service in san jose

[tijungli]

hi folks

i have a G35 sedan for 15000 miles service. however, infiniti dealer wannna charge me 360 for this service. I was wondering is there any good local garage that is good to go? my car is 75000 miles already..

[telcoman]

hi folks

i have a G35 sedan for 15000 miles service. however, infiniti dealer wannna charge me 360 for this service. I was wondering is there any good local garage that is good to go? my car is 75000 miles already..

tijungli

Welcome to NICO

INMHO you are better off doing it yourself.

Buy an air filter, oil filter, cabin filter from the Infiniti Parts deptment and 5 qts of 5w-30 oil on sale.

Acquire a set of ramps, jack stands, 1/2" & 1/4 " drive socket set, plastic drain pan a couple of funnels, a 1/2 drive 21mm deep socket, torque wrench for rotating tires.This should not run over $300. I use craftsmen tools from sears that you can always find on sale. You will save yourself thousands of $$$ in the long run.I still have my first set of tools from sears in the metal tool box that I purchased over 40 years ago.





Changing the Air & cabin filters are easy and you can search on this site for specific writeups on how to do it. After I cleaned out the dirty housing for the air filterin the above photo, I discovered that you only need to remove the electrical connector for the MAF and the 10 mm bolt. Pull up the entire housing, Unsnap the 4 clips holding the air filter box closed, pull out the old air filter & insert the new one. Shouldn't take more than 10 min the first time & 5 min thereafter. Don't forget to reinsert the electrical connector prior to starting you vehicle or you will get a check engine light.

Telcoman
Modified by telcoman at 1:26 PM 7/22/2008

[Sentientbydesign]

I agree about doing MOST of it yourself.

If you feel comfortable working on cars, do it all. If you are only a semi-DIYer. Do the air filters, oil, and tires.

Leave the spark plugs to the pros.

You could do the transmission, differential, and radiator fluid too on your own.