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its simple guys just interested who does all of the work /modifications on your car.....

1 I do all of the work myself

2 I do as much as i can but end up paying someone else most of the time

3 I always prefer to pay for someone else to do it

[edit - BlakJak - Try actually MAKING it a Poll...]

only mods i did myself are things like filter, intake.
payed people to do my exhaust and pulley.

I do all the work myself, cept for stuff like tire changes cos I dont have the machine and it takes too long to do it old skool ways.

I service my own car and do lil stuff, all you can with a ratchet set and 3 screwdrivers

When i bought my springs the bolts on the car were rusted on so i forked out to pay for that, which i dont regret coz it looks a lot better on insurance.

stuff like brakes i feel dodge doing at home, but i still do coz i'm cheap.

which is prolly why my brakes sqeal something chronic

I do most of the work on my car. Unless its something like an engine change. Il try do everything else I can cuz it saves so much money, and If your a true car enthusiast you should WANT to work on your car anyways.

Im a mechanic & i have my own workshop.... so guess.

Ill be moving into my new worshop in about a mounths time & ill get a "MRT1" sign made up for the frount etc but i wont open to the public for a long while but remember MRT1
cause youll might need me one day .

i try doing most of the small stuff ,windows, sounds, minor motor work and ill start doing my own services when my mach insurance runs out.

Well i try to do as much as i can except wheels, I believe that the more you do on your own car the more you learn about cars, probably more than any course will probably teach you. I use to pay for some one to do the work but find it interesting to get amongst it

i do all the work on my car, exect spiecist things like tyres and compression tests and wheel alignments. We got a pit in our back yard, perfect for anything, just hop down under, no lying on yer back. but if ya thinking of making one, 3 cubic meters of concrete went into ours!!


but if i cant do something, i'll ask for help, better safe than sorry

I'm still learning, so if it dosent involve cracking the engine open i'll do it, but most times I still consult my mechanic.

ill give anything a go, but injection always seem to get the better of me
no prorblems with that now tho sideys all the way:)

I voted for the bottom one but it's not really true, I'm not that bad, probably middle.

I do as much of it myself as i can, although i have been lazy and got my garage to do most of it. If i got the right tools and the time i'll do it myself

i try do as much as i can

i did everything myself for my engine swap and all i knew what to do before that was changing the oil

Seeing as it is my poll i should vote-
I am doing up a SR coupe and am trying to learn as much about cars as i can in the process. I completely stripped the engine polished the ports and lightened the flywheel myself.I have just finished putting it all back together with new bearings and seals it was good i have learnt alot i spose it helps with the fact i work with ex mechanics and own 1000's of dollars worth of tools tho

im 13 and my dad and me do all the work
i do most of it though he just guides me

do everything myself(got to ).. can't afford to pay other people to do it, and the good thing is, I learns lots and lots from it... .. Just a student.. so no income....
Everything from when I got my car stock standard to today...(3 years)
I change all the shocks myself and have to mod abit to fit the front because got them from a Datsun race car.
recondition all my brakes, change pads,engine oil,gearbox oil, diff oil, flywheel,wheels, tyres, battery, motify S15 radiator to fit to my car + custom piping, gauges (and make some of it like Air fuel ratio,shift light), changing bucket seat,make rail, electric fan, and all others wiring,headlight,bonnet vent, whole exhaust system, front and rear spoiler,rear strut brace.....etc

only pay to do it when I can't do it, like lighten the flywheel,wheel alighment,disk brake machining, fitting front windscreen, welding rust holes, 5 point 1/2 cage,front strut brace.

I just do as much as I can without costing me $$. You will suprice what some of the of the stuff on my car are made of/come from.
Most if the thing is just recycle... eg: custom piping for radiator from a mate's(Shinji) motorbike exhaust pipe .. stainless steel free S15 radiator from (Toshiki), free radiator fan from RX7 A/C fan,...

yeh, getting a Owner Manual is good to!

I do as much as possible myself without having to fork out any cash but if i really get stuck on something like replacing the crank or somethin like that i'll consult one of my many mechanic mates who'll do it or teach me how so i'll end up not havin to fork out heaps of cash anyway

My boyfriend does it all most the time he fixes it most the time but some times he makes things worse hes the kind of guy who thinks he knows everything with cars he's pretty much always right with other things its 50/50 its great having a handy man around a car.

Hahaha tru that my ex used to do the exact same thing he was always tinkering with his car AND mine when he had *cough* no idea what he was doing most the time *cough* i just let him do it tho kept him happy at least!