I was looking to get my tokiko illuminas this weekend, and the local shop here was gonna charge me about 400 dollars, what is the usual cost to get shocks and struts installed?

 

sounds high...u dont have a buddy that could help u if u bought him a 12 pack and kicked hima couple bucks? at least that way you could learn how to do it for the future

 

they probly tack on spring install with that even though its the same amount of work. but yea thats normal for shops, because thats how they do things

 

Well the store near my house charges 250 (arizona). But I just had a couple of buddies help me, took 4 hours. Not really a big deal. Try to find some local peeps and save the change.... buy them lunch for payment

 

Anyone know of peepz in the dallas area?

 

Holy god thats alot. Just grab a few friends with tools and diy

 

just do it yourself, gain valuable experience.

 

seriously 400 bucks! thats alot to install suspension. i would recomend doing a search for install instructions. its really pretty basic. you have have any kind of mechanical skills at all you should be able to figure it out. even if you are doing it for your first time i dont see it taking longer than 2 or 3 hours.

good luck.

 

don't you have to compress the shocks?

 

No you dont have to compress the shocks for the install. Im not certain if you need a spring compressor for installs but I needed one to take off my stock assembly. You can rent spring compressors for free @ autozone and kragen.

 

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Thats basically all you need right there, with help from 1 friend. Its an easy DIY

 

Well I just put in some ground controls and it was easy to do it. same process it takes to put in shocks. all you need is some thing to jack up the car and some spring compressors to take out the springs like kendogg said at autozone. they charge like 43 bucks and when you bring it back they give you back your money. If you need help, there's an article on team-integra.net that might help you out a bit..

 

400 is way to much...i got mine put in for $80... part of it was because the shop made me wait a long time for the shocks/coilovers to come in...but they were gonna charge me $125 originally for the install...

i also recommend what the others say...get some frieds to help so you can learn, at the time i got mine put in, i didnt know that many people...and thats why i got mine done at the shop i bought the set from...

 

thats a lot. does it include an alignment i hope?

 

just do it urs self, its not hard at, i thought it would be at first but my friends just helped me and afterwards i realized how incredibly easy it was, basically takin off the bolts along the lca and on top of the strut tower

 

thats ridiculous, i charge kids around town 100 to install and usually good friends ill do for 40-50

on a rust free car takes bout an hour and half, with cars with rust or seized up bolts takes bout 3-4 hours at most if you dont bust anything