Hi All,
Have decided to look into lowering the car and have spent this morning looking at some of the options and prices.
Local Toyota dealer has a set of TTE springs in stock and is quoting £140 for these. They are also quoting 4 hours for fitting which will include the 4 wheel alignment check. This would bring the total cost to around £370. s:shock: :shock: s:shock:
I then went along to the local performance parts dealer (Checkpoint) and they are quoting £150 for a set of Eibach's (same springs as TTE). The difference is they are quoting £80 for the fitting including a 4 wheel alignment check. Total cost through them would be around £230. Does this seem excessively cheap to you? Worries me a bit that there's such a difference in fitting price - I'm not keen to pay silly money but nor do I want the job botched up for the sake of saving a few quid.
But then I think - should I buy the TTE springs and have the other place fit them - and should I then also wait for Slacey's group buy and save another few quid?!!
Hmm - not sure what I'm looking for in reply to this post - I guess the main question is does £80 seem worryingly cheap for fitting and alignment.
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i doubt it actually take four hours to fit them even if they are doing a full alignment check
fit them your self and have Toyota do the alignment checks
i think slacey and others fitted 5 sets in a day and not garage lifts either. but they will have more details about that
Right, you will save some cash with my GB (now imminent), but obviously I can't help with the fitting costs, so I suppose that's not much help really s:? :? s:?
Thanks for the replies.
Slacey - you can count me in for your group buy - I'll keep an eye out in the Buying/Selling forum and add my name when the time comes.
At the moment I'm tempted towards getting the springs fitted by a third party but getting the alignment checked by Toyota.
Toyota probably wont do the alighment themselves but take it somewhere local - might be cheaper to get it done yourself.
Quote from: "adz648"i think slacey and others fitted 5 sets in a day and not garage lifts either. but they will have more details about that
It was myself (SteveJ) and Mark (markiii) - we fitted 5 sets of springs in just over a day last year. We also fitted mark's complete Sportivo suspension in a weekend.
Sean's (slacey) are being fitted on the Sunday after the treasure hunt (weather permitting)
my goof sorry
credit should go to you lot