Any garage that specializes in shocks, brake realigning, etc is a good place to go. Be prepared to spend a few bucks though. According to my sales invoice, it took 2 1/2 hours per axle, $45 per hour. Do the math.
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if you want to smoke your tails do it right. don't use niteshades. go to a paint shop and ask them to mix a little black into some clearcoat. then spray them to the tint you want. it will nto fade or dry out and crack liek nite shades.
Any garage that specializes in shocks, brake realigning, etc is a good place to go. Be prepared to spend a few bucks though. According to my sales invoice, it took 2 1/2 hours per axle, $45 per hour. Do the math.
hey thanks! I appreciate it. Ima do it next year when i get my tax return.
if you want to smoke your tails do it right. don't use niteshades. go to a paint shop and ask them to mix a little black into some clearcoat. then spray them to the tint you want. it will nto fade or dry out and crack liek nite shades.
Any garage that specializes in shocks, brake realigning, etc is a good place to go. Be prepared to spend a few bucks though. According to my sales invoice, it took 2 1/2 hours per axle, $45 per hour. Do the math.
It took that shop 2.5 hrs a corner?! Even the worst shop could finish the whole job in under 3hrs. Realistically, you should be able to drop the car off in the morning and you'd be able to pick it up by lunchtime.
the first time i put a coil-over sleeve kit on one of my cars it took me about 2 hours for the fronts. that was with no air tools and it being my first time doing suspesion stuff myself. a shop unless they are complete idiots shouldn't take them any longer then a couple hours to do a full system. they got lifts!
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It took that shop 2.5 hrs a corner?! Even the worst shop could finish the whole job in under 3hrs. Realistically, you should be able to drop the car off in the morning and you'd be able to pick it up by lunchtime.
They did have it done in under 3 hours. My car was only in the shop for 2 1/2 hours, but since two people were working, one for the front and one for the back, I had to pay both guy's hourly rate.
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They did have it done in under 3 hours. My car was only in the shop for 2 1/2 hours, but since two people were working, one for the front and one for the back, I had to pay both guy's hourly rate.
hence why i do as much myself as possible.
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I agree, but I didn't have access to a spring compressor.
oh i hear you. i found harbor freigth to be my anwser to that. they got ones you need to wrench down for like 20 bucks
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oh i hear you. i found harbor freigth to be my anwser to that. they got ones you need to wrench down for like 20 bucks
NEUMAN
harbor freight is cheap, but their tools are correspondingly low quality. i have gotten a few things from there, and nothing seems to last long.
you can rent spring compressors from places. there are local shops all over the place, and most of them will rent out equipment and tools. i saw one in Massachusetts that rents out spring compressors for $5.45-15.30 as a daily rate. just go google automotive tool rental and your city/town.
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