2014 Mitsubishi Mirage DEAlright, the long and short of this is my 2014 DE needs a clutch. They're not super easy to find or in stock many places. Is the 2015 clutch the same as the 2014? As in, can I install a 2015 model clutch into my 2014?
The '15 model year seemed to net more search results at lower costs. I've cross referenced part numbers for different brands and mitsubishi direct and as far as I can tell they're the same parts for both model years but when I search for 2014 either nothing comes up or it says it's not a compatible part depending on where I'm searching. The southeast clutch kit linked in a sticky here from Amazon for $90 is one of those. When i load up my 2014 car it says it's not a fit and amazon has no results for my car. Will it still work or do I gotta fork up about $300 elsewhere for the AMS on Rockauto or an Exedy from Ebay. Anything other than those either isn't in stock or unavailable to me. For whatever reason my local Autozone cannot get the clutch in to the store and I can't ship it to my home, Advance Auto doesn't have an option for 2014 same with the other brick and mortars around me. I'm stuck ordering online or paying the dealer premium.
Dealership wants quite a bit of money for the job and parts, I know a guy that will put the parts on for me if I buy them otherwise they'll have to go through dealer as well. I've gotten about an 8 hour quote from a few places so I'm looking at up to about $1500 even if I buy the clutch myself for labor. He'll also tow it there cheap and inspect for safety and emissions it when it's done. Stupid stickers. I'm looking at the Amazon option if it'll work, I've heard good things about southeast but I will buy the AMS option from rockauto if I have to. It'd be nice to put that $200 difference towards tires for my wife's car.
I'm not keen on doing the work myself in the winter outside when I don't have time anyways right now, I've also done what I feel is my fair share of FWD clutches and I'll be ok not doing more of them. But my daily grand caravan is giving me enough problems now that I have to address some of them. My backup mirage has been sitting because it needed some parts plus the clutch. Wasn't a big priority so it sat for about a year, but now I've got the money and the clutch job at a shop will be cheaper than what the van needs if I don't just toss it. The mirage definitely needs a clutch also, I've run out of pedal room to adjust it anymore. More than half throttle and it just revs. It was getting dangerous to drive so I parked it. I'm surprised it held up as well as it did though with what it's been through. About 100k miles of abuse but with proper maintenance should equate to about 250k of normal mixed driving I think. I'll be gentler this time around. No more teaching people how to drive a stick, I'll rent a uhual next time I move houses instead of overloading the car to the bump stops for over a dozen trips and I suppose I could cut back on the wintertime shenanigans and drive it like a responsible person especially since it'll be my only car for a bit.
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