New S2K owner! Questions
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Just kind of curious, and not trying to be an asshole... Why do people pay other people to change out fluids? It's honestly very easy and only requires basic tools. I'm a very lazy person and can definitely afford to have someone else do it, but I just don't trust people to do it as well as I would. I understand this is your friend so it's a different situation, but otherwise I prefer to do it myself and know that not a single drop was spilled and everything was kept clean and torqued/filled to spec 
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I changed the brake, manual trans, and diff fluid. I have a buddy that works at a local Honda dealership. He usually hooks me up with a good deal. I bought all the fluids myself, it was about $30, and my bud charged me $30 labor to change everything out. So it came to $60 total. I'm not sure how much that would all cost at a dealership normally. However, DO NOT let Honda change out the differential fluid with their factory Honda stuff, it's not meant for the S2000 and will damage the differential.
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Just kind of curious, and not trying to be an asshole... Why do people pay other people to change out fluids? It's honestly very easy and only requires basic tools. I'm a very lazy person and can definitely afford to have someone else do it, but I just don't trust people to do it as well as I would. I understand this is your friend so it's a different situation, but otherwise I prefer to do it myself and know that not a single drop was spilled and everything was kept clean and torqued/filled to spec
Originally Posted by Vboy127' timestamp='1316788045' post='20998929
I changed the brake, manual trans, and diff fluid. I have a buddy that works at a local Honda dealership. He usually hooks me up with a good deal. I bought all the fluids myself, it was about $30, and my bud charged me $30 labor to change everything out. So it came to $60 total. I'm not sure how much that would all cost at a dealership normally. However, DO NOT let Honda change out the differential fluid with their factory Honda stuff, it's not meant for the S2000 and will damage the differential.
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Originally Posted by Jorsher' timestamp='1316796585' post='20999421
Just kind of curious, and not trying to be an asshole... Why do people pay other people to change out fluids? It's honestly very easy and only requires basic tools. I'm a very lazy person and can definitely afford to have someone else do it, but I just don't trust people to do it as well as I would. I understand this is your friend so it's a different situation, but otherwise I prefer to do it myself and know that not a single drop was spilled and everything was kept clean and torqued/filled to spec
Originally Posted by Vboy127' timestamp='1316788045' post='20998929
I changed the brake, manual trans, and diff fluid. I have a buddy that works at a local Honda dealership. He usually hooks me up with a good deal. I bought all the fluids myself, it was about $30, and my bud charged me $30 labor to change everything out. So it came to $60 total. I'm not sure how much that would all cost at a dealership normally. However, DO NOT let Honda change out the differential fluid with their factory Honda stuff, it's not meant for the S2000 and will damage the differential.
You may want to look into LE 1605 diff fluid. Supposed to be the best. You can buy it from ricks2k.com and hardtopguy.com
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