thefire

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i was just wondering how much you paid for installation of coilovers if you didnt diy? i know you can do it yourself but i dont have the tools or experience to do it myself so any help would be great

SLVROZ_03

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If you're installing a full coilover setup (Teins, K-sports, Megan, etc), you'll only need the most basic tools...a couple wrenches and a couple ratchets. Don't forget to get an alignment afterwards.

crypto

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its easy to do it yourself. just need basic tool. You can pretty much rip apart your entire front and rear suspension with a 17mm and 19mm socket.

mitsuozboi

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I didnt even know people got shops to install parts on their cars?

thefire

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well i want to be able to do things myself but i hardly have any tools(hammer, pliers, couple of wrenches, and screwdrivers) and i figure it to be cheaper and done better in a shop. but some friends of mine just recently said they did a setup on a 240 sx so im gonna let them do it and get the allignment in a shop

edit: they are the tein basics if wondering

SLVROZ_03

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If they'll do it on the cheap side, then why not. But if you look at it this way, for the amount of money you'd pay them to install it, you could buy yourself a nice set of Craftmen, Husky, Kobalt tools to do it yourself. Like we've said, just a few wrenches really; plus a flat head screwdriver and hammer will be handy for the brake line clip on the strut housing.

Oh, do you even have a set of jack stands?

thefire

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the things i have include as i said in the last post + a hydraulic jack and i think two jack stands

SLVROZ_03

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Well, if you have a 12mm/17mm/19mm/or an adjustable wrench you can totally do this yourself! Take the money you would have spent on the install ($100?), and get an tools that you might need in addition.

thefire

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funny story..called midas before my friends said they could do it..was gonna give them 20 each to both of them..they said it would be between 250 - 350 for the install i was like wtf first off thats a huge range , second it couldnt possilby cost that much in labor and the guy said yeah it can thats how much..what a rip off

austenm

diy FTW

SLVROZ_03

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^Got that right!

socomplete

That would be some kind of midas touch!

Tweak3D

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the shop I went to did it for $100 even and it only took 30 min, 2 guys working on it, 1 on each side.

atilla

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i would have easily charged someone $250-350 to put coilovers on my car if i was a mechanic and they brought it to my shop, haha. the sheer frustration of slamming the camber bolts until they were flat on the ends and laying in a puddle of liquid wrench... not fun!

but when you do the install yourself you can be proud of it. i know i am!

thefire

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yeah they should be here in the next 3 days or so for some reason shipping from canada to the us takes extra long but whatever...then i have to order parts from road // race to make them fit since they were originally for an es and go on an es. after that then i will be able to put them on.