Reasonable Price for Spring Installation? - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

No Limit Motorsport · 01-22-2013, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeBoxer

Evasive only charges like 120 according to one of their threads I couldn't believe it. I would say under 300 with alignment is a good price.

They replied to me. They said they charge $120 if customer purchases the springs from them. Crazy.

sf86 · 01-22-2013, 03:57 PM

My car is in the shop for coilover installation right now and the guy there asked for $185 and one free height adjust if i dont like it. No alignment tho. He told me to wait a week or two to see how the car ride before alignment.

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Skurj · 01-22-2013, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sf86

My car is in the shop for coilover installation right now and the guy there asked for $185 and one free height adjust if i dont like it. No alignment tho. He told me to wait a week or two to see how the car ride before alignment.

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Coil over install is much quicker than springs install.

sf86 · 01-22-2013, 04:54 PM

How long does it take to install coilovers? I shopped around and they all told me its an all day job and some place even asked me to leave the car over night. FRS is the only car I have so cant leave it overnight but wondering if 6 hours is enough time to install coilover since i dont want them to rush and mess up my car.

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Dave-ROR · 01-22-2013, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sf86

How long does it take to install coilovers? I shopped around and they all told me its an all day job and some place even asked me to leave the car over night. FRS is the only car I have so cant leave it overnight but wondering if 6 hours is enough time to install coilover since i dont want them to rush and mess up my car.

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5 minutes to lift it. 5 minutes to lazily remove wheels, 30 minutes for the fronts, 40 minutes for the rears, adjust height (can vary), 5 minutes to reinstall wheels.

You can do this yourself in a few hours with basic hand tools and a torque wrench.

fistpoint · 01-22-2013, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by post_break

I live in Houston and my $300 spring install was done around Katy.

I live in the NE part of Houston...I know I didn't call that far out, perhaps I should have. Could you PM the name of the shop you used? I might put another set of struts before I replace the RSX.

OrbitalEllipses · 01-22-2013, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

5 minutes to lift it. 5 minutes to lazily remove wheels, 30 minutes for the fronts, 40 minutes for the rears, adjust height (can vary), 5 minutes to reinstall wheels.

You can do this yourself in a few hours with basic hand tools and a torque wrench.

Aren't a lot of suspension bolts torqued to over 100lb-ft? I've been able to get away with owning a 10-100lb-ft wrench for years, but only because I never did major suspension stuff.

Dave-ROR · 01-22-2013, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Aren't a lot of suspension bolts torqued to over 100lb-ft? I've been able to get away with owning a 10-100lb-ft wrench for years, but only because I never did major suspension stuff.

Four of them are in this car. Both of the lower bolts on the front struts on each side. I have a bunch of torque wrenches but my primary one for suspension/general car stuff is a 30-250ft-lbs snap-on.

Miniata · 01-22-2013, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Skurj

Coil over install is much quicker than springs install.

That all depends on whether or not the coilovers come with their own tophats, or reuse the stock top strut mounts. If the former, yes it is quicker, if the latter, it will be about the same. Of course there is the extra time involved in getting coilovers set to the desired ride height (and cornerweighted if you want), that will apply to any coilovers.

post_break · 01-22-2013, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by fistpoint

I live in the NE part of Houston...I know I didn't call that far out, perhaps I should have. Could you PM the name of the shop you used? I might put another set of struts before I replace the RSX.

It's been 2 years, I can't remember the name of the shop, it was just a single guy in a garage but he had a hell of a garage. He didn't even have a website and I got referred to him by Ford Racing at Tommie Vaughn.

fistpoint · 01-22-2013, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by post_break

It's been 2 years, I can't remember the name of the shop, it was just a single guy in a garage but he had a hell of a garage. He didn't even have a website and I got referred to him by Ford Racing at Tommie Vaughn.

Lol, well that explains it. I used to know a mechanic like that but he moved to Florida. When you shop at the big shops, they bend you over.

b2autodesigns · 01-23-2013, 03:00 AM

I have lowered tons of cars over the years. I would do this job for $150.00 all day. Crazy to see people saying $750.00 for labor. Sounds like they didn't want to do it and just qouted you a high number.

*KID* · 02-14-2013, 12:44 PM

Dam I charge wayyy too cheap then.... lol

I charge 150 on the side jobs

DNAPoPo · 02-14-2013, 04:40 PM

Look at the Evasive thread, they only charge forum members $120

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01-22-2013, 03:57 PM	#30
sf86 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Red Scion FRS AT Location: North-CAL Posts: 132 Thanks: 61 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	My car is in the shop for coilover installation right now and the guy there asked for $185 and one free height adjust if i dont like it. No alignment tho. He told me to wait a week or two to see how the car ride before alignment. Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2

01-22-2013, 04:54 PM	#32
sf86 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Red Scion FRS AT Location: North-CAL Posts: 132 Thanks: 61 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	How long does it take to install coilovers? I shopped around and they all told me its an all day job and some place even asked me to leave the car over night. FRS is the only car I have so cant leave it overnight but wondering if 6 hours is enough time to install coilover since i dont want them to rush and mess up my car. Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2

01-23-2013, 03:00 AM	#40
b2autodesigns Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 1991 Galant VR4 Location: Tampa Florida Posts: 8,832 Thanks: 67 Thanked 71 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s)	I have lowered tons of cars over the years. I would do this job for $150.00 all day. Crazy to see people saying $750.00 for labor. Sounds like they didn't want to do it and just qouted you a high number.

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DNAPoPo GreddyBRZ meets GreddyFRS Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: SSM Limited BRZ Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 375 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 485 Times in 231 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s)	Look at the Evasive thread, they only charge forum members $120

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