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Hey guys,

can someone please advise me of a decent place in Sydney to go to get my first service done on my R33?...

Need the works done full service and a possible change of timing belt! I have no I dea where to go. I was thinking of taking it to that ADVAN place in silverwater that have a store in NZ as well they seem to know what they are talking about.

Is that a good plave or is there somewhere else you think i should be taking it to?.

Thanks.

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Hey dude I just had a service and timing belt change on my 33 at advan the service was great and it was the cheapest out of the major import mechanics I tried. They did an overall check on the car and they seem very reliable.

I rang a performance mechanic in tuggerah on the central coast who does mechanical services and enhancements on modified cars but I didnt end up getting a quote.

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I found it.

I was charged $639 including GST.

$108-CAM BELT

$3.75-FREIGHT

$45.45-REPLACED OIL/CLEANED AIR FILTER/CHECKED SPARK PLUGS/CHECKED FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS/CHECKED COOLANT/CHANGED CAM BELT

$12-OIL FILTER

$10.95-1 LITRE ANTI FREEZE

$10.50-WORKSHOP SUPPLIES

$390-LABOUR

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A friend of mine just got his stock R33 GTS-T serviced by a company listed above.

$170 odd for an overall check, new oil filter + oil and i think that was about it.

If you want my advice do the following at home

Oil Filter

Oil

Fuel Filter

Clean AirPod.

It will cost you about $70-80 for parts and about 2hrs of your time. And probably save you around $150-200 in labour.

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hi,

a good work shop charge around $60 in pure labour alone.

so $390=6.5hr. and again this is an overall charge which includes the spark plugs checking and changing the belts.

fair price i guess.

im no mechanic but i do a lot of work on many cars.

these are things i would do to save money as BENM said:

eng oil

oil filter

fuel filter

coolant

air cleaner

spark plugs

transmission fluids

brake fluids (more complicated)

brake pads

etc.

and if we have trouble of doing any of the simple works we can always jump on the forum and ask others for advice.

hope this is of any help

ron

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