SM16RMSM
05-09-2013, 02:34 PM
So, I tired of my engine light coming on AND not getting the gas mileage I think my MSM should technically get. I getting the P0420 code and I think the sensors have gone bad from sitting too long. I bought her with only 16,9xx miles in 2011. SO, I gone to Advance and got myself a price for the sensors. I choose Bosch since I don't believe putting cheap sh!t on my car. Well, when the total came out, I was looking at $300+ before taxes for just 2 sensors. I think that is BS for just two sensors.
With part numbers in head from Nexcat (a program we use at work), i took my search out onto the internet. I found that if I get them from Rock Auto, I am $200+ shipped to my front door. That is still out of my price range so I looked on eBay and found them much cheaper. $65 for the upstream, $88 for downstream.
This isn't bad but I still want to go lower if possible so I looking into the universal style, 15730 for upstream and 15733 for downstream. On RockAuto, upstream looks to be around $36 bucks and downstream looks to be $42. This is much cheaper and I go afford this route.
My main question is, how hard is it to splice the wires in. I will cut the butt connector off the old sensor and splice them into the universal O2 sensors using the quick connector supplied by Bosch. Has anyone done this before by any chance? It doesn't sound too hard, just time consuming. What do you guys think?
With part numbers in head from Nexcat (a program we use at work), i took my search out onto the internet. I found that if I get them from Rock Auto, I am $200+ shipped to my front door. That is still out of my price range so I looked on eBay and found them much cheaper. $65 for the upstream, $88 for downstream.
This isn't bad but I still want to go lower if possible so I looking into the universal style, 15730 for upstream and 15733 for downstream. On RockAuto, upstream looks to be around $36 bucks and downstream looks to be $42. This is much cheaper and I go afford this route.
My main question is, how hard is it to splice the wires in. I will cut the butt connector off the old sensor and splice them into the universal O2 sensors using the quick connector supplied by Bosch. Has anyone done this before by any chance? It doesn't sound too hard, just time consuming. What do you guys think?