Fair price for install of TRD springs?
Between school and work I'm kinda short on time to have my car down for a prolonged period of time. I work at a tire shop so I was thinking about paying one of the mechanics in cash and see what he can do. What would be a fair offer for the mechanic?
|
a few beers.. the rear is cake and can be done by yourself.. the front requires removing the front cowl area... kina a pita if you have a good 2 hours you can do it yourselft
|
Yeah, I did mine in about three hours with no previous experience, but the key is having good tools - a full sized floor jack and short jack stands is best, a couple of large 1/2"-drive socket wrenches with extensions and deep-well metric sockets, and a spring compressor for the front struts... Oh, a large-offset 17mm box wrench and a 6mm allen wrench is a MUST to get the top nut of the struts off, because they are recessed. The allen wrench holds the center shaft so it doesn't turn.
Hmm, I didn't have to remove any cowl, I assume you're talking about the plastic piece where the wipers are mounted?? There's still a metal lip under that plastic that gets in the way of removing the top strut nut. THAT was the most PITA issue I had - I had to cut down the allen wrench so the short side was only about 3/4" long, there is barely any clearance to get the top nut off the front struts with the boxwrench on the nut and the allen wrench on the shaft! :emotions122: |
well the metal lip iw what i removed made the install a breeze and only took an extra 5 min... : )
|
Quote:
|
^ what she said!
We've done 4 xD spring swaps so far, have all the tools.... just need you to come visit. |
Hmm, this is very tempting. Have to hit you guys up when I plan to do the springs.
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Dont worry Cylon xD, I had no idea either... bum bum baddum.... oh bummer.... so sad..........
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:45 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.