How much did you guys pay for the installation of your suspensions? - Page 2

dannn · 12-03-2006, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by imtim25

you're located in Socal as in Southern California, RIGHT?

yep

dannn · 12-03-2006, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BATANG CITY JAIL

for the spring its easy and cheaper, but fot the whole suspension, atleast 4 to 5 hrs and you also need to get you car align afterwards, and atleast $40-80 per side on the shop.

wow up to $80 per side?
thats robbery
plus thats stupid how they price it per side to make it sound cheaper
you should never just align one side.

theres some places that offer lifetime alignments for around 100 bucks. perfect if you have coilovers and are making adjustments all the time.

imtim25 · 12-03-2006, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dannn

yep

can you PM me your address? i'll just go to you.

06blaksi · 12-03-2006, 05:24 PM

I got quotes from 180 to 300

Ended up costing 11 bucks for the spring compressor rental

***darna*** · 12-04-2006, 04:14 AM

299 including spring installed. best thing, dealer installed it for me so they assured me they're not gonna void my warranty in case i blow my suspension up.

BATANG CITY JAIL · 12-04-2006, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by dannn

wow up to $80 per side?
thats robbery
plus thats stupid how they price it per side to make it sound cheaper
you should never just align one side.

theres some places that offer lifetime alignments for around 100 bucks. perfect if you have coilovers and are making adjustments all the time.

edit: i was saying about "per hour": sorry...

after hearing those numbers i told them to kiss my A**...

and i never said that you just have to align your car on one side..

Torredo · 12-04-2006, 12:45 PM

Alignment for my Honda was done at Honda
and cost like 80.00 for all 4 wheels.

and im sure theyll back it up if somethin were wrong, which
im sure its all perfectly fine/

**GeezerSi** · 12-04-2006, 01:00 PM

Alright, are you ready? I got raped by my dealer to install the HFP for $560 (Ouch!). This included any adjustments for camber and alignment.

BATANG CITY JAIL · 12-04-2006, 01:03 PM

BTW firestone is doing a free alignment for lifetime for $160.

Blackmouf2002 · 12-04-2006, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dannn

i do springs installs in my garage for 80 bucks

easy money since shops charge so much for it

usually takes me and my friend around 2 hours

Do you still do this? Do you know how to do wheel alignment? What if I helped instead of your friend?

Blackmouf2002 · 12-04-2006, 07:00 PM

Does any one have a DIY for installing springs?

**J-Ro** · 12-04-2006, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackmouf2002

Does any one have a DIY for installing springs?

step by step lowering an si 06

With that, I did it myself and saved a ton of money

Blackmouf2002 · 12-04-2006, 07:10 PM

Thank you

BATANG CITY JAIL · 12-04-2006, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackmouf2002

Do you still do this? Do you know how to do wheel alignment? What if I helped instead of your friend?

u have to do it on alignment rack. unless you know how to align by using a jack and a crowbar...

Blackmouf2002 · 12-06-2006, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BATANG CITY JAIL

u have to do it on alignment rack. unless you know how to align by using a jack and a crowbar...

Oh,

I don't know. Cars and me are kind of a new thing

stevenshizzle · 12-13-2006, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by J-Ro

step by step lowering an si 06

With that, I did it myself and saved a ton of money

How much more difficult is it to install coilovers than it is springs. I would think there's a little bit more to remove. I don't know much about suspension installs.

fa1 · 12-13-2006, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by stevenshizzle

How much more difficult is it to install coilovers than it is springs. I would think there's a little bit more to remove. I don't know much about suspension installs.

It's pretty much the same if not easier. The plus is that you will not need to remove the spring from the front struts. The bad is that you will need to remove the rear shocks. It's a pretty even tradeoff.

aznchzexr · 12-13-2006, 10:39 PM

$0 dollas

a friends garage, his tools, another buddies air compressor, rented a spring compressor put a deposit on it , got the money back when i returned the spring compressor

i couple of hamburgers and hot dogs and about 3 hrs worth of work.

we followed the DIY on here and it was a piece of cake

strykes_44 · 12-14-2006, 02:14 AM

I did it myself too. It only took me about an hour and a half too and it was my first time doing it. I dont see how you got quoted for a 4 hour job.

imtim25 · 12-14-2006, 02:43 AM

i dont know either...per tire maybe? i dont know. well i decided to use the DIY here and do it myself...maybe next week. wish me luck!

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12-03-2006, 05:24 PM	#24 (permalink)
06blaksi Senior Member Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in teh basement Age: 41 Posts: 49,431 iTrader: 23 / 100%	I got quotes from 180 to 300 Ended up costing 11 bucks for the spring compressor rental

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*darna* WooooHooooo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Disneyland Age: 34 Posts: 4,373 Christian iTrader: 7 / 100%	299 including spring installed. best thing, dealer installed it for me so they assured me they're not gonna void my warranty in case i blow my suspension up.

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Torredo Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,157 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Alignment for my Honda was done at Honda and cost like 80.00 for all 4 wheels. and im sure theyll back it up if somethin were wrong, which im sure its all perfectly fine/

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BATANG CITY JAIL Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Durham, NC..£╖╒◙o├æ Posts: 8,253 iTrader: 10 / 100%	BTW firestone is doing a free alignment for lifetime for $160.

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Blackmouf2002 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Torrance, Cali Posts: 143 FG Squad Member #77 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Thank you

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aznchzexr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Brampton, ON Age: 24 Posts: 2,728 Chester iTrader: 0 / 0%	$0 dollas a friends garage, his tools, another buddies air compressor, rented a spring compressor put a deposit on it , got the money back when i returned the spring compressor i couple of hamburgers and hot dogs and about 3 hrs worth of work. we followed the DIY on here and it was a piece of cake

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strykes_44 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 19 Ty iTrader: 0 / 0%	I did it myself too. It only took me about an hour and a half too and it was my first time doing it. I dont see how you got quoted for a 4 hour job.

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imtim25 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,282 iTrader: 0 / 0%	i dont know either...per tire maybe? i dont know. well i decided to use the DIY here and do it myself...maybe next week. wish me luck!