I'm needing some new shocks installed on my truck and the 4x4 shop wants $200 to install them. I thought that sounded high for 1.5-2 hour job. I don't want to do them myself because I don't feel like loosing my teeth with a rental spring compressor. I would pay someone here a reasonable amount or trade some hunting rights (turkey/coyotes). Anyone here do them?
what kinda truck
Front and rear. Install only. I already have the shocks.
honestly thats not too bad of a price? who qouted u that
book time is 2.6 hours for all four shocks so $200 is a pretty fair price for having a shop do it.
its really not that bad at all, the shop i worked at charged $85 a hour labor and wouldn't do it if you had your own parts. if i had the ability to do it at home id do it at $150 but 1 its dang cold and 2 i try to avoid opening my tool box now lol
Are the shocks inside the coils on that F150? If so those can be a bear to replace. On my Jeep with that style of setup (a pseudo coil over strut), I had to pull the battery and disassemble the strut (using a spring compressor as you mention), reassemble and reinstall. It's not rocket science but it is time consuming.
The rears take all of like, 10 minutes.
The rears take all of like, 10 minutes.
