Faraaz23

So I ordered Tanabe NF210's and Bilstein HD's for my car.

I called a shop up in Delray Beach that is owned by former dealer technicians, and they quoted me 8 hours ($90/hour) to do the job, not including alignment. Is this about right? I was under the impression its a 3-4 hour job.

4ntvings

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for s/s combo, it shouldnt take longer than 3 hours for techs knowing what they are doing. that time frame is at a shop with all tools needed.

GSteg

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Typically around 4 hours. The shop usually goes by the book, which is probably a good time line for newbies. When you work on so many suspension installs on the same car, you can do the job a lot quicker.

cpone

If you were near by I would say I would do it for half that.
But yeah 4 hours MAX.

I did all four of my Wifes car in like 2 hours.

rominl

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4 hours?! that's beyond max already, maybe for a newbie

for experienced tech, 2 hours really the max for changing springs/shocks

4ntvings

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Shop that did mine, took the following:
s/s combo: +/- 2.5 hrs
coils: +/- 1.5 hrs (we had to adjust height 2 times though)

oh ya, alignment didnt take too long either. but not configured into the above times.

GSteg

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Realize that many times a shop will quote 4 hours to give them some headroom. There will be cars with stuck bolts or other complications. When you're doing the job at home, it'll take about 4 hours from the moment you jack up the car to the moment you drop the car.

Even many experienced shops will quote for more hours than what it usually takes them.

Faraaz23

Thanks guys!! I think I'll find a different shop.

japspec

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Took my friends shop an 1 1/2hrs to put my coilovers on hit me up if you want his number. oh and this was on a 98 gs400.

jesod

I'd never done it before and I did mine in about 4 hours.

dinhertime

it took me about 1 1/2 max. shouldnt be too bad if you have all the tools.

Faraaz23

Thanks everyone!

I had it done at Miami Speed Shop. They did it in about 2 1/2 hours, charged $150+ tax.