Teaser pic 3....the final chapter
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Teaser pic 3....the final chapter
The last piece of my suspension set-up came tonight. The Eibachs. Took a while...delayed by Hurricane Francis and the jerks at the first company i used. Got 2 of the 3 items from Lexuspros and will always use them when possible. Leo at Lexuspros was straight and honest. Everything came when he said it would. The set-up will be installed this weekend...hopefully.
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looks nice..cant wait to see it on...
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Teasers
Originally posted by /Aerostar\
Those are gonna complete your car man, very nice. You installing them yourself or bringing them to a shop?
Those are gonna complete your car man, very nice. You installing them yourself or bringing them to a shop?
Thanks but I would rather pay someone to do it right and timely. I believe the springs need to be compressed. I don't know anyone with a machine to do that in their home garage. What about it lexforlife, you got a spring compressing machine in the garage?
Found a shop recommended by my wheel supplier who's charging $275 + $89 for alignment.
This won't complete the car. I have one more mod I'm gonna do to it. Stay tuned.
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Re: Teasers
Originally posted by reggiek
Thanks but I would rather pay someone to do it right and timely. I believe the springs need to be compressed. I don't know anyone with a machine to do that in their home garage. What about it lexforlife, you got a spring compressing machine in the garage?
Found a shop recommended by my wheel supplier who's charging $275 + $89 for alignment.
This won't complete the car. I have one more mod I'm gonna do to it. Stay tuned.
Thanks but I would rather pay someone to do it right and timely. I believe the springs need to be compressed. I don't know anyone with a machine to do that in their home garage. What about it lexforlife, you got a spring compressing machine in the garage?
Found a shop recommended by my wheel supplier who's charging $275 + $89 for alignment.
This won't complete the car. I have one more mod I'm gonna do to it. Stay tuned.
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Re: Teasers
Originally posted by reggiek
Found a shop recommended by my wheel supplier who's charging $275 + $89 for alignment.
Found a shop recommended by my wheel supplier who's charging $275 + $89 for alignment.
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I did a tutorial that has gotten some good feedback. 6 hours tops if you rent the tool at autozone.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ght=sc300ccret
Mike
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ght=sc300ccret
Mike
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Originally posted by southernsc
$15 for a spring compressor at autozone. I got my shocks and springs off in 10hrs though but i had lunch and dinner so it was actually around 8 1/2 hours of work.
$15 for a spring compressor at autozone. I got my shocks and springs off in 10hrs though but i had lunch and dinner so it was actually around 8 1/2 hours of work.
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Re: Re: Teasers
Originally posted by mikeloc24
Pure frickin' robbery. They're charging over $100 more than they should for the springs/struts and about $20 more than they should for the alignment. But it's your car and your money, just let us know how it rides afterwards.
Pure frickin' robbery. They're charging over $100 more than they should for the springs/struts and about $20 more than they should for the alignment. But it's your car and your money, just let us know how it rides afterwards.
You think this is high...the Lexus dealership quoted me a price of $833. I thought $275 was a bargain.
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$833!!!!
$275!!!
do it yourself: priceless...just a lil back pain afterwards
I would rather rent the spring compressor and do it yourself, it's pretty easy if you have a friend to help. It's just a couple of screws. Then just go to a shop and get it aligned.
$275!!!
do it yourself: priceless...just a lil back pain afterwards
I would rather rent the spring compressor and do it yourself, it's pretty easy if you have a friend to help. It's just a couple of screws. Then just go to a shop and get it aligned.
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8 hours no way.... not even 6. Maybe 4 or 6 if you dont have air tools and its your first time. but i did it in about 3 hours. you can do the rears in 20 minutes + maybe half an hour to compress the springs depending on if you have air tools. the fronts should take about 2 hours maybe more depends on how well you know the car and if you run into issues. .
$275 is high way robbery they must be charging 100 an hour or they are really incompitent. Either way 120-180 sounds like the usual price shops install it for.
$275 is high way robbery they must be charging 100 an hour or they are really incompitent. Either way 120-180 sounds like the usual price shops install it for.
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I also installed my spring/struts and it took me and a friend about 3 hours doing it in my driveway. It really is easy to do. I rented a spring compressor from a local auto store. Save the money!!! DIY