Eibach springs
April-11th-2003, 12:57 PM
#16
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Originally posted by Scarmiglio
I strongly disagree. 5 - 6 hours of time is far more valuable than the $150 it cost me to get my springs installed and car aligned. Besides, when you get it done professionally, you can be relatively sure that it got done right. A professional can install your springs and do the complete alignment in less than 2 hours. Anyone quoting you $500+ has obviously never installed springs on a Protege or is trying to rip you off hard!
I strongly disagree. 5 - 6 hours of time is far more valuable than the $150 it cost me to get my springs installed and car aligned. Besides, when you get it done professionally, you can be relatively sure that it got done right. A professional can install your springs and do the complete alignment in less than 2 hours. Anyone quoting you $500+ has obviously never installed springs on a Protege or is trying to rip you off hard!
I stronly agree with your statement that if you dont know
what you're doing, its less risk to have a shop do it for you.
im my mind 5-6 hours work on my car is considered 'fun' and
not a burden. also i know first hand that the job was done
right cause I did it and confirmed all work.
if you dontknow anything about working on your car then yah, have
the shop do it and hope that they didnt secretly strip a nut
or bolt of forgot to tighten a bolt, or replace the brake bracket or
loose a mounting clip or made any scratches inside the fender
area when they pulled out the strut, etc, etc, etc. you will
never know. hahaha. :lol
edit: and when it comes time to replace the struts, i dont have
to pay another $150 like you to get it done hopefully right.
next time i can do it under 3hours taking my time.
Last edited by kenchan; April-11th-2003 at 01:05 PM.
April-15th-2003, 06:21 PM
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man, sorry it took so long for me to keep you guys update... well, to be truthfully, i have no experience with springs at all.... i mean absouletly nothing, no experience.... but hey i did it. the tough part is to take off the bolt off of the sway bar link... even wd-40 doesn't helps at all, i had to hold the bolt in the position with a socket and hammer it to loose it up, then everything went smooth. even for a newbie like myself with no experience, it took me two days... i gotta say, i'm impressed that i'm able to pull this off.... and of course, i got 4 wheels alignment and everything is perfect now. thanks guys for all the feedbacks and help.... i can enjoy my lowin' ride now
April-16th-2003, 10:29 AM
#22
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oh yah, hope you trimmed your bump stops about an
inch... not sure if anyone mentioned this to you....
otherwise you may end up riding on them quite a bit.
nothing to really worry about unless you autox or do
any kind of sprited driving, i guess.
inch... not sure if anyone mentioned this to you....
otherwise you may end up riding on them quite a bit.
nothing to really worry about unless you autox or do
any kind of sprited driving, i guess.
April-16th-2003, 03:28 PM
#23
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Location: Orange County, CA
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Originally posted by kenchan
I stronly agree with your statement that if you dont know
what you're doing, its less risk to have a shop do it for you.
im my mind 5-6 hours work on my car is considered 'fun' and
not a burden. also i know first hand that the job was done
right cause I did it and confirmed all work. if you dont
know anything about working on your car then yah, have
the shop do it and hope that they didnt secretly strip a nut
or bolt of forgot to tighten a bolt, or replace the brake bracket or
loose a mounting clip or made any scratches inside the fender
area when they pulled out the strut, etc, etc, etc. you will
never know. hahaha. :lol
edit: and when it comes time to replace the struts, i dont have
to pay another $150 like you to get it done hopefully right.
next time i can do it under 3hours taking my time.
I stronly agree with your statement that if you dont know
what you're doing, its less risk to have a shop do it for you.
im my mind 5-6 hours work on my car is considered 'fun' and
not a burden. also i know first hand that the job was done
right cause I did it and confirmed all work.
if you dontknow anything about working on your car then yah, have
the shop do it and hope that they didnt secretly strip a nut
or bolt of forgot to tighten a bolt, or replace the brake bracket or
loose a mounting clip or made any scratches inside the fender
area when they pulled out the strut, etc, etc, etc. you will
never know. hahaha. :lol
edit: and when it comes time to replace the struts, i dont have
to pay another $150 like you to get it done hopefully right.
next time i can do it under 3hours taking my time.
.I got my springs installed at a shop we do business with because it was easy and fast - not because I'm incapable of doing it myself. I watched the entire install to ensure that none of the problems you listed would happen. When it comes time to install new struts, I will probably do it myself. Even if I have my shop install them, $100 is pretty cheap. The $50 for the alignment is something you have to spend anyway. Most of the time I would rather spend my Saturday afternoon actually driving
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