Where do you go to get your oil changed?

Chuck33079

You can just flip the undertray back. No need to remove it all the way. If you can't even DIY an oil change, go ahead and give up on modding cars as a hobby. It's the bare minimum.

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Joker_J

I got the car because I love driving it. With the parts I bought, I would rather spend a little more money and have it installed professionally than myself. Because if I do it and mess something up, its gonna cost double maybe triple the amount. I'm also just doing slight mods, nothing too serious lol

Chuck33079

The right thing to do would be to find someone local on here to help you install everything. That way it gets done right and you start learning how to work on cars. If you go post in your regional subforum I'm sure there's someone local to you who will gladly help for pizza and beer, maybe a little cash.

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Joker_J

sounds like a plan!

kenchan

u know, dats absolutely fine. there are professional drivers that dont do oil changes on their own cars... more like they've never even tried it.

just because i own a house dont mean im going to go up on the roof and diy my shingles..

JARblue

My buddy did that once (he's very handy). Pocketed like $7K for his efforts out of the insurance check for hail damage. And afterward, he vowed never to do that $hit himself again lol

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kenchan

yah, the pro's make it look too easy!

YzGyz

I have done that 3x now. my family saved a butt load of $$ doing it ourselves. it's not that bad as long as it's not hot as sin or wet and cold.

Diy is not for everyone. Some like to pay for "piece of mind" knowing that someone else "more capable" than they are did a good job. However, I don't trust anyowashing my car (especially HS kids with jewelry all over) because of scratches. Most mechanics get paid by the job, not hour so they cut corners or use "tricks" when they can.

I Diy because, I have the time, I like to know exactly x works or was done, I trust myself, I'm cheap and it saves me $$, because I'm a bad azz that's capable of doing it. There are other reasons but these will do for now.

YzGyz

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JARblue

Drive car up on ramps. Remove 4 undertray bolts. Drain oil into container by unscrewing the oil fill cap and removing the oil pan drain plug and oil filter. Screw in new oil filter and drain plug with new $0.50 copper crush washer. Fill with 5 qts and check level.

OP, also remember that your inexperience working on cars with proper tools, AK's DIY on this forum, your love of your car is a much better option than letting some minimum wage careless idiot work on it. They're as likely to screw something up. I never was a car guy before the Z. Now I do almost all my own maintenance and installs and have even helped out other local Z owners. I dropped the transmission in my garage with the help of a buddy and some of his tools (replaced my OEM CSC with Z1's kit). The Z is my DD, so I can't really afford to have downtime on someone else's schedule. Doing the work myself has saved me thousands of dollars in labor, no question.

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