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Originally Posted by john boxter
the shop says they will do it for me but never had never done it on our cars before what you guys think? go a different shop or its a simple job they should be fine? they are bimmex they only work on bimmers but i guess never did this before
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Yeah I agree. I'll take on fairly simple installs like this but if it's something that will require a lift or special tools, I suck it up and bring it to a shop. I've done intakes on a few cars, DVs, boost gauges, piggybacks, braille batter swap, FMIC, SSK, OCC, CDV, BOV, etc... but have never ventured to do any exhaust stuff (especially DPs) or suspension work simply because I'm not comfortable doing it (and DPs are a massive PITA).
Since you are not confident in your own abilities, save yourself some trouble and just take it to a shop... you'll feel better about it. However, if you are a cheap bastard like I am and want to save some money... be prepared for some time spent in the garage and a little frustration, especially if you don't know what you're doing.
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Originally Posted by Darkcyd_Turbo
Holy jumpin' jahosaphat batman....3 hours to install the bov? Took me an hour the first time out and now only takes me 20 minutes to remove the OEM charge pipe and slap on my Stett. Oh and I've already broke my tmap sensor once when i was putting my car back to stock for the winter (i was pulling the tmap out of the stett pipe to put back into my oem and wait for it....all of a sudden snap. I had one half of the tmap sensor in my hand and the other still stuck in the charge pipe lol), so I bought 2 from tischer lol, one for my oem charge pipe and one for my stett so i dont break it again and have to wait for a replacement to arrive. It honestly isn't that bad...if you can change your oil you can definitely do this. If you can't change your own oil, then I'm with Terrance, be safe and just take it somewhere. Just don't let them charge you more than an hour of labor because any competent mechanic should be able to do it in that time.
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@Darkcyd: I haven't pulled my Stett CP off yet, but when I first threw it on the car I KNEW that tmap was not going to come out once I pushed it in. That's a good suggestion though... to have another tmap for the stock CP if I ever need to go back.