[wjones14]

YouTube is your friend. Many DIY tasks turn out to be quite simple after you watch a how-to on YouTube.

I watched a video on YouTube of a guy doing a complete brake job on a Mustang just like mine - brake and rotor replacement on all 4 wheels. It was sort of an advertisement for high performance Hawk brake pads actually, done by a reseller that sells them. Watching that, I learned that I had all the tools I needed already, except for the caliper tool to compress the rear brake pistons. So I bought the tool for $40, bought OEM rotors and Hawk brake pads, and did the job myself. I brought an iPad in the garage and watched the video while I did it.

I saved myself a few hundred dollars, used only high quality parts, and got a nice feeling of accomplishment out of it.

Basically just search YouTube for whatever you need to do - a friend of mine had a headlight burn out in his Honda Civic. I popped his hood and looked in there, and honestly couldn't tell how to get at the thing. We went to YouTube, and sure enough, there were multiple videos showing exactly how to do it.