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Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon
Maybe that 8.9 hours the dealer wants is not so bad!  Glad it worked out. |
Honestly Greg with an extra set of hands the install will take much less. I spent a total of around 4 hours doing the front including the time it took to compress and decompress both sets of springs and the time it took to raise/lower the car. The rear is only a two hour job as long as you have someone to lend a hand for 15 min to align the holes in the lower control arm to the lower spindle/knuckle of the brake disc. So total time is about 6 hours with only hand tools and no lift. If I had a lift and air tools like most shops, this is honestly a 4-5 hr job at the very most. I bet the second time around I can probably do it in 4 hrs with my hand tools and no lift. SO my opinion is that it is a bit time consuming, but all in all I enjoy working on cars and learn things about them in the process. Time well spent imho and you also can pocket that 8.9 hrs of labor the shops charge (around $95-100 per hr here in Seattle plus tax)!
