Hi, I’m looking for shops that allow you to bring your own parts. Or is that not a thing anymore?

  • eethi@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    In case this is helpful for anyone: If you’re willing to do some of the work yourself a place like Bike Sauce or Bike Pirates would work (non profit and run by volunteers). They won’t just straight up do it for you, but they’ll walk you through it/assist.

    Edit: it’s been helpfully pointed out you meant car mechanic. But I’ll leave this up partially because it’s funny, and partially in case it’s ever of use to anyone anyway.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    Canadian tire will allow external parts. But, I would not do this because non OEM parts quality has degraded to the point there is a 1/3-1/4 chance the new parts won’t work. The situation has gotten so bad shops are losing money replacing he same part 3X with labor.

  • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I think that most of them do? I recall asking a branch of Active Green a year ago and they said they can do it, but they can’t give their usual garage warranty with it (which is fair).

    After that, I called around to find an acceptable hourly rate (but how much time something takes is also dependent on the shop and staff).

  • darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    I used to regularly order my own parts when it was cheaper to get it from rockauto. I would ship it straight to the garage. Are there really garages that stop you from doing that?

    • tempest@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      The ones that make markup on parts as a profit point in a spreadsheet for sure don’t want to lose that money.