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awesome to see everyone providing good updates, and good on you for asking the question in the first place.

changing coils is a good idea no matter if they are the only issue, so buy some from just jap or similar, and follow a DIY guide on here to change them. It will probably take an hour or 2 to do carefully if you've never done anything like this before. And if you're not confident just ask someone to come and give you a hand.

BTW pretty poor form from the shop but to be fair their expertise is oil changes on commodores and camrys.....

To be fair to the workshop, all they would have done is ring their local Nissan spare parts and get a quote, then add on their standard hourly rate, God knows what Nissan would wand for a coil pack. I just got a quote from them for a couple of front steering rack boot kits. Cheeky kents wanted $162 for two. Amayam had them for $30 each plus $7 postage.

Locally.... I wouldnt take my car to Kmart tyre and auto for even a tyre change. Finding a good mechanic you can trust is hard (especially in smaller citys) so sometimes its best just to learn yourself

With the standard inlet manifold on its a bit more of a pain, but its still only a few hose clamps and a few bolts harder. Get a cheap tool kit from supercheap (think I got a 79 piece kit in a hard case for less than $100 to keep at home) and it has all I need. Start with little jobs. Once youve played in the engine bay a bit youll get really good at it

Just dont rush. Take your time and its less likely you will make mistakes

Far out, I must say you're all champions! I'm glad to have learnt from this mistake, and thanks again to everyone who has replied!

If you ask nicely I'm sure someone will be able to give you a hand as others have already offered. What area are you from?

some places are an absolute joke,especially if your old and female and drive an old 33.but the tables turn when you know more about your Rb 25 set than they do ha ha I just love it when there jaw hits the ground classic. :-)

LOL, bastard

beer economy works well on SAU :)

I've done all sorts of car related stuff for beer, even traded car parts for beer lol

Damn straight! The extra mechanical work we do is for beer currency :D

They're probably quoting based on Nissan parts bought from a local Nissan dealer.

I wouldnt go buying any coilpacks until you have confirmation from someone who knows. that;

- there really is a coilpack problem

- that the issue cant be addressed by a clean up and new set of plugs (there are some DIYs and a good video on here - so search for those)

EDIT; Doh - what jiffo said

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yeah ktas would be quoting the same way they quote the job on a corolla, call up for genuine parts price, the retail would be a few hundred a coil, so prob like 13-1400 in parts and an hour or so labour,

yet you would be insane to buy genuine parts at nissan australia retail prices.

Youngskylinefellow we are all here to help!

$1200 to $1500 seems to be approx 2-4 hours of labour plus the genuine parts from Nissan. My coilpacks in my 34 went 5 or 6 months ago.. I did plenty of research and it seemed the aftermarket spitfire coilpacks were the way to go at anywhere from the $550 - $650 pricepoint for a set of 6 plus my labour to fit! I was curious so I rang a friend of mine who lives down the street and works at the local Nissan dealership to see what he could do.. He quoted me $170 or thereabouts for each coilpack which came to $1020 plus my labour. I almost fell over! That obviously wasn't trade price either which is what kmart would pay but it certainly wasn't retail either. In the end I sourced a set of brand new genuine Nissan coilpacks out of japan for around $350 shipped to my door

I am sure most standard mechanics would charge this sort of price as a few guys have mentioned! Any reputable mechanic / Performance shop in your local area would go straight down the spitfire route or know where to get genuine gear at a much cheaper rate and only need an hour maybe an hour and a half tops to do the job! No where near the 2-4 it seems like kmart are quoting you for. Or they are severly marking the parts up! Heck I knocked mine out in just over an hour with a new coilpack loom and new sparkplugs aswell!

What I am trying to get to is you are better off ringing around a few reputable mechanics and asking them if you suppy the coilpacks how much to fit them? See what they recommend etc Or see if you can bring the car in and let them diagnose the problem to be 100% sure. Most reputable mechanics will know there way around a skyline so for them its a rather straight forward job. Or if you are mechanically minded you could have a go yourself. If you do a search you can find many threads telling you what you need to do. In the end you will be better for it as you learn your way around your motor.

I just went for a quick read through before I posted and I must of missed the part you said he couldn't tell you which one is playing up.. After reading that take your car as far away from them as you can! A faulty coilpack diagnosis is simple! If they are the originals you would be better off replacing all 6 anyway.. Whilst they are out you should do new spark plugs aswell !

Pete..

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