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Suspension Is this a fair price for install

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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 03:10 PM
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Is this a fair price for install

$790.00

Gets me my coilovers, fixed camber plates, control arm bushings, front sway bar bushings, lower motor mount and rear sway bar installed.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 03:54 PM
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For reference i charge
300 for coils installed, Fixed camber plates would be part of that.
Control arm bushings are 350 plus parts i would not bother to charge for the sway bar bushings cause its appart anyway. same with the lower motor mount
and rear sway bar is 100
so
yeah id say youve done well.
However i would push to get you to change your power steering lines as they commonly leak and its in that area.
that would be parts plus 25
and check your pan gasket and crank trigger O ring to ensure you had no oil leaks.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 03:59 PM
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Try to get a rundown of the hours. I got a quote last week to do springs and fixed plates. They wanted to charge me twice for labor of taking the front suspension off. I asked then if they planned on installing the springs reassemble it make sure it worked then take everyrhing back apart to put my camber plates in. They told me no and I asked them why they wanted to charge me for the labor to do it.

There are some shady shops but get a rundown of what the labor charges are for and check and see if it adds up. Also look up helix's website they have a rundown of prices for most of what your getting done. I beleive they charge like 295to just do coil overs and another 300for control arm bushings and 85 for the sway bar. They are about that dont quote me on it though going off of memory
 
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ColinGreene
For reference i charge
300 for coils installed, Fixed camber plates would be part of that.
Control arm bushings are 350 plus parts i would not bother to charge for the sway bar bushings cause its appart anyway. same with the lower motor mount
and rear sway bar is 100
so
yeah id say youve done well.
However i would push to get you to change your power steering lines as they commonly leak and its in that area.
that would be parts plus 25
and check your pan gasket and crank trigger O ring to ensure you had no oil leaks.
Hey Colin!

Do you have a shop near south texas? i need someone to do my supercharger pulley...
 
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 07:47 PM
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Afraid I dont, But if i was in your area id do your pulley. I did one just last week actually.
and a pan gasket yesterday :(
 
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