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Originally Posted by L4ces
But what if a shop says they will only work on your car if they supply parts themselves...?
Has anyone run into that scenario?
Perhaps that is the only way they will offer a warranty.
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Call your shop first before you order parts. My indy shop was fine with it. They even said they can only offer a 2 year warranty from their parts supplier so could not match the FCP warranty.
Most indy shops are going to charge you labor to fix a failed part unless it has to do with a failure in their install, even if that part is under their warranty. Its mostly about if the cost of the work is worth their while considering you are bringing your own parts. As mentioned in another post, many shops make a good chunk of money on parts mark ups to keep labor costs lower.
Bottom line is it depends on your shop and the amount of work you are asking them to do. If you come in with 3k in parts and that results in 3k in labor, everyones happy.