Anyone suggest a place in NoVa that'll service with an R12 equiv? Freeze-12 seems belly up, Arctic Air lists itself as an R12 replacement but I'm not sure if shops will carry it. More or less just need a shop to do a flush for the presumably R12 still in the system and replace with the new. Dealership wants least $500 for a flush and it doesn't seem like they carry anything other than R134 anyways.

 

At this point you're going to have a hard time finding someone who still has the refrigerant on hand, and if they do, they'll probably charge more money for it since it's discontinued. I'd suggest converting to R-134A after having the system flushed out and replacing the TXV. There's no reason to service the system unless you had a leak, and if you had a leak make sure you repair it and hold a vacuum before you refill it.

Regarding a shop- any competent place should be able to take care of you. One of the Craftsman Auto Care locations should be able to do it, they used to be called "Curry's Auto Service" and I've found them to operate with higher standards than most other local independent shops.

 

Checked out the one in Chantilly, great shop, nice people, they did a full inspection while it was there. They unfortunately didn't feel comfortable trying to do it though and referred me to another place. Getting bit closer to the end of the summer so might end up procrastinating on this yet another year.