harm can I do?

 

[Damummis]

good job-----but so curious

what was the quoted estimate price?

In the $400 range. The part was $175 and labor was $65/hr with a 3 hour estimate.

It took me about 1.5 hours and I am a girl with out the tools a shop would have.