I just spoke to a local tuner about installing H&R springs, and he quoted me 4 hrs of labor + cost of springs (approx $600 total). Does this seem right? This includes alignment.

 

Yes. It's not an amazing deal but, its average.

 

Ouch. I'm quite practiced at swapping out lowering springs on the MINI, and it takes me about 2 hours including beer and horsing around. That said, it takes me another solid 2 hours to do my manual trigonometry-style alignment, so 4 hours total labor is probably fair.

 

Ouch is right! Flat rate is likely 1 hr per corner. So if his shop rate is $100 an hour he is essentially spot on. My only issue is that people that are familiar with the cars can do them properly in less than one hour. So I am a-ok with 2 hours labor, plus an alignment at $80 plus springs for $230 = $500 ish.

Maybe see if you can work a better deal. But I can say the results are worth it!

Good luck!