Springs

[Bluffnaked]

Ok so I am all set to get some springs and lower this car (had it since Monday lol), anyway I call a few shops around and they are saying 600 bucks to install plus alignment. Can this actually cost this much, I'm looking at 800 bucks + the alignment which really pisses me off.

Anyone else paying this much, or are the shops in my area just gouging me?

[33OH]

That's a lot. It shouldn't take more than 2 hours to install at a shop.. so $400/hour labor? Ouch.

Is there any way you could do them yourself? It is extremely easy as far as DIY's go.

[Bluffnaked]

The shops I called said it takes 6 hours of labor to change 4 springs.

[coheed]

Yea dont listen to shops about how long it takes. Usually they inflate the time to make more money. Read the DIY and get some basic hand tools if you dont already have em and save a few hundred dollars.

[Billiam]

Listen, shops have every right to make money...that's why they're in business. Overhead can be a tough nut to crack month after month for service shops.

That said...finding a friend, fellow YW person or tackling as a DIY project is your least expensive route.

[Bluffnaked]

I know they need to make money, but 6 hours for springs seems a bit ridiculus. Anyway didn't notice the DIY for springs, I'll take a look at that and thanks for the heads up.

[Thirty-Nine]

It's a pretty simply spring swap as far as springs go. I've done it twice on my Yaris (once with full coilovers, once with springs/Tokico HPs). If you've got questions, feel free to ask!

I'm a former Wisconsinite, too. :-)

[severous01]

take the struts off and bring the spring/strut combo to the shop. they'll charge like 20 bux to put new springs on shox. be sure to mark where the outter facings are because sometimes the holes have to line up a certain way...spring vs strut any way. the rears are easy as cake, a few bolts, some jack stands later and it's done.

heck, even my local autozone can do springs on struts, n i think they charge 10/strut.

[hatchbackkid82]

The back one's took me about 20 minutes to do and that was for both, the front ones took a lil longer cause i didn't have a spring compressor

[3stars_n_a_sun]

down here on l.a they charge me $250 with alignment and that's for 4 hours of work heck in your area it's a lot pricey.

[ddongbap]

Well, if you aren't going to buy the tools to do it yourself, then you're going to have to pay someone that will.

[2manywheels]

Shop here.. WELL known and respected. 5 hours, springs/ Tokico's and sway bar installed on 2009 5dr HB.
I took to a seperate shop for the alignment 9 days later.
I would pay them again. VERY thorough, went through the install afterwards. They were VERY impressed with the product.. THX Again Garm!!