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I was quoted $199 for a service from James @ Tokyo Motorsports (a.k.a. Autoworkshop) using Motul full synth oil and quality filters. I don't see that as getting sodomised going on price and quality of service items. If you have additional work done e.g. tranny & diff oil change or coolant flush then it's going to cost more, much like it does at a dealership. My V8 Calais standard services cost is around $250 from Holden. Start adding other service items like previously mentioned and the bill goes up pretty damn quick. I've had a bill from Holden at $1200 once, that was Sodomy. I was pissed that they replaced & serviced components I didn't authorise and let the service manager know about it, In verbal AND written form. The Bill was reduced to $800 and my next service was free.

yep thats exactly how much my service started off as but as u said the more things that are needed to be done the higher the bill climbs

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Well if your front brakes pads and rotors need replacement then nothing much you can do unless you can do it yourself. That price sounds reasonable considering that's retail price. I'm in VIC, I serv

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Mind you that the $500 labour I paid for is not done by Nissan. it's done by a local brake shop. Nissan may charge me more. When I did my RWC at another mechanic who charged me about $100 to swap 2 f

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Hmmm.... i get my v35 done at the local, he does whats in the logbook and i get charged about $250 - $300 and thats a wheel alignment too. I've always taken my cars to him so he says he will look afte

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Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I guess it's better than starting a new one..

I see all the recommended workshops in this thread are in either W.A or Sydney,

any workshops you guys recommend for us Melbournians? I know there's Import Revolution but are there any others you guys take your v35's to get serviced?

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Maybe ask Scott_nm35. Dunno if he would be interested in implementing servicing as well as making parts, but I do know that he will take more care of it than just about anywhere else you could take it to be serviced.

Also, why no DIY?

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Would be nice to know there's any experienced V35 service shops on the westside of Melbourne, all seem to be on the eastside.

By the way Scotty, do you fabricate high flow cats?

I can fabricate any exhaust parts, but I don't have a jig for them so unless you have a spare set to jig off I would need the car here.

100cpsi cats aren't cheap, around $150 - $200 for a good one each. Then I need to weld some laser cut flanges on once I get them CAD copied and cut. It's a fair bit of work for two feet of pipe...

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I can fabricate any exhaust parts, but I don't have a jig for them so unless you have a spare set to jig off I would need the car here.

100cpsi cats aren't cheap, around $150 - $200 for a good one each. Then I need to weld some laser cut flanges on once I get them CAD copied and cut. It's a fair bit of work for two feet of pipe...

PM'ed you Scotty!

By the way, does anyone know of a place that tune or reflash stock ECU in Melbourne at a reasonable price... Chequered Tuning can't do the V35's yet and RevZone quoted more than $1k, WTF!? Might as well get Osiris done for that price...

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Get the Osirus tuning software, that way you can take it anywhere. Trent (Chequered Tuning) would have a crack i'm sure, or try Cihan (Etuner), he will tune anything.

Do you have Cihan's contact number?

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Mind you that the $500 labour I paid for is not done by Nissan. it's done by a local brake shop. Nissan may charge me more.

When I did my RWC at another mechanic who charged me about $100 to swap 2 front brake rotors and brake pads, on top of the rotor & pad cost which estimated around perhaps $600-ish plus. That is because he knew I worked for his old school mate so there is some mates rates applied there.

The thing is you can spend $150 for each service at your local mechanic, but what they do is probably just change the oil for you.

At Nissan you may pay premium price e.g. $300-400 but they will replace things that would not have been touched at your $150 backyard service, such as the washers in your oil drain plug, brake pedal adjustment, hand brake adjustment, top up your washer fluid, and any other small things owners are too lazy to replace themselves. Perhaps you can keep the cost down before bringing in to Nissan and replace wiper rubber, top up your washer fluid etc and tell them you've done all that, so they only do the big jobs, ie engine oil change.

Whenever my car came out of dealership service, the brake pedal, handbrake etc all felt like it was brand new, very responsive.

Whenever my car came out of a small workshop service, what they do is only oil change and I know that as I only paid for about $120 alltogether.

So I could be driving my car for 100,000km and not knowing that my brake hose may have cracks and require replacement, or that the washer in my oil drain plug is worn and I'm loosing oil slowly. That's the difference.

I know it cost a lot, and it's your money they're charging, so up to you if you think it's not worth paying a Nissan engineer to put your car on a hoist and charge you $150 labour just to look at your undercarriage to see any hoses may have deteriorate every 10,000km - then you can just do $150 engine oil change at your corner shop until the day you sell the car.

Now I don't pro Nissan dealer and I don't work for them, but there are things that the big dealership do on their service schedule that are not done by some small mechanic shop.

and then there's that resale value - not sure for imports, but my wife's old corolla had full Toyota stamp dealer service, and that helped the resale value a bit and gets buyers very interested when they see the service book. It cost her $400-500 per service every 3 months when we used commute 80+ kms a day... so yeah, that's a $2 grand a year maintenance cost.

Cars can be cheap to buy but they are not cheap to own...

You're right on the money there Rianto! :)

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Get the Osirus tuning software, that way you can take it anywhere. Trent (Chequered Tuning) would have a crack i'm sure, or try Cihan (Etuner), he will tune anything.

Excellent that you know a lot about it Scotty ;)

With the ECU Chip.

What is the best one that is available out there to have a street to race (settings stored) toggle switch inside the car to switch over when needed???

And damn, wish I had you do my exhaust instead!!!

Change those low sagging stock CATS which are the lowest part of my under carriage!

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The stock 3.5L computer is fully programmable, so no 'chips' are required.

Osirus is the package you need, but most competent tuners will have the software required to tune it properly on the dyno. Don't expect too much extra power from it, Nissan only put a little protection in the form of less timing so there isn't much in the way of gains, and you will need to run 98 from then on. I doubt it will improve your economy much either, as the 4 o2 sensors are always trying to attain stoich burn rates with either tune.

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Does that mean all the fancy tuning kits around the world (specially from US) are a waste of moolah because you can't get anymore out of them like you would with an Osirus?

Sounds like Aussiei Rus (Russia & Australia combined), ahhaha

I only run 98RON fuel always as it is anyway, so that's no change ;)

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Does that mean all the fancy tuning kits around the world (specially from US) are a waste of moolah because you can't get anymore out of them like you would with an Osirus?

Sounds like Aussiei Rus (Russia & Australia combined), ahhaha

I only run 98RON fuel always as it is anyway, so that's no change ;)

To tune the stock ecu, you need to run Osiris. If you want more to your set up then a new standalone unit would be the way to go (or a piggyback). For the capacity of this car, and what you can really do with the tune, Osiris is the best bet. Now, if you're going with a serious build, a standalone would work better.

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