I would make sure your mechanic is OK with doing the labour on parts you supply. While it may be cheaper, if there is any issue with the part you provided you can immediately kiss any savings good bye. It can be anything from you being given the wrong part, or there's a defect, or a warranty issue.
Let's say they get your car apart and find the part you gave them is wrong. Now the mechanic is either out the time your car in on the hoist taking up a service bay, or he makes you pay extra for it.
Part of the money they change to mark up their parts goes towards self-insuring against that sort of thing.
Don't get me wrong, I've done it before myself. However that was with a mechanic that I had been dealing with for decades.
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