Drayvn Posted June 29, 2012 Posted June 29, 2012 Just wanted to see how long it takes to fit these as i wanted to check it against a quote i had to fit these and a few other things. Seemed a bit steep what they quoted me! Quote
Neilp Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Could be expensive. My old suspension was seized and bolts had to be cut etc. New bushes were needed, new bolts required. I think all in there was about 10 hours work to get the old stuff off and changed to coilovers Quote
TomS Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 I swapped out my springs, which takes longer as I had to fit new springs to the shocks, and that took me a whole Sunday on my drive. I'd expect a garage to do it in a few hours if everything came off ok. Quote
roadtrip Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Jez @ Horsham Developments fitted my coilovers and did a full alignment for £300. Most places I spoke to seemed to expect 3-4 hours on average. Driftworks who supplied mine said they should only take about 2 hours but I think that's very much a best case scenario. Quote
evilscorp Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Could be expensive. My old suspension was seized and bolts had to be cut etc. New bushes were needed, new bolts required. I think all in there was about 10 hours work to get the old stuff off and changed to coilovers Same happend to me, car was left on my drive for a week as i had to strip the hub to get sent away for new bushes if it went smoothly and having never done it before would have been about 8-10hours depending on ur luck at setting the ride height! Quote
Drayvn Posted June 30, 2012 Author Posted June 30, 2012 Muchos appreciated guys, was getting charged £400 for fitting suspension and exhaust, which seems to be in the right ballpark from what you guys said! Quote
theheff Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 I changed my springs myself. Took me about 5-6 hours. Bolts were all well behaved though, breaker bar and some wd40 did the job. Quote
ZMANALEX Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 To the trained technician, then 2 hours will be plenty for fitting coil overs providing there are no issues with the hardware. Allow another 2 hours for adjustments and fine tuning. Further time will also be required to carry out a full geometry check and adjust. Alex. Quote
Ruddles Posted July 1, 2012 Posted July 1, 2012 Bring it to my mech' friend, he did mine for a box of budweiser! Quote
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